Allegro 2005

Gives educators, performing musicians, composers, arrangers and worship directors all the MIDI and notation tools they need to create publisher-quality scores, while leaving out the detailed engraving options found in Allegro's "parent," Finale.

Create New Music
Click on Setup Wizard, choose the instruments or voices you want (or select an ensemble), specify the key and time signature, type in a title and composer's name and Allegro automatically sets up your score for you. Save your score as a default document or choose from dozens of templates.

Play Back Your Music
Allegro can play back via your MIDI device or through the SmartMusic SoundFont (included), providing the same professional grade instrument sounds found in the award-winning SmartMusic practice system.

Also included are terrific marching percussion sounds (Bass Drums, Crash Cymbals, Snare Drum, Tenor Drums and more) from Row-Loff Poductions -- foremost in marching and concert percussion literature.

Great notation value - simple, intuitive, powerful
¢ Many educator features added such as Exercise Wizard and Save as a SmartMusic Accompaniment
¢ A great alternative for those who do not qualify for the Finale academic discount
¢ A value alternative to Finale for educators and music ministers

Tweak it¦
Easily edit all of your MIDI data. Transpose; add lyrics, chord symbols and guitar fretboards; place dynamics, articulations and slurs; extract parts and do everything else you'd expect from a professional level notation program”right at your fingertips.

Or don't Tweak it¦
Allegro includes a number of tools that make your music sound great without a lot of tweaking: Human Playback plays your music as you would want it to be performed, with dynamics and phrasing, even if you enter notes with a mouse. Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing adds two- and three-voice harmonies to your melodies. Add Drum Grooves automatically (and the list of available grooves and styles is easily expanded