Hand Width Split dialog box

How to get there

  1. Choose File > Open. The Open dialog box appears.
  2. Select the ClosedMIDI fileA type of file written in a standardized format that can be understood by music programs from different manufacturers so that one file can be used in several different programs. For example, music created in any sequencer program can be opened by Finale and converted into written notation. you want transcribed and click Open. The Import MIDI File Options dialog box appears.
  3. Select Set Track-to-Staff List. The Track/Channel Mapping to Staves dialog box appears.
  4. Click the first Slot without existing information. The Track/Channel Mapping dialog box appears.
  5. In the Split section, select Hand Width.

What it does

This dialog box allows you to transcribe the contents of the sequencer ClosedtracksA location where one records or plays back a musical message — usually a portion of the total arrangement. Tracks are for convenience; channels are required. you’ve specified into two staves, splitting the notes according to the width of your hands. The advantage of this method of splitting your performance into right and left hand parts (as compared with the Fixed Split Point dialog box) is that Finale follows your hands as they move up and down the keyboard, eliminating the need to specify a single, fixed split point—provided there’s always a large enough gap between the hands for Finale to know which hand is which.

  • Starting Right Hand Position • Starting Left Hand Position • Listen. These text boxes display the location of your right and left hands at the beginning of the transcribed track(s). The numbers are synthesizer key numbers (middle C is key number 60) and specify the starting position of the leftmost finger of each hand.

    Click the Listen button and play the note or chord that begins the left hand (or right hand) part of the track you’re transcribing. Finale automatically enters the key number into the appropriate text box.

  • Hand Width • Listen. This text box displays the widest interval, in half steps, that either hand plays during your performance. Click Listen and play the interval. Finale automatically enters the width of the interval into the corresponding text box.
  • Cancel • OK. Click OK (or press RETURN) to confirm, or Cancel to discard, the changes you’ve made and return to the Track/Channel Mapping dialog box.

See also:

MIDI