

Several common time signatures are offered. The Wizard asks for the time signature and key signature. If you are creating a multi-instrument score and the Document Setup Wizard incorrectly orders your instruments, you can use the small up and down arrows to move the instruments around in the list until they are correct.Ĭlick Next. You should be aware that the order in which the instruments appear in the third column is the order in which they will appear, from top to bottom, in your score. Now the third column contains the voice you intend to use in this score. In the second column, click on the word Soprano click Add.

A list of common voice parts appears in the second column. In the first column, click on the word Chorus. The third column is empty, but will eventually contain a list of instruments you will be using for your score. In the first column is a list of instrument categories the second contains a list of specific instruments in the category currently selected in column one. The Wizard asks you what parts or instruments you want in your new score. Notice that you can select from portrait or landscape orientation, and you can choose a page size other than the standard 8.5" by 11" your printer must, of course, be able to handle whatever size paper you select.Ĭlick Next. If you want to make the accented è for Frère Jacques, hold down the alt key and type 0232 on your number keypad, then release the alt key.Ĭlick in the Composer box and type Folk Song. When the Wizard creates your score, your title will be centered at the top. If NotePad is already started, click on the File Menu and choose New.Ĭlick in the Title box and type Frere Jacques. If you haven’t already started NotePad, do so now.

This Wizard is designed to help you set up a new NotePad document. You are probably familiar with Wizards from other applications, such as word processors and spreadsheets. Open "NotePadEntryExercise.mus" in the Finale NotePad 2009 folder. Tip: To take a crash course in Simple Entry, you could also jump straight to the Simple Entry Exercises for hands on training. By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to enter your notes into NotePad using the Simple Entry method. Simple Entry is easy to learn just click the notes onto the staff with a mouse. If you’re brand new to NotePad, we recommend you start with this tutorial to get a good introduction to navigating around NotePad.
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In this tutorial we’ll show you how to get notes on the page.
