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Finale Music: Finale Note Pad for Windows

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A free music notation software program! From the makers of Finale, the industry standard for this type of software, Finale NotePad can be downloaded from Coda for free. Although it is an entry level version of Finale, it is quite useful.

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computer software, music composition

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