To create a tablature staff manually

The following steps show you how to construct and use a tablature staff. Keep in mind, however, that you can easily begin a new TAB document by selecting a fretted instrument and corresponding TAB staff with the Document Setup Wizard. See To create tablature notation for details. For instructions on how to edit your guitar tablature, see To edit guitar tablature.  

1. Click the Staff Tool   and from the Staff menu, choose New Staves.
2.  In the New Staves dialog box, leave Number of Staves at “1” and click OK. A standard notation staff should appear below the existing staff.
3. Double click the staff you just created to open the Staff Attributes dialog box.
4. Click the drop-down list next to Notation Style and choose Tablature.
5. Click the Select button (to the right of Notation Style). You should now see the Tablature Staff Attributes dialog box. Here you can choose or define a fretted instrument, lowest fret, as well as other parameters specific to TAB staves. See Tablature Staff Attributes dialog box for details.
6. Check On “OK”, Reset Staff Attributes To Tablature Defaults. This will tell Finale to configure the Staff Attributes for TAB staff settings.
7. Click OK. Notice items such as rests and ties are deactivated in the Items to Display subsection as they are not needed in TAB notation.
8. Click OK. You should now see the tablature staff appear in the score.

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