Finale

File Format
Name	Finale
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Audio and Music Finale ; ; ;
Extension(s)	.etf, .mus, .musx
MIME Type(s)	application/vnd.makemusic.notation
PRONOM	fmt/397, fmt/398
Type Code	FIN3
Wikidata ID	Q1416101
Released	1988

Finale is music notation software. Developed originally by Coda Music Technology, then currently, MakeMusic.^[1]

File Identification

Over the years Finale has used many file formats, which include^[2]:

.MUS & .ETF (Enigma Binary File & Enigma Transportable File)^[3]
.MUSX & .musicxml Starting in 2014, (ZIP/XML format & XML format for sharing)^[4]

Enigma stands for “Environment for Notation Intuitive Graphic Music Algorithms” and was used for many of the early formats.^[5]