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04-03-2006, 05:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville, TN | | | Sheet Music creation program
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Do any of you guys know of some sort of program that I could download (or buy) that would allow me to create sheet music (not tab)? I would also need it to play back what I write. |
04-03-2006, 05:45 PM
| | | There is a program called Finale ( www.finalemusic.com) It is a bit expensive, but I have a lot of experiance with the program and I think its right what your looking for. |
04-03-2006, 06:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: St. Louis, MO, U.S. | | If you're not scared of text, you can try out Lilypond. It's different from other notation software in that instead of making you use some lousy GUI you get to just type your music in as plain text. This is a good thing, because, as everyone knows, if you can't do it from within a text editor, it's not worth doing. I recommend using something a little more powerful than Notepad though. Emacs or Vim is a good choice. Like all ethically correct software, Lilypond is free.
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04-03-2006, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Glasgow, Scotland | | | Thats pretty nuts. I may just have to give that a shot. If you're budget is a bit (well, OK, a lot) more flexible I recomend Sibelius.
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04-03-2006, 07:04 PM
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Works mostly with tab, but does produce sheet as well.
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04-03-2006, 07:05 PM
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04-03-2006, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | Sibelius is, IMO, much better than Finale. It's also accordingly more expensive, too  . One of the teachers at my school does all the arrangements for our school's big band, the university big band, and his OWN big band with Sibelius and swears by it. I'll be picking up a copy of Sibelius and an iBook G4 for when I go to college next year. GREAT software.
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04-03-2006, 09:11 PM
| | ...Bluesin' and Funkin' | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada | | | I have Sibelius, Finale and NoteWorthy Composer on my computer. I'm still pretty bad at Sibelius and Finale.
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04-03-2006, 09:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ontario | | | Er, yeah -- that's also worth mentioning...the learning curve on both programs is pretty steep.
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04-04-2006, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Danbury, CT | | As another option, I've used a fairly inexpensive piece of notation software for a while now, called MusEdit. It's pretty easy to use, has Midi playback and has suited my simple needs to this point. YMMV.
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04-04-2006, 11:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece | | | I use Guitar Pro, you can enter both tabs and notification.
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04-04-2006, 12:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Metro NYC | | Finale and Sibelius appear to be the industry standards. Finale has a couple of cheaper versions, but I don't recall whether Sibelius does.
My needs are not ultra-heavy-duty, so I use a program called Mozart Virtuoso. About $125. www.mozart.co.uk
All these programs have free demo versions that you can download. I'd suggest you try a couple and see which one comes easiest.
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