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Finale Blog: Ten Ways to Improve Your Notation
This weeks' guest blogger is Jonathan Feist, editor in chief of Berklee Press.Here are some tips to help you keep your notation looking polished and professional.Avoid collisions. Notation elements...
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The Finale Blog: The End of the Mayan Calendar?
We live in interesting times, where many things change faster than we ever thought possible.As an example, our offer to send you a free Finale T- shirt when upgrading to Finale 2012 expires on...
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Finale’s Re-pitch Tool
The Repitch Tool is another of Finale’s fantastic time-savers. It allows you to use a MIDI device to quickly change the pitch of existing notes while retaining their rhythmic values. While it has been...
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Important Finale Showcase Announcement
Visitors to the Finale Showcase now see the above announcement, and I wanted to make sure to share the news with infrequent visitors as well. Here’s the posted text:Important Finale Showcase...
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Waiting for a Sale on Finale Upgrades?
Know someone who hasn’t upgraded to Finale 2012 yet? Maybe they’ve been waiting for upgrades to go on sale. Today anyone can upgrade to Finale 2012 – from any previous version of Finale – for just...
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Finale at the NAMM Show
I took the above photo on the way home last night from MakeMusic’s offices in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. While I know that 13 below zero Fahrenheit isn’t particularly cold (I haven’t even taken my REAL...
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Homework Help from the Finale Twitter Team
Are you a student enrolled in a class that assigns homework in Finale? Are you an instructor who teaches Finale? We’re on the lookout for you, or your students, on Twitter.Let your students, peers, and...
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Finale Blog: Original Compositions for Jazz Band at MMEA
Headed to the Minnesota Music Educators Association’s2013 Midwinter Clinic?This year two of our coworkers will have original jazz band pieces premiered at the conference.Many MakeMusic employees have...
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Using an older version of Finale? Want to build your Finale “Chops?”
Using an older version of Finale? Interested in upgrading to Finale 2012 AND building your Finale “chops” at the same time?For a limited time, when you upgrade to Finale 2012 for $139.95 you’ll receive...
View ArticleChris Brubeck, Dave Brubeck, and Finale
I wanted to share a recent WHYY radio interview with Chris Brubeck, discussing the Grammy-nominated piece he created with his father (the late, great Dave Brubeck) entitled: “Ansel Adams: America.” You...
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New Finale (and other MakeMusic) Websites
This week MakeMusic launched new MakeMusic, Finale, SmartMusic, Garritan, and MusicXML websites. The sites highlight MakeMusic’s new brand identities and emphasize how our growing portfolio of...
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Meet Composer/Pianist Ryan Cohan and Learn his Finale Tips
Ryan Cohan photo by Jennifer ChinRyan Cohan is a prolific composer, jazz pianist, educator and clinician (check out his impressive bio at www.ryancohan.com). Ryan’s recent projects include creating...
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Finale Blog: Introducing Garritan Harps
Did you know that Gary Garritan’s primary instrument is the harp? Not surprisingly, Gary’s first software instrument was a harp library, created for the Giga Sampler, more than a dozen years ago.Our...
View ArticleFinale Blog: MakeMusic News
MakeMusic received a great boost today from LaunchEquity, our largest shareholder since 2006.Read the full press release.
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Upgrade to Finale 2012 for $99.95
Using Finale 2011, 2010, or an earlier version of Finale? Today you can upgrade to Finale 2012 - the most popular Finale upgrade ever - for just $99.95. Think of it as a post-winter discount.
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