Tyler, Thank you for your detailed answer to my query, and thank you for answering my other post as well.

>>However, the Finale Showcase is full of music that people have made available for free download. It's easy now to make SmartMusic accompaniments from those.>> Ok, tell me how! I'm a dummy, I admit...

I am talking about adding music . I use Smart Music now and just love it! I am a clarinet player. So what you are saying is that you have to add each and every orchestral part to get a SmartMusic...

Do you just type the piano notes into Finale, and then does Finale automatically add the orchestra parts? I am a newbie, so please bear with me. :)