

Composing music is easy if you download Finale, one of the best classical music notation programs. Finale is ideal for musicians and music schools. Finale is a music notation program that allows you to compose music easily favoring your workflow. Finale also offers breathtakingly realistic music playback, and more ways to share music with others. Twenty-five years in the making, Finale 2014 represents the latest evolution in music notation software, making Finale’s signature freedom and flexibility easy for everyone to use.

GARRITAN INSTRUMENTS FOR FINALE 2014 MANUAL

When you run the setup wizard, you must first select an ensemble and a document style to work with, and personalize the layout, after which you can select instruments from a particular category, then set the title, credits, copyright, key signature, time signature, tempo and pickup measure. You can enter music by using the mouse and keyboard or by transcribing a live performance. Select a note type and click a particular section to input it (don't worry you can listen to that specific key after you place it on the sheet).įurthermore, you can make changes by editing using a simple entry (via the Simple Entry palette or by using the keyboard) or by entering multiple rhythmically independent lines of music on the same staff.

So, you can add chords, repeats, lyrics, tempo marking and dynamics, articulations, slurs, hairpins, Garritan sounds from an extensive database, and more. Also, hotkeys are assigned to each major function in Finale. The program's response time is generally good, although sometimes it needs a few seconds to apply major changes or load a document. However, Finale uses a massive amount of system memory, which is to be expected in such a major audio suite. The application didn't freeze or crash during our tests and comes with a complete user guide.
