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twinklefingers
post Aug 5 2011, 07:41 PM
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Hi, I wonder if any one can give me advice on composition software? I have tried researching on internet, but am a little overwhelmed!

I would like software that will allow me to play through a keyboard and transfer onto a score that I can then print. I don't need multiple instruments as I just want to write for piano solo....

any ideas!?

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post Aug 5 2011, 07:53 PM
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I'd say "Music Publisher" from Braeburn Software, but I don't know whether you can input to it directly from a piano kbd. No harm in asking them, though. It's the software I use.

I'm sure you can do it with Sibelius, but I've never used it.

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post Aug 5 2011, 07:59 PM
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QUOTE(principal4 @ Aug 5 2011, 08:53 PM) *

I'd say "Music Publisher" from Braeburn Software, but I don't know whether you can input to it directly from a piano kbd. No harm in asking them, though. It's the software I use.

I'm sure you can do it with Sibelius, but I've never used it.

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you can, and I have, but Sibelius is quite expensive I hear (used it in university on university computers so never shelled out for it myself)
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post Aug 5 2011, 09:21 PM
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Have you looked at Musescore? It's free and I've found it easy to use. It says that you can enter music using a midi keyboard, although I haven't ever tried using this feature and can't advise on how good it is for this.
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post Aug 5 2011, 09:57 PM
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Musescore is free I believe and would do fine for what you want.
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That's great - thank you, I didn't think that I'd be as lucky to find anything for free! Considering that Sibellius starts at over ?100 I think that I will definitely give the musescore a go

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