#Finale notepad 2005 for mac#

Now that Finale Notepad is no longer free, MuseScore is looking even more appealing - especially when you take a look at this chart that compares the two side-by-side.

And the basics were all there, but you couldn’t do certain things, such as changing the key signature or time signature in the middle of the piece. Was anybody else as “bummed” as I was when Finale began charging $9.95 to download their demo version of Finale, “ Finale Notepad“? Finale Notepad was perfect to recommend for students who just wanted to enter simple compositions and be able to print them off. Is it worth spending all that money on Finale when you can get MuseScore for free?Īnd there’s another reason why I was curious about MuseScore. Buying Finale 2009 last September cost me an arm and a leg, so I was quite curious to see how MuseScore would compare.

I use Finale to make worksheets for my students and to notate my original compositions and arrangements. I’ve been a faithful Finale user since 2005, mainly because Finale is the software of choice at the colleges I’ve attended.

#Finale notepad 2005 for mac#

After doing a brief test drive last spring ( mentioned here), I decided to take a closer look now that it’s available for Mac users. MuseScore is a music notation software available FREE online for anyone to download. Move over, Finale and Sibelius! There’s somebody new in town.