Does step-time MIDI with speedy or simple entry work with your Casio keyboard? If it doesn't, the problem may be this: some Casio keyboards output hi-res MIDI, and Finale cannot cope with this. Check...

Here's some information about violin harmonics: http://andrewhugill.com/OrchestraManual/violin_muteharmonics.html . There are charts of natural and artificial harmonics and links to some youtube...

I've often redone the preferences from scratch. I've got used to it: it may be a drag, but it doesn't actually take long. In any case it has no bearing on the problem that caused you to start this...

Finale was set to use the default width for notes not in the table and that's precisely what it did. Since the default width is (I think) the width normally given to a quarter note, it's much too...

Here's what's happening: the file is using a spacing width table and the option "Use Default Width If Duration Not In Table" is checked. It would seem that the duration of those triplet notes in not...