Nick W.

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Once a score is open, it is displayed in the main area of the screen.    To navigate in the working space: Right-click anywhere in the working space and drag the content around. Use the mouse wheel for vertical motion (SHIFT + mouse wheel for horizonta...

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Basic note entry (without the entry cursor) An empty score has all its measures filled with rests. The note tools have the following keyboard shortcuts. Using a shortcut simply selects the tool in the palette, whether that palette is currently visible ...

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The Rehearsal mark tool handles rehearsal marks.  Click anywhere in a measure to add a rehearsal mark.  When selecting an existing rehearsal mark, a property panel appears, letting you choose the details of rehearsal marks. The Text tool is used to ad...

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Clicking on a bar line with the Selection tool will select the bar line and open the Edit bar line menu where you can select a different type of bar line, including double bar lines and repeat bar lines.     When you move the mouse over a bar line, you...

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The Mixer (SHIFT+M) option opens Compose’s mixer interface. This can be used to independently adjust each staff’s level (in dBs) and pan. Each channel also has a solo and mute option as well.   The Volume fader to the far right is the main volume channe...

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Introduction Occasionally, documents uploaded to Compose can exhibit incorrect playback sounds on percussion staves. We expect that a file set up correctly in Finale will also play back correctly when imported into Compose in the majority of cases, but ...

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After uploading in Compose, you can change the assigned instrument of any stave using the Staves and measures tool. This can be done by following the steps below:   Choose the Score menu and select the Staves and measures tool. Pencil icons appear on e...