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The abbreviation for "Human Playback", which is a setting in Finale that alters the way your music is played to make it sound like a real musician is playing it. HP can add trills, mordents, turns, arpeggios, glissandos, tremolos, ottavas, and swinged tempo into your music along with improving expressions such as dynamics and tempo variations. There are 16 different types of HP styles and each one interprets your music in their own way. They include Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 21st Century, Marching Band, Viennese Waltz, Light Waltz, Funk, Jazz, Latin, Pop, Reggea, Rock, Samba, and Custom.
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