Klarinet Archive - Posting 000192.txt from 2002/01

From: Ed Wojtowicz <ewoj@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music notation software and transposition
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 14:16:38 -0500

If you go to www.codamusic.com (the people who make Finale) you can find a
free music notation program- Finale Notepad. It is simple to use, although
it doesn't have all of what you will find at their upper level software, it
works quite well. If you wish to upgrade, you can check out their other
products: Print Music, Finale Allegro, and Finale at a variety of prices and
feature levels. One of the mistakes people make is wanting a simple piece of
notation software and going all of the way to Finale's high end software.
Most people don't need all of the bells and whistles of the high end. For
those who are interested, the newest versions of Finale are great and
continue to get easier and more user friendly all the time.

Ed

> From: Jim Reed <jpreed@-----.net>
> Organization: home
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:48:27 -0500
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Music notation software and transposition
>
> While I read software descriptions which talk about transposition and
> then I look at price differences between professional applications and
> shareware, I still don't have a clear idea on where to start. Would I
> be best off trying to use Lime, MusicTime, NoteWorthy or something
> similar which I can afford? Or, do I need to give up this idea until I
> can considering affording something like Finale or Sibelius? Or, am I
> liable to get in over my amateur head with trying to transpose music for
> C, Bb, and Eb instruments?
>

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