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To create a metronome marking (such as )

  1. Click the Expression Tool  image\Expression_Tool.gif.
  2. Double-click above the measure to which you want to attach the marking. The Expression Selection dialog box appears.
  3. Click the Tempo Marks category.
  4. Click Create. The Expression Designer dialog box appears.
  5. Type any desired text (e.g. Allegro, Largo, etc). If you don’t need text prior to the metronome marking, skip this step.
  6. From the Text menu, choose Font. Set the font to Maestro 24 point, and click OK. Of course, you can choose a larger or smaller point size if you want the tempo marking to appear larger or smaller.
  7. Create the metronome marking by typing the appropriate characters, according to the table below.

Keystrokes

Resultant marking:

Lower-case x, then option–Shift+\, then Option+numbers

Lower-case e, then option–Shift+\, then Option+numbers

™

Lower-case q, then option–Shift+\, then Option+numbers

™

Lower-case q, then lower-case k, then option–Shift+\, then Option+numbers

Lower-case h, then option–Shift+\, then Option+numbers

™

Lower-case w, then option–Shift+\, then Option+numbers

In the Maestro music font, the x, e, q, h, and w characters correspond to the , , , , and symbols, respectively; a lower-case k produces the dot; Option+shift– backslash (\) creates the equal sign; and the small numbers are when you press option while pressing a number key.

 

 

You can use multiple fonts in the same expression. Simply highlight the text you want to change, and then, from the Text menu, choose Font to edit the font, size or style.

  1. To edit the baseline, or vertical positioning of text, highlight the text you want to adjust, and then from the Text menu, choose Baseline Shift. The measurement units here correspond to the units selected under the Finale 2011/Preferences menu.
  2. Click OK or Select in each dialog box until you return to the document.

 

 

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