[Editor’s Note: After reading my interview with Steven Alper about the use of Finale on Broadway, another long-time Finale user, Peter Miller, described to me some of his experiences on Broadway in Finale’s early days.
Steven M. Alper and Finale History
Do you recognize the document above? This version of Finale’s Visual Index was found in the Quick Reference guide that came with Finale 3.0, with a copyright date of 1992.
Finale Blog: The Way You Look Tonight
The above, my esteemed blog readers, is Finale 1.0, from 1988. Folks trying to sell other music notation software would like you to remember Finale 1.0 when comparing benefits with their 2011 offerings.
A Brief History of Finale Fonts
Petrucci, Engraver, and Maestro, three of the many music fonts included with Finale.
Most of us have changed the look of a word processing document by switching text fonts, say from Times to Arial.
Finale Blog: The Evolution of Percussion Notation
Like any written language, music notation continually evolves. In October 1974 more than eighty musicians, representing seventeen countries, met in Ghent, Belgium to discuss this evolution.