Finale 2010 the world’s most powerful music notation software lets you express your creativity and love of music. Compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music.

What’s New in Finale 2010
Percussion Notation
We've simplified the process of getting notes on percussion staves to look and playback exactly the way you want them to. Learn more.

Automatic Rehearsal Marks
Use a keystroke to enter rehearsal marks and Finale automatically sequences them correctly and dynamically updates them when you delete, insert, or move any rehearsal mark or measure. Learn more.

Music Education Worksheets
Finale now includes hundreds of ready-made, customizable, music education worksheets designed for K-12 students. Learn more.

Chords
Change or delete notes without changing your chords. Attach chords to measures whether or not they contain notes or rests and have the chords appear and playback correctly. Learn more.

Garritan sounds
Finale now includes more than 350 world-class instrument sounds from the makers of Garritan Personal Orchestra. Free new sounds include organ, a variety of electric guitars, five octaves of handbells, and a brush drum kit. Learn more.

Graphics Support
Export as .JPEG, and .PNG and import as .JPEG, .PNG, .BMP, and .GIF in addition to previously supported formats of .TIFF, .EPS.

Broadway Copyist
Inspired by the golden era of handwritten Broadway scores, the Broadway Copyist hand-written font offers a lighter, classic appearance. Learn more.

VST/AU Support & Updated Aria Player
Finale now supports all third-party VST/AU Instruments and Effects, providing users with unlimited sonic possibilities. Updated for Finale 2010, the Garritan Aria Player simplifies the process of changing MIDI channel assignments.

Measure Numbers
Control measure number alignment, positioning, and fonts separately in your score and linked parts. Learn more.

Scanning Improvements and More
New Smartscore Lite scanning interface enables you to specify the instrumentation so that your staves will automatically be properly transposed and configured for playback. Also new are transparent selection handles, exporting lyrics to a word-processing document, and improved help documentation.

Windows XP/Vista 32-bit (64-bit compatible).
DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
500MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2010.

Macintosh

G4 or higher recommended. OS 10.4 or 10.5 (Mac-Intel or Power PC).
DVD-ROM drive.
800x600 minimum monitor resolution.
Minimum 512MB RAM (1GB or more recommended for optional use of Garritan sounds/Aria Player: more RAM = more available sounds).
600MB hard drive space required for software and user manual. An additional 2GB hard drive space is required for all VST/AU sounds included with Finale 2010.

Optional

MIDI interface
MIDI input and/or playback device
Printer
Scanner
Microphone required for use of MicNotator®
A soundcard (including a DirectSound AS20 recommended driver) is required for playing the Garritan sounds in Windows.
Better processor and hard drive speed is required for simultaneous use of more VST/AU instruments.

Product Packaging: Retail Box