MakeMusic Releases NotePad 2006; Free Downloadable Music Notation
Software Offers New Features and Support for Files Created in Finale
2006

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2005--MakeMusic, Inc.
(Nasdaq:MMUS) announced today the release of Finale NotePad(R) 2006,
the latest version of the popular freeware. Based on the award-winning
Finale(R) music notation software, NotePad allows users of both
Windows(R) and Macintosh(R) OS X computers to create, play back and
print sheet music. NotePad has been downloaded nearly 4 million times
by musicians in over 200 countries worldwide. The current version is
available for download at http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad.


NotePad offers a variety of powerful and timesaving features for
educators, students and hobbyists including compatibility with Finale
2006 files. The software is especially popular with music educators,
allowing them to create assignments in Finale and share these
creations with their students via NotePad.

NotePad users can set up a music score and enter clefs, time
signatures, key signatures, notes, rests, lyrics, markings and musical
instructions. The Finale technology automatically arranges the many
elements on the page just as an engraver would and prints the sheet
music with the same high quality publishers enjoy.

Highlights of new features in Finale NotePad 2006:

-- SmartMusic SoundFont(R) - over 128 of the same professional-grade
sounds found in the award-winning SmartMusic(R) practice system are
included for free.

-- Full compatibility with Finale 2006 - NotePad now reads any file
created by Finale 2006.

-- Textured Manuscript Background - provides pleasing on-screen
appearance and reduces eye fatigue.

-- Display in Concert Pitch Warning - NotePad now asks for
confirmation before printing non-transposed parts.

NotePad also serves as an introduction to the entire Finale family of
music notation software. Many NotePad users decide they would benefit
from additional features and upgrade to more advanced Finale products.
Because all of these products can share files (including between
Windows and Macintosh computers), music created in NotePad is fully
compatible with the entire Finale 2006 family of music notation
products. Visit www.finalemusic.com for complete details.

About MakeMusic, Inc.

MakeMusic, Inc. is a world leader in music-education technology whose
mission is to enhance and transform the experience of making, teaching
and learning music. Among its leading products are Finale(R), the
world's best-selling music notation software, and SmartMusic(R), the
complete music practice system that features Intelligent
Accompaniment(R) and the world's largest interactive accompaniment
library. MakeMusic maintains its corporate headquarters in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company can be reached at
www.makemusic.com.