On the screen, Finale provides the ability to color code several elements of the score as a visual aid on the print-out all score elements are black (unless color print-out is explicitly chosen).
Thus, the operation of Finale bears at least some surface similarities to Adobe Photoshop. Several of Finale's tools provide an associated menu just to the left of the Help menu, available only when that particular tool is selected. Alongside these tools, additional controls are available to view or hide up to four superimposed layers of music that can be entered onto any particular staff, for purposes of organizing multiple contrapuntal voices on the same staff. Finale's current default music notation font is Maestro.įinale's tools are organized into multiple hierarchically organized palettes, and the corresponding tool must be selected to add or edit any particular class of score element, (e.g., the Smart Shape tool to generate and edit trill lines and dynamics "hairpins" (so-named because the symbols resemble hair pins) the Staff tool to add and edit the parameters of individual staves). A Setup Wizard, an alternative method of starting a project, consists of a sequence of dialogs allowing the user to specify the instrumentation, time signature, key signature, pick-up measure, title, composer, and some aspects of score and page layout.
And it's worth to mention that MuseScore does already come with full musicXML support.įor all the current MuseScore users out there, as well as for the developers, let this news be a reason to start spreading the word of MuseScore.The default Untitled document is a 31- measure piece for a single treble clef instrument. The 1.0 release is coming closer each day. One of the alternatives is MuseScore, a free music notation program which is almost ready for prime time. Line support. At the same time we will begin charging $9.95 for the NotePad 2009 download.Ī rather interesting business decision from MakeMusic since many Notepad users might flock away and perhaps check out free alternatives.
New Expression Tool and the ability to import/export MusicXML files. It will continue to include free on‐
So, is there a free alternative? Yes there is: MuseScoreĪ quote from the Finale Notepad press release: In the next few weeks we plan to release Finale NotePad 2009 with even more features, including an all‐ From now on Finale Notepad will cost $10. This interesting news comes however with a price tag. MakeMusic announced 1 day ago the that their Finale Notepad version of the Finale suite, will get complete MusicXML support in the upcoming 2009 release.
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