Relative to my earlier query about teaching music theory or jazz arranging, etc., with technology, can someone clarify whether or not there are cheap student versions of Finale and Sibelius (Finale Notepad?) that are actually useful for this purpose? That is, limited versions that students can purchase for a nominal price far lower than full price, but which have sufficient functionality for use in teaching? I had assumed that was the case, but some feedback I have received thus far indicates it may not be. Has anyone tried Noteflight? I had not heard of it previously. I gather it enables users to create notation through their Internet browser, with no installation required. Comments on that as it compares to Finale or Sibelius would be appreciated, as would thoughts on using it for pedagogical purposes such as we are concerned with. We're trying to sort out our business model as it relates to our impending resumption of work on Understanding Tonal Music for college traditional and commercial music theory studies, now that we have our chord symbol fonts ready. So further feedback on these points would be much appreciated. Thanks much, jrc
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