Robert Patterson’s “Copyist’s Helper” plug-in is perhaps one of the most valuable plug-ins that you can own, particularly if you’re a musical theater copyist. This video highlights some amazing additions to the 6.03 version of the plug-in which was released on Feb. 6th, 2021. There’s a brand new feature that allows you to insert or delete measures while retaining the measure numbers.Yes, automatic A and B bars have finally become a reality in Finale! Inserting and Deleting Systems while also retaining bar numbers is the other new piece of this plug-in (). Both of these features solve some other long-standing problems with inserting and deleting Measure Number Regions and/or Systems in Finale. This is an absolute MUST HAVE!

Starting at.I explore the already existing features of the Copyist’s Helper plug-in, mainly related to measure numbers, including a really helpful operation that can be done on Multimeasure Rest ranges that will list the ranges with the correct A and B or cut bars. The other side of the plug-in is the Instrument Headers tab (). There’s a specific solution for listing the currently held instrument for Reed Doublers in page headers (), and there’s a newer function that uses Finale’s Bookmarks to force-create section specific text blocks () which is useful for multi-movement files.

Introduction

Day 1 wrap-up

Day 2: Face Reveal

The Real Routine

Dance Routine Practice

Final Scores

Finale Eating Challenge

Nail Polish Challenge