Thank you, Scott, SO much for this. I've been trying to figure out for many years why various transposing instruments have different key signatures. (I've been chiding myself for being UNable to figure it out; and all it needed was someone to explain it simply and clearly !!!) I've asked many musicians about my problem in understanding this, yet NOone succeeded, until I came across your video. I am so grateful to you for having eliminated, finally, my confusion! A million thanks!
Matt here again. I wanted you also to know that it had nothing to do with Finale (I don't use it at all). You succeeded in explaining it by means of your crystal clear and thorough presentation!
Dr. Watson, I was a long time Sibelius user. Now I am twisting my brain into using Finale. I miss Sibelius. I did work a bit tonight on a Sibelius score using Sibelius 6, but then I went back to my present score on Finale.
Thanks for explaining (more) on this beginner challenging “concept”… also just to highlight the minor typo in the first bar (@ 7:48 where the a should be a g). Only commented to be helpful, many thanks again for your extensive Finale videos🙂…
For instance, in Sibelius you could highlight a series of notes, press x, then stems would flip. In Finale, to my knowledge, you have to go to Speedy Entry and press L for each note. Please tell me that I'm wrong.
Thank you, Scott, SO much for this. I've been trying to figure out for many years why various transposing instruments have different key signatures. (I've been chiding myself for being UNable to figure it out; and all it needed was someone to explain it simply and clearly !!!) I've asked many musicians about my problem in understanding this, yet NOone succeeded, until I came across your video. I am so grateful to you for having eliminated, finally, my confusion! A million thanks!
Thanks for making this so simple!
Matt here again. I wanted you also to know that it had nothing to do with Finale (I don't use it at all). You succeeded in explaining it by means of your crystal clear and thorough presentation!
Thank you, Dr. Watson.
Dr. Watson, I was a long time Sibelius user. Now I am twisting my brain into using Finale. I miss Sibelius. I did work a bit tonight on a Sibelius score using Sibelius 6, but then I went back to my present score on Finale.
Thanks for explaining (more) on this beginner challenging “concept”… also just to highlight the minor typo in the first bar (@ 7:48 where the a should be a g).
Only commented to be helpful, many thanks again for your extensive Finale videos🙂…
Thanks for the typo catch, Lindsay…you’ve got a great eye! Can’t believe I let that one slip by!
For instance, in Sibelius you could highlight a series of notes, press x, then stems would flip. In Finale, to my knowledge, you have to go to Speedy Entry and press L for each note. Please tell me that I'm wrong.
In the Utilities menu there’s a more global Stem direction command you can use to flip the stems of ALL notes selected.