Finale Online Course Update
Enrollment is now open for the next semester of my Finale course, which begins January 7, 2008.
“Music Notation with Finale” is a 12-week course available through Berkleemusic, the continuing ed division of Berklee College. It is required for various certificate programs and also an elective. In twelve weeks, students become extremely proficient at creating professional-quality notation, using Finale. I’m proud to report that some of my former students are now working as professional engravers. In fact, one of them just contacted me yesterday, in a panic! But it’s for everyone, and teachers, performing musicians, church choir directors, composers, songwriters, and many other types of musician have found it extremely useful.
There are some new videos. I just beefed up the drum notation lesson, including adding some unique strategies for entering drum notation without a MIDI keyboard. I’m also covering drum mapping in more depth, these days, now that I’ve given up on the PAS standard taking over the world. Much of this is actually in response to a request from the online arranging department. Happy to oblige; we’re all about real-world relevance, over here! I also discuss how to do cue notation (such as “kicks over time”) in greater depth. I used to think that the Ossia tool was the way to do this, but I’ve recently changed my mind, and now teach a better method.
Here’s some more info about this course.
Here’s a marketing piece we did about it a while ago. (Gosh, it’s five years old! Have we really been teaching music online for five years?!)
