New Freeware Version of Finale Notepad Notation Software

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Nov 23, 2005

Makemusic, Inc. has just released the freeware version of its Finale notation software for all to download:

http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/

Staceman · Post by **Staceman** » Wednesday Nov 23, 2005

Looked at the site a bit, is this a lot like PowerTab Editor? If so, how does it compare? Is there a lot of pre-made music already available for it?

This is coming from the standpoint of someone only using it as a tool for learning new songs, and not for tabbing out one's own music (which I understand is the main point of this type of software)

I see there's a Mac OS X version available, kudos to them for that.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Nov 25, 2005

This program is for writing music in standard musical notation. Although it has tabbing capability, that is not its primary purpose.

I'm not familiar with the other program, but I can tell you that Finale is the industry standard notation program and has been since the days of DOS.

Since this Finale Notepad is free, I recommend that you download it and compare it for yourself.