And what happens if you change the default music font to Maestro?
Save them as a library and import to whatever file you want. Personally I would create a new category, pictographs, and move them to that category. Then save it as a library.
FWIW, using change note durations worked correctly for me. The whole notes became half notes with a stem. Try this on the Finale default file, add some random notes and run the note duration comman...
No DAW that I'm familiar with can do this. A DAW is basically a software version of a recording studio. It's primary use is to make recordings.
I think the best tool for this is to buy piano reduction sheet music for whatever pieces you're interested in studying, then analyze it putting chord changes in manually.
In your expression palette, you can delete the "letter" expression from the rehearsal category. It will say that this expression is being used in this file and give you the option of choosing anoth...
A simple solution: Create your score with the cadenza appearing as you want. Make a copy of that score for parts. Delete any extra measures that were used for the cadenza. Keep one of the cadenza...
You create your file with the maximum number of staves needed, 4. In the measures where you need 4 staves, fill them as you like. The remaining music is on 2 staves, so you hide the 3rd & 4th stave...
The answer depends on what sounds you're using for playback. Finale's playback is not the same thing as a real musician playing the part. Just because you added "choke" to the part doesn't mean tha...
I just tried it in Speedy, it worked. The only thing that I did different from your steps, I didn't "ctrl-click" anything, while in Speedy I simply placed the cursor over the rest while I was in la...