When using Garritan instruments for playback, you can add a keyswitch at any point to change the instrument sound, for example, from arco to pizzicato. A keyswitch is simply a regular note outside the playable range of the instrument that is programmed to trigger this change. For a list of keyswitch mappings, see Garritan Instruments for Finale Instrument Details.

If Human Playback is enabled, text such as arco and pizz is interpreted and keyswitches are triggered automatically. If you are not using Human Playback, choose from a list of keyswitch expressions available by default in the Expression Selection dialog box to add these effects.

You can also assign a Keyswitch to an expression manually by defining the expression to send a MIDI Note On message at the pitch of a keyswitch. By doing this, you can invoke a keyswitch by simply adding the expression defined accordingly (a “pizz” text expression would change the playback to a pizzicato sound). Remember, keyswitches are a feature of Garritan instruments, and will not apply to other playback devices.

To add keyswitches as expressions

1. Click the Expression tool , and double-click the document. The Expression Selection dialog box appears.
2. Click Create. Or, you could also select an existing expression that you would like to re-define to a keyswitch and click Edit.
3. Type the desired text. Set the font, size, style, make it hidden, or apply other text attributes.
4. Click the Playback Tab. The playback options appear.
5. Choose Type > Dump. The Playback Data Dump dialog box appears.
6. For Number of Units, type 3. We will be sending 3 pieces of Data.
7. For the Top Data box, type 144. This is the message for Note On.
8. For the second Data box, type the MIDI Note number for the keyswitch. For example, arco = 0, pizz = 5). For a complete list, see Garritan Instruments for Finale Details.
9. In the third data box, type 127. Since the note is below the instrument’s range, it will not sound.
10. Click OK, OK, and Assign to add the Expression. The performance style will change upon reaching this point during playback.

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