> you > must put every rhythm mark in place, even on the rests, before saving > as a > midi file or Finale will interpret things very differently. It will > still > playback with the correct rhythm, but the notes will be laid out very > differently than you'd expect. This is especially true if a piece > begins > with a pickup from the end of a first measure. That pickup note > becomes the > first note of the first measure and from there on it's Katie bar the > door. > So include all rhythm marks in your tablature.
You should also be careful about empty measures - make sure they are the correct value rather than the default. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html