Finale Alternatives

Finale is described as 'Is proprietary scorewriting software developed by MakeMusic, Inc. It displays music primarily in music notation and allows for multiple tracks and very specific tweaking of instrument sounds for each track' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Finale for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Finale alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Finale are Dorico, LilyPond, Avid Sibelius and Frescobaldi.

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  1. capella icon
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    With capella you can instantly create complete scores. No other notation program will take you by the hand and gently guide you towards your first own score in the manner in which capella does it. There is no need to be fully computer literate - you just follow your musical...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  2. MagicScore icon
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    MagicScore is an easy and powerful music notation and composition software. MagicScore is the smart choice for musicians, composers, arrangers, teachers, students, choirs, ensembles and songwriters. Moreover, the prices of our products are really low.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Musink Lite icon
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    Musink is a free music-composition software package that will change the way you write music. Create snippets, scores, books, and MIDI files; export your sheet-music for the Web; never worry about page layouts ever again.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. MEFA icon
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    MEFA is a program that can be used for writing, printing and playing music. The MEFA program is very easy to use and the music can be written in a fast way. The notation is presented above the text window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. ABCEditor icon
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    ABCEditor is a Windows program from Elizabeth Scarlett (hosted at Alf Warnock's site) which allows you to create, edit, play and organise abc files. It can transpose, reformat, adjust beaming, create cheet sheets and search for tunes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. MusiCAD icon
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    The main feature of music notation software should be the facility to produce high quality sheet music the easy way; enter music notes as simple as possible, using either PC-keys, mouse, or a MIDI-keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Philharmonik is a powerful integrated Orchestral Workstation combining the legendary Miroslav Orchestral and Choir sample collection masterpieces with a dedicated plug-in instrument specifically tailored toward classical sounds and arrangements.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Tabular icon
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    Tabular is a brand new tablature editor that lets you read and write music for guitar, bass, drums and much more. It's the best way to learn new songs, write your own songs and run through practice exercises for nearly any kind of stringed instrument or drum kit.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Pizzicato icon
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    Pizzicato is a music software to write and print your sheet music, but also to arrange and compose your own music or even learn music and music composition.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Graphical Notation is an app for music creation and graphical notation using Artificial Intelligence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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