USING+NOTEFLIGHT.COM

=Back to FINALE HOME] GarageBand HOME] Applied Composition HOME]= ===If you have not already setup an account, go to [|www.noteflight.com] and register for a FREE account. All you need is an email address. This will allow you to log in and work with Noteflight anywhere you can get online (home, school, etc.). When you create your Noteflight files, you can choose to SHARE them (use the "Sharing" Tab), embed them in blogs/wikis, and best of all - import/export as XML so you can share between Noteflight <--> Finale.===

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A good blog post which gives you a great overview of Noteflight's capabilities: click here.

HERE ARE SOME NOTEFLIGHT EXAMPLES:

 * Song
 * Hymn Setting
 * Keyboard
 * Lead Sheet
 * Exercises
 * Small Score
 * Simple Composition Assignment (melodic contour)

EMBEDDED NOTEFLIGHT EXAMPLE:
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Noteflight is very intuitive and there are excellent directions at the site (click on the "Help" Tab). I believe you will do most of your work in Noteflight using a small number of keys and commands (see below). .
 * Click on a measure where you want to begin entering notes or rests.
 * You could click pitches on the staff, but I recommend you use the QWERTY keys to enter notes (i.e. press the C key to enter the note C). If the C is in the wrong octave, use your keyboard's ARROW KEYS to toggle it up or down.
 * As soon as you begin entering notes, a palette of rhythmic durations appears. You could choose rhythms from there, but I recommend you use the bracket keys [ or ] to shorten or lengthen rhythms. Either way, CLICK THE NOTE FIRST, then CHOOSE THE RHYTHM for the note.
 * Use the space bar to enter a rest (or to convert an entered note into a rest).
 * Part-writing involves LAYERS (i.e. Soprano with stems up is Layer 1, whereas Alto with stems down is layer 2) and Noteflight allows for this. Type "U" to enter notes in the Upper Layer (Layer 1). Type "L" to enter notes in the Lower Layer (Layer 2).
 * Use the DELETE key to remove notes.
 * To change TIME SIGNATURE, double-click on the current time signature and use the dialog box that opens to select the new time signature.
 * To change KEY, IF there is already a key signature, double-click on the current key signature and use the dialog box that opens to select the new key. IF the key is currently NO SHARPS/FLATS (C major/A minor), you will need to use the Score Menu command "Change Key Signature."
 * Text Entries: Dynamics (Control-E); Chords (Control-K); Lyrics (Control-L).
 * Measures are automatically entered as you need them, but if you like you can float your cursor over the top/right of the last measure and click on the "+" sign that appears.
 * To playback your file, click the PLAY BUTTON on the lower/left. To playback from a specific measure, float your cursor over the measure and click the PLAY BUTTON that appears there. To STOP, click anywhere on the page that is not a measure.