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Details for: Finale Notation File 2014+

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Summary
Name	Finale Notation File
Version	2014+
Other names
Identifiers	MIME: application/vnd.makemusic.notation PUID: fmt/1974
Family
Classification	Dataset
Disclosure
Description	Finale Notation File is the native format for music notation since 2014 created by the Finale software. Finale was originally created for Coda Music Software, later sold to Net4Music which then became MakeMusic. Originally made for Macintosh in 1988 it was later made available in Microsoft Windows.
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Byte order
Related file formats	None.
Technical Environment
Released
Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University
Source date	17 Apr 2024
Source description	This format can be identified via a container signature in DROID version 6 or later. The PRONOM database cannot currently represent container signatures.
Last updated	17 Apr 2024
Note	https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/tag/font/ https://web.archive.org/web/19990203113959/http://www.codamusic.com:80/down/finale/eeppd.txt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finale_(scorewriter) http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Final