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Finale NotePad is a wonderful music notation software for beginning musicians. Finale NotePad is a professional and avdvanced application designed to enable you to compose your own music. Find out how fun and easy it is to transform musical ideas into beautifully printed music.

Finale NotePad is your introduction to the world of music notation software! Find out how fun and easy it is to transform musical ideas into beautifully printed music by downloading NotePad 2011 today.

FEATURES:

Entering Notes :
· Enter notes with your computer keyboard and/or mouse and hear their pitches. Click notes onto the staff or enter notes with the numeric pad and keys ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’ ‘E’ ‘F’ and ‘G.’ Drag notes up and down to find the pitches you want.
· Input notes in step time using your MIDI keyboard (or any other MIDI device). Use your MIDI keyboard in combination with your computer keyboard and mouse to enter notes and chords.
· Import Format 1 MIDI files.
· Import Finale NotePad and other Finale family notation files (Finale, Finale PrintMusic, and Finale SongWriter).
· Import MusicXML 2.0 files – Unlike MIDI files, MusicXML allows you to transfer the sounds and graphical elements in your file to other applications including older versions of NotePad.

Adding Markings, Lyrics, and More:
· Enter a lyric verse and NotePad automatically spaces the lyrics under the notes with publisher-quality precision. Lyrics instantly appear exactly as they’ll print out.

Percussion Notation:
· Easy to enter - Simply drag the cursor over the staff and on-screen feedback indicates whether you’re about to enter a snare, bass drum, or other percussion instrument - and displays the appropriate notehead.
· Automatic playback configuration - your snare will playback with a snare sound - and so forth - without any manual intervention.

Guitar and Bass Tablature:
· Easily create and edit Guitar and Electric Bass tablature (standard tuning only)

Dynamics and Tempo Markings:
· Adding dynamics and tempo markings is quick and easy, and all items look great, are automatically positioned, and change playback appropriately. You can move them by dragging them anywhere in your score. You can also quickly change existing dynamics and tempo markings while retaining positioning. Just double-click the expression handle and select another expression from the selection grid.

Hearing Your Music:
· Human Playback and over 128 sounds
· The Human Playback feature will play your music as you would want it to be performed, even if you enter notes with your computer keyboard or mouse.

Sharing Your Music:
· Print professional-quality sheet music.
· Export MIDI or MusicXML files. Unlike MIDI files, MusicXML allows you to transfer the sounds and graphical elements in your file to other applications including older versions of Finale or Finale NotePad.
· Share your NotePad files with anyone who downloads the free Finale Reader to view, print, and play your music.