Noteman says: View the Create a SmartMusic accompaniment QuickStart Video for an overview.
Creating the four types of SmartMusic accompaniment files.
Finale is capable of creating several different types of SmartMusic files. It is important to decide which type of SmartMusic file you would like to create.
In this lesson you’ll learn how to:
- Create a solo assessment file without accompaniment
- Create a solo assessment file with accompaniment
- Create an ensemble file with customizable accompaniment
- Create a solo performance file with intelligent accompaniment (Follow Me)
Creating a solo assessment file without accompaniment
Solo notation files can be saved for use with SmartMusic assessment. This is the most straightforward type of assessment file, and does not include accompaniment. In order to grade the solo performance, all assessment files include the solo notation file for display in SmartMusic.
To create a solo assessment file without accompaniment
- Enter the notation for the solo staff. There should be only one staff in the document.
Some notation elements are not compatible with SmartMusic. In order to ensure compatibility, you can consult the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines. However, Finale checks the file automatically for compatibility issues and lists conflicts as part of every SmartMusic Export procedure.
Tip: You can also use the Exercise Wizard to create a single-staff exercise and follow the remainder of these instructions to create an assessable SmartMusic accompaniment.
- Add the appropriate SmartMusic Performance Markers.
SmartMusic Performance Markers such as pauses for fermatas are indicators used by SmartMusic to allow the soloist more control over the performance. They can also be used to display useful information to the soloist in the SmartMusic interface, such as a rehearsal letter.
- Choose File > Export > SmartMusic®. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select File Type dialog box appears.
- Choose Assessment. Select Include Audio if you want to use the assigned Finale
When Include Audio is deselected, your SmartMusic file uses the default MIDIMIDI is a standardized protocol by which music applications, computers and MIDI instruments talk to each other. playback sounds.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Solo Staff dialog box appears.
- The instrument staff from the document already appears in the Solo Staff
SmartMusic uses advanced pitch recognition technology to follow the solo performance. Because each instrument produces its own signature wave form, SmartMusic must know what type of instrument it will be following in order to ensure the most accurate response.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - File Information dialog box appears.
- Confirm the Title, Composer, and Copyright and click Finish.
Finale automatically populates this dialog box with information from the File Info tab of the Score Manager. Changes to the title, composer, and copyright made here do not apply to the Finale file in any way. This information is stored for the SmartMusic Accompaniment only.
- Finale checks the file for compatibility with SmartMusic.
- If there are any notation elements that SmartMusic does not accommodate, the SmartMusic Accompaniment File Compatibility dialog box appears, listing issues that have been automatically fixed and those that require manual intervention.
- If not, the Save SmartMusic Export File As dialog box appears, and you can skip to step 10.
- Click Edit to address the conflicts that must be corrected. Then click Check Again to confirm they have been resolved. When you have resolved the conflicts, click Done to return to the score, and choose File >Export > SmartMusic to complete the saving process.
You also have the option of saving the SmartMusic Accompaniment without resolving all conflicts by clicking Continue. Review the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines or the description on the right side of this dialog box for details regarding the effects of each conflict.
- Choose a location, name the file, and click Save to save the SmartMusic Accompaniment. You can now open SmartMusic and import the accompaniment file you've just saved.
Creating a solo assessment file with accompaniment
This is the same as a solo assessment file described above but with the addition of an accompaniment file. Although SmartMusic will play the accompaniment during the assessment, Intelligent Accompaniment (Follow Me) is not available for any assessment file.
To create a solo assessment file with accompaniment
- Enter the notation for the solo and accompaniment staves. This type of SmartMusic accompaniment must have at least two staves, one for the solo and one for the accompaniment.
Some notation elements are not compatible with SmartMusic. In order to ensure compatibility, you can consult the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines. However, Finale checks the file automatically for compatibility issues and lists conflicts as part of every SmartMusic Export procedure.
- Add the appropriate SmartMusic Performance Markers.
