Finale Product Reviews
“Finale retains its impressive power while becoming even easier to use.”
– Keith Baumann, Down Beat Magazine: January 2010
“MakeMusic’s popular notation package strides forward into a new decade, adding a host of useful features.”
– Mike Senior, Sound On Sound: February, 2010
“Finale 2010 builds on an already impressive application, and the high mark awarded reflects this ongoing excellence as much as the value of the new features.”
– Computer Music: July 2009
“I would recommend this program to anyone who has an interest in composing, arranging, or creating special parts for their organization.”
– Thomas A. Mosher, Tempo (New Jersey Music Educators Association): January 2010
“…a wealth of new features that enhance and expedite the ability to create publisher-quality scores and to perform them with realistic accuracy and nuance.”
– Peter Perry, Music Educators Journal: September 2009
“I have never worried about finishing a gig because Finale couldn’t do something.”
– Ron Hess, Film Music Magazine: September 2008
What Music Educators say about Finale
“An elegant and in-depth tool for the notation of complex and demanding scores.”
– Robert Beaser, Composer, Professor of Composition, The Juilliard School
“Using Finale to create custom SmartMusic accompaniments has been an invaluable tool in my teaching!”
– Lisa Galvin, Director of Bands, Hilliard Heritage Middle School
“I have been notating a big band chart and the selection tool really has already saved me LOTS of time.”
– Dan Cavanagh, Assistant Professor of Music, University of Texas at Arlington
“Finale continues to make using notation software easier.”
– Dr. Michael Jacobson, Professor of Saxophone, Baylor University School of Music
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Finale Testimonials
“I consider Finale to be indispensable in my compositional process.”
– Jennifer Higdon, Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer
“Finale is so easy to use, even a 70-year-old bass player can, and does, use it.”
– Ron Carter, Grammy Award-winning bassist, composer, and jazz legend
“Finale worked extraordinarily well in allowing the creation of unorthodox notational elements.”
– Steve Vai, guitar virtuoso and composer
“Finale makes a big difference."
– Jean Luc Ponty, virtuoso violinist, bandleader, and composer
“We use Finale because it’s the best. Enough said.”
– Wynton Marsalis, musician, composer, band leader, Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winner
“Finale is the one essential tool to create professional music scores of any kind, quickly and responsively.”
– Wendy Carlos, Grammy Award-winning composer and virtuoso synthesist
“Finale gives me all the flexibility I need to do notation for even my most ridiculous arrangements.”
– “Weird Al” Yankovic, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, parodist, producer
“Only Finale offers the flexibility and power my work requires.”
– Rick Giovinazzo, Orchestrator on 100+ major motion pictures
“Finale offers the consistency and professionalism required in the film world.”
– Booker White, Walt Disney Music Library
“I truly could not do the work I do without the help of Finale.”
– Dix Bruce, musican and author of more than 50 music instruction books
“With Finale I never have to compromise my ideas for notation or engraving.”
– Ken Amis, tuba virtuoso (Empire Brass), composer, arranger, and publisher
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