From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V7 #113 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Friday, May 11 2007 Volume 07 : Number 113 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [loud-fans] music software question [Jenny Grover Subject: [loud-fans] music software question Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a program that will create sheet music for you? By that, I mean, if you want nice looking sheet music for a song (and in this case we're talking standard piano sheet music), is there a program that will graphically create it for you, allowing you to enter what note you want on the staff, assign it a value, allow you to create your time signature, sharps and flats, rests, etc. through some graphical interface, and then allow you to print it? I ask this because I really suck at handwriting sheet music, even if I have printed blank staves to work with, and I'd like to be able to get it down on paper in a nice, accurate, legible form. Bear in mind, I do not have a Windows computer, so if it's a Windows only program, forget it. In this household we have Linux and Mac, so software that would work with either, or both, would be acceptable. Jen ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 21:04:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Tim Walters" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] music software question > Does anyone know if there is such a thing as a program that will create > sheet music for you? There are lots of them. I use lilypond (http://lilypond.org), which has the advantages of being free and open-source. It uses text-based score files rather than a graphic interface; I consider that an advantage, but others might reasonably differ. You'll need to be comfortable with the Unix command line to use it. Commercial products I've used include Sibelius (http://sibelius.com) and Finale (http://finale.com). Both are professional-grade and expensive. I know there are less expensive ones out there as well, but not what they are. - -- Tim Walters | http://doubtfulpalace.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 01:47:30 -0400 From: Jenny Grover Subject: Re: [loud-fans] music software question Tim Walters wrote: > There are lots of them. I use lilypond (http://lilypond.org), which has > the advantages of being free and open-source. It uses text-based score > files rather than a graphic interface; I consider that an advantage, but > others might reasonably differ. You'll need to be comfortable with the > Unix command line to use it. > And there-in lies the problem. My husband has this program, and after looking at it, I decided it would be far too difficult for me to use. So far, what looks promising is that Rosegarden, another program he has, has a scoring feature that looks far easier to me. I didn't even know he had this stuff till I mentioned to him that I had posted! I asked him about this some time ago and he never showed me that stuff. Spouses. Jen ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V7 #113 *******************************