Finale NotePad is a version of the famous music notation software Finale. NotePad allows you to make simple scores, with a number of basic features borrowed from its sibling Finale. It's also critical to compatibility, since users who don't own Finale can open any file made with a Finale-family program in NotePad.

New in 2010

• Improved Percussion Notation. We've simplified the process of getting notes on percussion staves to look and playback exactly the way you want them to.
• Fully compatible with Finale 2010, PrintMusic 2010, and SongWriter 2010
• Improved documentation, transparent selection handles