I'm a boomer (age 54) and write only a few sketches on paper. I work
nearly everything out on the computer, being a poor pianist, although I
occasionally have some good original ideas working with a pencil away
from anything. Working on the computer is fairly slow, but the result
is a nearly full score (sometimes three trumpets on one line, explode
them later, etc.).
Raymond Horton
Andrew Stiller wrote:
I think that Beethoven and Mozart would have used Finale if it were
available back in their day.
This is definitely a generational issue. When I started using Finale
in 1991 there was still a whole generation of composers out there
who never used a computer for anything, and saw no point in adopting
the new technology. Most of them are dead now.
My generation, the boomers, mostly use Finale as an engraving
tool--that is, we compose on paper (using piano to test chords,
counterpoint etc.), then when everything is done, use Finale to make
the fair copy and extract the parts.
I realize that the vast majority of younger composers work directly in
Finale, but I confess I cannot even conceive how that could be done
smoothly, since I, at least, would find myself constantly distracted
by engraving issues (supressing cautionary this'n'that between
movements, frinstance) that have no bearing on the act of composition
itself.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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