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When music engraving was engraved
For some time, I've wanted to learn to use a sextant. I'm not a real sailor; I don't have any real practical application for it, but I'm often intrigued by the old ways of doing things. I prefer to...
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Meet Steve Peha, creator of Petrucci, Finale's first music font
Steve Peha, creator of Petrucci, Finale's first music notation font — Photo by Margot Carmichael LesterRecently I was asked on Facebook about the origin of Petrucci, the music font used by early...
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Life before Finale?
For many people, it's hard to imagine life without technology that none of us had just a few years ago. Personally I could get along without cell phones, lap tops, and compact discs while I'd sorely...
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Finale Blog: The Evolution of Percussion Notation
Like any written language, music notation continually evolves. In October 1974 more than eighty musicians, representing seventeen countries, met in Ghent, Belgium to discuss this evolution.The event,...
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A Brief History of Finale Fonts
TweetPetrucci, Engraver, and Maestro, three of the many music fonts included with Finale.Most of us have changed the look of a word processing document by switching text fonts, say from Times to...
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Finale Blog: The Way You Look Tonight
TweetThe above, my esteemed blog readers, is Finale 1.0, from 1988. Folks trying to sell other music notation software would like you to remember Finale 1.0 when comparing benefits with their 2011...
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