Finale Alternatives for Linux

Finale is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is MuseScore, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Finale and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Finale are LilyPond, Impro-Visor, Frescobaldi and DGuitar.

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Finale

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Finale is proprietary scorewriting software developed by MakeMusic, Inc. It displays music primarily in music notation and...

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MuseScore
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69 alternatives to MuseScore
MuseScore is a free music notation and composition software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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MuseScore Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportMuseScore integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
2. Support for MIDIMuseScore includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
3. PortableMuseScore can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Music XML Support
Transpose
Export to PDF
SMuFL support
Automatic positioning
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MuseScore vs Finale opinions
Almost everyone thinks MuseScore is a great alternative to Finale.
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It's completely free, you can upload your scores to the website for safekeeping, it is powerful and notate almost anything
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Only had MuseScore for few days but it seems like a very solid and powerful program. Nothing cheap about it.,,,and it's free.
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riveravaldez
It does everything Finale does, and much more, much better. Free/Libre software, without crap. Constantly improving.
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MuseScore is a very capable alternative to Finale. It is easy to use and produces professional sheet music of any size. I have created small scores for a single-instrument, as well as large scores for a full concert band using this software. Finale does have a better sound library than MuseScore, but other than that, MuseScore has handled anything that I have thrown at it.
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It does not work properly and is much less than similar to Finale.
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LilyPond
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46 alternatives to LilyPond
GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving. One of LilyPonds major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.
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LilyPond Features
1. PortableLilyPond can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customizable
Cross-Platform
Sheet music transcription
LilyPond vs Finale opinions
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You have full control over the engraving and score edition process and the results are the best available.
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LilyPond uses Text files, whereas Finale uses MIDI, .kar, etc.
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Impro-Visor
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66 alternatives to Impro-Visor
Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes.

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Frescobaldi
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41 alternatives to Frescobaldi
Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is Free Software, freely available under the General Public License.

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DGuitar
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37 alternatives to DGuitar
DGuitar is a Guitar Pro (GP4, GP3, GTP) viewer/player that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other operating system that has Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or later installed.
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DGuitar Features
1. Support for MIDIDGuitar includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Discontinued
The last software release was published on February 20th, 2006.
DaCapo Editor
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28 alternatives to DaCapo Editor
DaCapo Editor is a free Open Source music sheet editor which allows to easily create nice looking partitions. It is available as a web application as well as a desktop application for Windows, MacOS and Linux.
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DaCapo Editor Features
1. Support for MIDIDaCapo Editor includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
music21
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39 alternatives to music21
Music21 is a Python-based toolkit for computer-aided musicology. Applications of this toolkit include computational musicology, music informations, musical example extraction and generation, music notation editing and scripting, and a wide variety of approaches to composition, bo.

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NtEd
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Free • Open Source
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46 alternatives to NtEd
NtEd is a GTK+ score editor. It intends to be really WYSIWYG: what you see on the screen is exactly what you get on printer output. It supports up to 4 voices per staff, drum notes, 5 lyrics lines, N-Tuplets, context changes, repeats with alternatives, configurable music...
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NtEd Features
1. WYSIWYG SupportNtEd integrates a WYSIWYG editor to edit the look and content of a document, page, or file.
Melody Assistant
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44 alternatives to Melody Assistant
Melody Assistant is dedicated to music writing, printing and rendering. Easy to use, Melody Assistant offers a user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities. Now used by a very active community of thousands of people, it has become a favored tool for creating music.

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Harmony Assistant
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42 alternatives to Harmony Assistant
Harmony Assistant is an unbeatable software for computer-assisted music composition and editing.

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