on 5/1/02 11:51 AM, John Howell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And no, that isn't the only reason my department head is considering > switching, although it's the proximate one. Too many students are making > too many complaints about not being able to figure out how to use Finale. > That's a fairly basic problem. > > John
I would be curious to know how other university music departments (I think we have a few other representatives that participate on this list) handle the learning curve in Finale. Does everyone else view it being as daunting a process as John and Va. Tech do? I have no accurate concept of how difficult that curve really is because I've used the program since version 1.0. I was up and running (including learning the Mac) with speedy note midi entry in about a week, but the ability to configure a layout took quite a while to learn (and in certain situations can still be a challenge). I'd say it's apples and oranges anyway, as different as the program is now. Here in Nashville, Blair School of Music (Vanderbilt) makes both Sibelius and Finale available in a composer's lab. The music business program at Belmont University offers a course (at least it used to) on how to use Finale. In these two departments, I don't as yet believe it has come down to choosing one program over the other. Don Hart _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
