Sunday, October 13, 2013
Finale music notation software, the better choice
These are some very commonly used music notation programs. They are all similar in that they do the same thing, Notate music. So when picking between them it is important to know the small but important details that make all the difference. Finale will have the most options and least restrictions. Printing music, changing files to PDF's, sharing music, creating midi files, sharing midi files, range of instruments, amount of instruments allowed on one sheet, numerous short cuts, high quality sounding instruments, a good interpretation of dynamics/articulations.
The reason Finale is the best of these programs is because it is the full package in that it gives you every feature that is available for these types of programs. Finale does this and goes above and beyond. It allows you to create whatever you can imagine no matter how many instruments or their range. It always is improving; it has been around for 20 years and is the leading software in the industry. Its only competitor who almost matches the variety that finale provides is Sibelius. Still the quality of Finale is a little better and Finale makes it possible to transfer all Sibelius files to Finale. Finale even offers Sibelius users Finale for the price of an upgrade. The reason why Finale is so confident in themselves is because they have better quality features than anyone else while maintaining the price low and competitive
Finale does everything I mentioned above and more. It creates accompaniment for smartmusic a leading program that helps music educators. Finale actually comes with worksheets for students, even repertoire for music band or orchestra. Free finale notepad allows for collaborations without buying the whole program. This means you can collaborate with students or other musicians who do not have the program so long as you do. Finale allows you to create short cuts, an example is you can choose to switch the computer keys 5, 6 and 7 that are for quarter, half and whole notes, to keys 4,5 and 6. If you want the best of the best for writing any type of score without limitation, Finale is the best choice.
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I use Sibelius to be honest, however the debate between Sibelius and Finale is like Pepsi or Coke. There is no "one is better than the other" they both do the same things and the functions of the two programs are exactly similar. In the music notation world both of these sites are phenomenal! You really expressed this in one single sentence: "Printing music, changing files to PDF's, sharing music, creating midi files, sharing midi files, range of instruments, amount of instruments allowed on one sheet, numerous short cuts, high quality sounding instruments, a good interpretation of dynamics/articulations." That pretty much sums up most of the awesome things Finale can do.
ReplyDeleteI personally use Finale because it is the one I clicked on first! I do not know the arguments between the two programs but for my purposes, it works just fine. My only problem with Finale is sometimes it completely messes up the spacing of the notes upon completing a score. One time I finished a score, printed the parts, and went into rehearsal with people complaining that they could not read their part because the notes are so close together. That certainly was not my fault because it looked fine on the score. I had to go back to the score, edit each individual part so that the spacing was correct. Besides that hiccup, the program seems to work for me. Plus, their online resources are great. If I am ever confused on how to add something I can just google my problem and their help forum always has an answer. So, what I am saying is that, I have no idea what the differences are between the two, I've been using finale, and I have no problem with it!
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