Write any music you can imagine
Capture musical inspiration. Engrave a beautiful score. Share your artistic vision with others. Just as every musician is unique, so are the reasons each uses Finale software to write music. Finale supports you, making it easy to create whatever music notation you can imagine and to work in the manner that best supports your creativity. No matter where your inspiration leads you, from a simple lead sheet to preparing your Hollywood film score, Finale is the trusted route to the very best output available. With every new version, Finale accumulates notable benefits including new features, fixes, and more. Watch the video below for a demonstration of the powerful new features released with Finale v27.
Create 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.
New features in Finale v27 include:
Interactive 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.
Improved 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.
Bug Fixes
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.
System Requirements
Finale for Windows® (v27.3)
- Windows 8.1, 10 or 11 (64-bit Intel or AMD processors only)
- 4 GB of RAM minimum
- 1280×800 minimum monitor resolution
- High-speed Internet connection required for download, authorization, updates, sharing features, and help resources
- 1 GB hard drive space required for software with an additional 8 GB hard drive space required for Garritan Instruments for Finale
- ASIO, DirectSound, or WASAPI audio support
Finale for Mac® (v27.3)
- macOS 10.14 (Mojave), 10.15 (Catalina), 11 (Big Sur), 12 (Monterey) and 13 (Ventura), natively compatible with Apple silicon and Intel-based Macs
- 4 GB RAM Minimum
- 1280×800 minimum monitor resolution
- High-speed Internet connection required for download, authorization, updates, sharing features, and help resources
- 1 GB hard drive space required for software with an additional 8 GB hard drive space required for Garritan Instruments for Finale
- CoreAudio or ASIO audio support
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