At 4:12 PM -0500 7/6/08, Paul Hayden wrote:
I have a friend who sings in a non-professional choir and he would
like to buy a Windows platform notation program that is inexpensive
(say, less than $100US) and easy to use. He would be using it mostly
for 4-part choral music (including lyrics) with keyboard
accompaniment. He does not have a MIDI keyboard, so he'd like to use
the computer keyboard for note input, if possible.
I'm not up on the various incarnations of Finale (Allegro,
PrintMusic, Songwriter) and Sibelius (Student), so I'm not sure what
to recommend. Any suggestions -- not just Finale and Sibelius
products -- would be much appreciated.
Noteworthy composer might fill the bill. Google it. (I haven't
looked in quite a while.) I know someone who has used it in exactly
the situation you've described and was quite happy with it. It's
never been any good for me, since it is (or at least was) windows
only, but there is (or was) a free downloadable player for other
choir members.
John
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Virginia Tech Department of Music
College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. 24061-0240
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of jazz musicians.
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