Batteries Included: 0
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: MakeMusic
EAN: 0606776001434
Feature: Score Set-up wizard
Format: CD-ROM
Label: eMedia
Manufacturer: eMedia
Model: WHR07
Platform: Macintosh
Publisher: eMedia
Release Date: 2007-02-01
Studio: eMedia
MPN: mm00143

• Score Set-up wizard
• Up to eight staves of music
• Includes guitar and bass chord symbols& fretboard diagrams
• Quickstart videos show you how to use Songwriter
• Beautiful, professional quality printed pages

Finale Songwriter 2007 makes it easier and more productive to experiment with melodies, explore new arrangements and experience your songs! Work with a full orchestra of instruments, and adjust tempos to give your songs more energy. Use the Band-in-a-Box Auto Harmonizing to create a full sound. Print professional-quality sheet music, create MP3 files, even e-mail your songs to band members, friends, and fans! Transpose to any key Type a chord name to hear how it sounds - and see its guitar fretboard Select automatic drum grooves for different styles Add automatic harmonies Experiment with over 128 professional instruments Print great-looking sheet music Save MP3 files to create audio CDs or to play on an iPod Hear your songs with a professional software synthesizer-no hardware required Use Human Playback to make songs sound like they're performed like live musicians Band-in-a-Box Auto Harmonizing Automatic lyric placement - up to six lyric verses Chord symbols, fretboard diagrams and percussion notation Automatic note spacing, dynamics, slurs, and articulations Multiple Undo

Customer Rating:
Summary: Ok for beginning to intermediate composers
Comment: This particular Finale product is too basic for truly advanced composers/musicians. You can't change time signatures or keys mid-song...there aren't even grace notes. It only transposes the most basic music. If you play above an 8 or so, it won't keep up with you. We even tried it at a 5, and it missed some stuff. It works at a basic level, which is why I gave it a 2, but the features are very limited! Go for/use the advanced, expensive programs if you're at that level. We did and are MUCh happier! This particular program would be Great for a beginner, though!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Finale Songwriter
Comment: I've found this product easy to use and was more than worth the price I paid for it. I'm impressed with the ease of transposing my music into what ever key I wish to use.

The only problem I've had is being able to access this on my 2 computers. I have a computer in my studio that I would like to use sometime, but I would have to buy a second copy, even though I am the only user. I will buy a second copy because I believe it's worth it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: One Stop Music Transcription for Songwriters
Comment: Are you a songwriter who wants to write notes for your melody, add some lyrics, hear the song played back, print it and save it as an mp3 for easy sharing on the web? If so, with this tool your search has ended. Excellent tutorial videos and help included. Many operations are intuitive just by reading the text in the upper part of the screen.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Where are the grace notes?
Comment: For the most part Finale Songwriter was very good. The computerized instruments that allowed me to hear my music before I printed it was great. It was not completely the same as a real musician, but I know that will never be possible. The note placing on the staff was so easy and allowed me to write chords so much faster than by hand. Many of the advanced techniques that I wanted to use such as grace notes were not there. I expected all Finale products to have these features. I was severely disappointed when I found that these features were missing. It is very frustrating to me to purchase Finale Songwriter just to find out that I need to purchase the more advanced, more expensive Finale.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Easy Writer
Comment: Writing music is so easy with Finale Songwriter software. I wish I'd found it sooner. Thank you Finale.

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