Musicians to lose Finale notation app after 35 years

Mac and Windows notation app Finale has been used by musicians since Macs had nine-inch black and white screens, but now its developer is shutting it down and directing users to alternatives.Finale music notation softwareNo app for writing music scores and notation would ever have become exactly mainstream. But Finale's passionate users have been talking about the app on the AppleInsider forums since at least 2002.'Today, Finale is no longer the future of the notation industry — a reality after 35 years, and I want to be candid about this,' writes Greg Dell'Era, president of the MakeMusic development company. 'Instead of releasing new versions of Finale that would offer only marginal value to our users, we've made the decision to end its development.' Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums