New Features in Recent Versions
Imagine creating a Finale file for your students. Your students open the file in a downloadable shareware application called Finale Performance Assessment, or FPA. Here they practice the music - adjusting the tempo, even hearing how it is supposed to be played, playing it over and over until ready for a performance - and are automatically recorded in a file they can save to disk for their portfolio, or email to you, their family, or friends. What's more, their performance is assessed on-screen: notes they played correctly appear in green and incorrect notes appear in red. FPA is now a reality for MIDI keyboard, woodwind and brass players!
Create and save a Finale file for Performance assessment. The FPA Wizard walks you through and checks your work.
Students test themselves by performing the music in our freeware FPA application. They can adjust the tempo, hear how it is supposed to be played and click on notes for fingering charts.
FPA records the performance. Activating the assessment feature overlays correctly played notes in green (incorrect notes in red) onto the existing notation — providing a detailed view of strengths and weak points.
FPA will even grade the performance — indicating how many correct notes out of all possible notes and the percentage of correct notes played.
Email recordings - Grades and recordings can be e-mailed to teachers, family or friends. Recordings can also be saved to a disc for a portfolio.
FPA can even assess polyphonic keyboard music.
