Play MUSX files in your browser
The file Finale saved every score in. Open one right here, see every part, hear it play and save it as MusicXML. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your score opens on white paper, in notation and tab as it's written, and plays with the bar it's on followed.
- Play • Half to 1.5× speed
- One track, or all of them
- Notation, tab or both • A page or one long line
- Export • Save as MIDI or Guitar Pro
About MUSX
Finale was MakeMusic's notation app, which engraved scores for publishers, Broadway and schools for 35 years until MakeMusic stopped making it in August 2024. MUSX is the file Finale 2014 and later save every score in, where older versions saved MUS.
A MUSX is a ZIP. Inside, score.dat holds the whole score in Finale's EnigmaXML, gzipped and scrambled: every staff with its instrument and transposition, each measure's entries in up to four layers, and the lyrics, expressions, articulations, slurs and chord symbols placed on them.
Filepeek reads the score in your browser and alphaTab draws every part on white paper, a transposing instrument's as its player reads it when Finale showed it so, then plays it with General MIDI sounds, the bar it's on followed. Save as MusicXML for Dorico, MuseScore or Sibelius, or as MIDI or a Guitar Pro file.
Finale score
.musx
Format
- MIME type
- application/vnd.makemusic.notation
- Made by
- MakeMusic
Inside the file
- Holds
- Staves, layers, notes, lyrics and chords
- Text
- EnigmaXML, scrambled and gzipped in a ZIP
- Older files
- MUS, which is binary
- Written by
- Finale 2014 to 27
Opens in every browser
Filepeek draws Finale files as a score and plays them in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers only download them.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Apps that open MUSX
- WindowsFinale, no longer sold or updated
- MacFinale, no longer sold or updated
- iPhone and iPadNo app built in opens it
- AndroidNo app built in opens it
Questions
How do I open a MUSX file without Finale?
Drop it on this page or press Peek a MUSX. The score opens with every part and plays in your browser, with nothing to install.
Finale is gone. How do I move my scores to another app?
Open each MUSX here, choose Export, then Save as MusicXML. Dorico, MuseScore and Sibelius all read MusicXML, so the notes, lyrics and chords come along.
Does an old .mus file open?
No. Finale 2012 and older saved MUS, a binary format of its own, which Filepeek doesn't read. Finale 2014 and later open a MUS and save it as MUSX.
Why does my score look different in Finale?
Filepeek spaces the bars to fit your window and doesn't keep Finale's page layout or the places you dragged things to. The notes, words and chords are the same.
Can I hear a Finale file?
Yes. Press play and each part plays with the instrument its name says, the bar it's on followed. Finale's Garritan sounds aren't in the file, so General MIDI sounds play it.
Why does a drum part look odd?
Finale maps each percussion note to its instrument through tables of its own, which Filepeek doesn't read, so a drum part shows as plain notes on its staff.