Finale Launch Window

The Finale Launch Window saves you time by putting everything at your fingertips.

Open files, access the Setup Wizard, create SmartMusic accompaniments, scan music, import MusicXML files, and more.

Templates

When creating a full score, a worksheet, quiz or even a dissertation, the easiest way to start is simply to open a pre-created template from the Launch Window. Select from dozens of pre-made templates (including SATB, orchestral and band scores, solfege, and more) then let Finale’s Setup Wizard do the rest by adding:

• text (including title, composer, copyright, arranger and lyricist)
• key and time signatures
• pickup measures
• tempo markings

Setting-up your score

Finale’s Setup Wizard helps you get up and running quickly.

New in Finale 2012

• Finale automatically associates the instruments you’ve selected with the sound libraries installed on your computer, even if you’ve added libraries not included with Finale. No need to specify a sound library when starting a new score – just indicate what instruments you are writing for.
• Finale remembers which sound libraries you prefer.

Just answer a few questions

What instruments or voices do you want? You can even select from pre-defined ensembles or create your own. What key? Time signature? Music font? Tempo?

Finale will set up your score, complete with staves in correct order, instrument transpositions, tempo marking, staff groupings, intelligent page layout that automatically adjusts system position, size, and space between staves to reduce white space on the page.

You can also choose from a wide variety of personal document styles, specify the number of measures in your score, and insert text for the title, composer, arranger, lyricist, copyright and a sub-title.

Music Fonts

Finale gives you complete control over the fonts used for notation and text in your music. It includes a variety of engraved, hand-written and specialty fonts and supports third-party fonts.

New in Finale 2012

• Finale Copyist for handwritten notation
• Finale Numerics for harmonic analysis, figured bass and Schenker graphs
• Improvements to the Finale AlphaNotes™ Font for use with beginning music students.

Finale Copyist Font

Finale Numerics Font

Finale Percussion Font

Finale Mallets Font

The following fonts are also included in Finale:

Maestro Wide
Maestro
Petrucci
Engraver
Broadway Copyist
Broadway Copyist (example showing text and music)
Jazz
Seville
Tamburo

Create the look you want with Personal Document Styles. Customize the appearance of new documents by controlling text and music fonts, page layout, and more.

MIDI Setup – Improved in Finale 2012

Today’s Finale detects midi input devices and automatically selects them – so you don’t have to.

Never configure a MIDI keyboard again!

With Finale, you can use your MIDI keyboard in combination with your computer keyboard and mouse to enter notes and chords or you can play your MIDI keyboard and watch your music appear on-screen in real time.