

Finale NotePad is available for download free of charge at www. available for viewing on all machines immediately upon the release of Finale NotePad 2008. To open a Finale (MUS) file available at Finale Showcase, or. The 1.0 release is coming closer each day. Finale NotePad provides a free, reliable, and easy way to view and playback Finale documents downloaded from the Internet. 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‐


(They will start charging 10 for NotePad 2009, and offer a new free Finale Reader that has no editing functions.
#FREE FINALE NOTEPAD 2008 FOR FREE#
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‐ has announced that in the next few weeks they will stop offering older versions of their Finale NotePad software for free download from their website. 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.
