The Finale Primer: Mastering the Art of Music Notation with Finale

by Bill Purse

Book Overview

Bill Purse is the chair of the music technology and guitar departments at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. His new book fully updated for the latest version of Finale remains the authoritative guide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879306025
• ISBN13: 9780879306021
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Backbeat Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

INVALUABLE!

I bought this as a college textbook and couldn't survive the class without it. It's very easy to understand, and Finale is by far the most user-friendly and versatle music notation program...I just wish it weren't so expensive.

The book, yes. Finale Software, no

The book is fine, but... I am EXTREMELY upset about the way Finale nags you to put in the CD all the time. Who does Coda think they are? I keep my CD loaded with Microsoft tech net, or an encyclopedia. This is very bothersome. Can you name any software company on the planet earth that is so distrustful of its customers?

Purse Brilliantly presents Finale as an easy to master art.

Bill Purse brilliantly presents Finale as an easy to master art-form. As a teacher of music technology, The Finale Primer presents an "easy-to-understand" guide to the most powerful notation software ever produced. I use it in all of my classes.