At 9:46 AM +1200 8/7/07, Steve Currington wrote:
I do not intend stopping working with Finale.. But will only be using it for say 15% of my work. And in almost all those cases it will be either 1/ to make it easier for me to pass the Finale file onto another Finale user person or 2/ simply to keep my Finale hand in on the off chance that Finale finally gets it together to a level where I feel that Finale has become a "better" product for my working style and work habits. But I am not holding my breath I am afraid. Steve Currington Mature Student Composer Wellington, New Zealand
I'm glad to have Steve's comments as a student. From our experience here (and I may have submitted this earlier), I can say that when we required Finale, about 85% of the students I had hated it, about 10% got along with it, and only about 5% (including some jazz majors) actually learned to use it and actually control it. Now that we're requiring Sibelius, I'd guess that 80-90% of our students are actually using it and are functional with it.
Now just to be completely honest, I have to admit that we have never actually taught classes in either Finale or Sibelius, although students are introduced to its use in several classes starting with Freshman theory. That's something I do intend to bring up with our new Department Head.
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