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RahsenGan
May 22nd, 2008, 06:49 am
Well i've been trying to transcribe some sheets, but i unfortunately don't know how to fully use the program
i'd greatly appreciate if anyone could teach me how to use it, specifically changing the bass clef to G clef so that there's two of them

josh
May 22nd, 2008, 06:57 am
Hmm, I think Finale Notepad doesn't allow clef changes.

As a workaround, you can put another layer in the upper staff, so that there are two right-hand parts (you can do this with the 1, 2, 3, 4 buttons in the lower left of the screen)

RahsenGan
May 22nd, 2008, 07:15 am
hmm well i remember seeing two treble clefs, particularly in this song
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/541/21110065xp9.png

sperion
May 22nd, 2008, 09:18 am
Finale Notepad has a lot of the functions missing compared to the full version - and it seems the clef tool is one. A trick to do it might be opening an existing file with the clefs and insert measures in the right place to write things. (will not work when you have too many clef changes...)

anyway as josh suggested, multiple layer is probably as good as that if you want to write in two G clefs.

RahsenGan
May 23rd, 2008, 12:02 am
mann thats a bummer
are there any other good pieces of software for making transcriptions?

zippy
May 23rd, 2008, 01:38 am
Well, you could upgrade notepad to printmusic. I believe its $80 to upgrade from notepad, but I'm not too sure. It's still cheap compared to the the $600 finale. T_T

RahsenGan
May 23rd, 2008, 03:57 am
hah yeah, i might just do something like that i guess..