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soppinthegravy - Posted - 07/30/2017: 14:44:56
Which is the better choice, Sibelius or Finale, and why? My goal is to put out transcriptions for sale of tunes as played by local old-time fiddlers.
AZJohnB - Posted - 07/31/2017: 06:48:49
Musescore It uses a 'standard' non proprietary open storage format.
alaskafiddler - Posted - 07/31/2017: 16:54:13
I find Musescore works pretty well.
soppinthegravy - Posted - 07/31/2017: 19:01:58
I like Musescore, but I'm looking for a comparison and contrast between just the two programs I mentioned in the original post.
abinigia - Posted - 08/01/2017: 19:23:50
I use Musescore. At some point you need to choose one program and stick with it. Any notation program will take getting used to before you are comfortable with it. Choose one and move on.
DougD - Posted - 08/02/2017: 05:38:33
What do you mean by "put out?" If you just want to provide pdf files as downloads probably any decent program will work. If you want to publish something you need to see what file format your publisher requires. Another member suggested there is now a "universal" file exchange standard, but I wonder how well it works. You could download Musescore and the basic versions of Finale Notepad and Sibelius and see how well they can exchange files. There may also be free trials of Finale and Sibelius you could try. I doubt many people here have much experience with the full versions of either of them. I still have the version of Allegro (I think similar to Printmusic) that I bought years ago, but I don't use it much.
FiddleBas - Posted - 08/02/2017: 07:15:37
FWIW, I use Sibelius, which is very powerful, fairly easy to learn, but very expensive. I can't imagine there is something that you cannot achieve with it in terms of notation.
soppinthegravy - Posted - 08/02/2017: 08:08:21
I'm planning on selling it as a self-published book and ebook. I've sold my CD's that way for years, never wanting my product o be controlled by a record label.
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Originally posted by DougD
What do you mean by "put out?" If you just want to provide pdf files as downloads probably any decent program will work. If you want to publish something you need to see what file format your publisher requires. Another member suggested there is now a "universal" file exchange standard, but I wonder how well it works. You could download Musescore and the basic versions of Finale Notepad and Sibelius and see how well they can exchange files. There may also be free trials of Finale and Sibelius you could try. I doubt many people here have much experience with the full versions of either of them. I still have the version of Allegro (I think similar to Printmusic) that I bought years ago, but I don't use it much.
Edited by - soppinthegravy on 08/02/2017 08:09:43
DougD - Posted - 08/02/2017: 08:22:53
Who's going to print it, or do you do it yourself with an inkjet or laser?
BTW, if you Google "Finale vs Sibelius" you'll find some interesting info, although you'll also find that very few people are really that familiar with both.
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