Klarinet Archive - Posting 000069.txt from 2009/10

From: Joseph Fasel <jhfasel@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] music writing program
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:01:42 -0400

Try Lilypond:

http://lilypond.org/

It is open-source and thus free as in speech as well as in beer.
Furthermore, it produces excellent scores. Lilypond can import .etf
files from Finale, though not .mus.

Cheers,
--Joe

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Fred Jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net> wrote:
> Here's one for the list:
>
> Can anyone recommend an inexpensive (possibly freeware?) music notation
> program? I have Finale, but
> it is an older version which won't run on my Mac OSX. I'm really p***ed off,
> but I don't use it enough to warrant paying hundreds of dollars for the
> latest Finale upgrade, which has way too many features I'll never use.
> Basically all I'm doing is lead sheets and basic arrangements. Not even
> using MIDI!
>
> So the multi-part question is: 1. can anyone recommend a simple
> mac-compatible program?
> 2. It would be a plus if it could read my old Finale files. Can any
> non-Finale programs read Finale files?
>
> Thanx all.
>
> Fred Jacobowitz
>
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> You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.
> ~Doug Floyd
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