SmartMusic Performance Markers such as pauses for fermatas are indicators used by SmartMusic to allow the soloist more control over the performance. They can also be used to display useful information to the soloist in the SmartMusic interface, such as a rehearsal letter.
- Choose File > Export > SmartMusic®. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select File Type dialog box appears.
- Choose Assessment. Select Include Audio if you want to use the assigned Finale
When Include Audio is deselected, your SmartMusic file uses the default MIDIMIDI is a standardized protocol by which music applications, computers and MIDI instruments talk to each other. playback sounds.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Staves dialog box appears, displaying all of the parts in the document.
- Select all the parts you wish to make assessable and ensure the appropriate corresponding instrument is selected for each part in the SmartMusic Instrument column. To change the SmartMusic instrument, click the part in the list and choose the appropriate instrument from the SmartMusic Instrument for Selected Part
Finale draws information for SmartMusic accompaniments from the linked part definition. If you need to change the properties of a part, such as the name or staff assignment, click Manage Parts to display the Manage Parts dialog box.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Accompaniment Staves dialog box appears, listing all of the parts in the document.
If you have selected Include Audio in step 4 above, the Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - File Information dialog box appears instead: skip ahead to step 10. If there are staves that you do not want to include in the accompaniment, you must mute them in the Mixer or Score Manager prior to exporting the SmartMusic accompaniment.
- Select all the parts you wish to include in the accompaniment. SmartMusic mutes the assessable solo staff automatically during the performance, unless the performer selects My Part in SmartMusic.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - File Information dialog box appears.
- Confirm the Title, Composer, and Copyright and click Finish.
Finale automatically populates this dialog box with information from the File Info tab of the Score Manager. Changes to the title, composer, and copyright made here do not apply to the Finale file in any way. This information is stored for the SmartMusic Accompaniment only.
- Finale checks the file for compatibility with SmartMusic.
- If there are any notation elements that SmartMusic does not accommodate, the SmartMusic Accompaniment File Compatibility dialog box appears, listing issues that have been automatically fixed and those that require manual intervention.
- If not, the Save SmartMusic Export File As dialog box appears, and you can skip to step 10.
- Click Edit to address the conflicts that must be corrected. Then click Check Again to confirm they have been resolved. When you have resolved the conflicts, click Done to return to the score, and choose File >Export > SmartMusic to complete the saving process.
You also have the option of saving the SmartMusic Accompaniment without resolving all conflicts by clicking Continue. Review the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines or the description on the right side of this dialog box for details regarding the effects of each conflict.
- Choose a location, name the file, and click Save to save the SmartMusic Accompaniment. You can now open SmartMusic and import the accompaniment file you've just saved.
Creating an ensemble file
The purpose of the ensemble file is to give the instrumentalist a canvas of parts that can be turned on or off individually. For example, a trombone player might mute the piano and drums in a big band chart in order to better hear how his part fits with the other horns. Intelligent Accompaniment (Follow Me) is not available for use with ensemble files, and notation is not displayed onscreen.
To create a new SmartMusic ensemble file
- Enter the notation for the ensemble staves.
Some notation elements are not compatible with SmartMusic. In order to ensure compatibility, you can consult the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines. However, Finale checks the file automatically for compatibility issues and lists conflicts as part of every SmartMusic Export procedure.
- Add the appropriate SmartMusic Performance Markers.
SmartMusic Performance Markers such as pauses for fermatas are indicators used by SmartMusic to allow the soloist more control over the performance. They can also be used to display useful information to the soloist in the SmartMusic interface, such as a rehearsal letter.
- Choose File > Export > SmartMusic®. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select File Type dialog box appears.
- Choose Ensemble, and click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Accompaniment Staves dialog box appears, listing all of the parts in the document.
- Select all the parts you wish to include as options in the accompaniment, and click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - File Information dialog box appears.
- Confirm the Title, Composer, and Copyright and click Finish.
Finale automatically populates this dialog box with information from the File Info tab of the Score Manager. Changes to the title, composer, and copyright made here do not apply to the Finale file in any way. This information is stored for the SmartMusic Accompaniment only.
