Accidentals in one layer are also carried through the measure for all other layers (these can optionally be displayed in Staff Attributes or Staff Styles). Rests of the same duration and accidentals on unison notes in multiple layers now are displayed only once. Smart multi-layer accidental and rest handling.
These Smart Shapes in older documents converted to the 2014 format retain their original locations and are automatically attached to the nearest beat. Affected Smart Shapes include hairpins, trills and trill extensions, 8va/8vb (ottava/ottava bassa), horizontal brackets, and lines. Beat attachment allows a Smart Shape start or end point to attach to a particular note, beat, or right barline. Smart Shapes that previously attached to measures now attach to beats (in the same manner as expressions) with lines showing the attachment point. You can also easily hide key signatures and continue to automatically display accidentals using the Hide key signature/Show accidentals option. Create scores or sections with no key signature. See Finale File Extensions and File/Export/Finale 2012. You can also export your document to the older format for use in Finale 2012 (use MusicXML for earlier versions of Finale). Older Finale documents are automatically converted when you open them, and you will be prompted to save the file in the new format. format for documents created in Finale helps you share your music more easily.
It can be read by either the Mac or Windows version of Finale. A Finale Notation File is the standard MakeMusic notation or music file, introduced in Finale 2014. Designed to improve compatibility, the new MUSX MUSX or. For a list of fixed defects, refer to the Read Me document that was installed with your version of Finale. What's new New Features in Finale 2014įor details on specific interface changes added since Finale 2012, see Finale 2014 Interface Changes.