Thanks migman. I use work arounds too, but considering how long MakeMusic has been aware of the problem we shouldn't have to do that. As a customer who bought Finale 1.0 plus many updates I'm peeved...

I just downloaded the demo of Finale 2009 to see if a bug had been fixed that relates to tablature for 5-string banjo. Finale still fails to observe standard notational practice for all fretted notes...

Thanks Bill, Peter & Zuill. Both are good workarounds. A real fix would have been nice, but this works until the real thing comes along. My update: I hadn't looked for posts for a while, nor have I...

Customer Support replied today. Their answer wasn't posted here so I'm copying it for anyone who is interested. ...

The previous versions of Finale have all had a problem with tablature for 5-string banjo that was reported to MakeMusic in Finale 2004, 2005 and 2006....