- Finale checks the file for compatibility with SmartMusic.
- If there are any notation elements that SmartMusic does not accommodate, the SmartMusic Accompaniment File Compatibility dialog box appears, listing issues that have been automatically fixed and those that require manual intervention.
- If not, the Save SmartMusic Export File As dialog box appears, and you can skip to step 10.
- Click Edit to address the conflicts that must be corrected. Then click Check Again to confirm they have been resolved. When you have resolved the conflicts, click Done to return to the score, and choose File >Export > SmartMusic to complete the saving process.
You also have the option of saving the SmartMusic Accompaniment without resolving all conflicts by clicking Continue. Review the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines or the description on the right side of this dialog box for details regarding the effects of each conflict.
- Choose a location, name the file, and click Save to save the SmartMusic Accompaniment. You can now open SmartMusic and import the accompaniment file you've just saved.
Creating a solo performance file with intelligent accompaniment (Follow Me)
This option includes a solo line and any number of accompaniment staves. Intelligent Accompaniment (Follow Me) follows the soloist during the SmartMusic performance and the solo notation can be included for display in the SmartMusic interface. Alternative steps are required if you would like to create a solo with accompaniment that can be assessed for accuracy by SmartMusic.
To create a new SmartMusic solo with accompaniment
- Enter the notation for the solo and accompaniment staves. This type of SmartMusic accompaniment must have at least two staves, one for the solo and one for the accompaniment.
Some notation elements are not compatible with SmartMusic. In order to ensure compatibility, you can consult the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines. However, Finale checks the file automatically for compatibility issues and lists conflicts as part of every SmartMusic Export procedure.
- Add the appropriate SmartMusic Performance Markers.
SmartMusic Performance Markers such as pauses for fermatas are indicators used by SmartMusic to allow the soloist more control over the performance. They can also be used to display useful information to the soloist in the SmartMusic interface, such as a rehearsal letter.
- Choose File > Export > SmartMusic®. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select File Type dialog box appears.
- Choose Solo, and click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Staves dialog box appears, displaying all of the parts in the document.
If you want to display notation onscreen in SmartMusic for the solo staff, select Display Solo Notation.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Solo Staff dialog box appears.
- From the Solo Part
Finale uses information from the linked part to generate the solo. Only single-staff parts can be used as solo parts. If you need to change the properties of a part, such as the name or staff assignment, click Manage Parts to display the Manage Parts dialog box.
- From the Corresponding Instrument (or Closest Match) in SmartMusic
SmartMusic uses advanced pitch recognition technology to follow the solo performance. Because each instrument produces its own signature wave form, SmartMusic must know what type of instrument it will be following in order to ensure the most accurate response.
- Click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - Select Accompaniment Staves dialog box appears, listing all of the parts in the document.
- Select all the parts you wish to include in the accompaniment, and click Next. The Export SmartMusic Accompaniment - File Information dialog box appears.
- Confirm the Title, Composer, and Copyright and click Finish.
Finale automatically populates this dialog box with information from the File Info tab of the Score Manager. Changes to the title, composer, and copyright made here do not apply to the Finale file in any way. This information is stored for the SmartMusic Accompaniment only.
- Finale checks the file for compatibility with SmartMusic.
- If there are any notation elements that SmartMusic does not accommodate, the SmartMusic Accompaniment File Compatibility dialog box appears, listing issues that have been automatically fixed and those that require manual intervention.
- If not, the Save SmartMusic Export File As dialog box appears, and you can skip to step 10.
- Click Edit to address the conflicts that must be corrected. Then click Check Again to confirm they have been resolved. When you have resolved the conflicts, click Done to return to the score, and choose File >Export > SmartMusic to complete the saving process.
You also have the option of saving the SmartMusic Accompaniment without resolving all conflicts by clicking Continue. Review the SmartMusic Compatibility Guidelines or the description on the right side of this dialog box for details regarding the effects of each conflict.
- Choose a location, name the file, and click Save to save the SmartMusic Accompaniment. You can now open SmartMusic and import the accompaniment file you've just saved.
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