What's new in 27 Music your way Finale has always been known as the notation software that can create anything. Today’s Finale automates many tasks, saving you time while ensuring you retain all of the flexibility Finale is renowned for. Now you can create the music of your imagination, with no compromises, more quickly than ever before. Take control of your music, your creative process, and your legacy. Advanced music sharing functionality Finale now enables you to quickly and easily share your notated documents with anybody. Without leaving the app, you can upload and share privately or publicly. Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL) support SMuFL is a growing comprehensive standard that organizes musical characters into a common layout so music fonts are displayed correctly in every notation application that supports it. Spend less time searching for or creating musical symbols and more time making music. Revised instrument list Our revised instrument list ensures your notation looks great the first time—no matter which instruments you’ve chosen— and that you hear the correct sounds when playing a document. We’ve also added to the list of instruments you can use when starting a new document or editing an existing one. MusicXML 4.0 The latest version of MusicXML provides even more control when transporting your compositions. With more information than ever now being captured in a MusicXML file, you’ll be able to efficiently and confidently send files between practically any modern music software. Quality-of-life updates We've tackled a lot of known issues, such as unexpected installer behavior and unusable display scaling on Windows, crashes due to macOS quirks, and problems with printing. Feature of productcreate your way
Finale offers you the freedom both of what you create and how
you create it. Whether you’re imagining a simple lead sheet, a
Broadway score, or something truly unorthodox, you enjoy the
flexibility to make your music any way you wish, and to make it
in the order and manner that best supports your inspiration.
Editing
Entering your music in Finale sets you free. In an instant you
can move measures, change keys, and transform your music in
countless ways. Finale even offers editorial input, like indicating
when notes have been written out of an instrument’s range.
Listening
Great sounds inspire you – and your audience. Finale’s
exclusive Human Playback can make any music playback with
the nuance of a human performer. Plus Finale includes a vast
library of world-class Garritan instrument sounds for stunning
realism.
Sharing
Music is meant to be shared. As you create, you can share files
with Finale users, and others, – thanks to built-in MusicXML
support and web-based interactive sharing. Once uploaded,
your shared music can be played by other musicians with full
accompaniment and practice tools in SmartMusic.
