Isabelle Bracamonte wrote:
> I use noteworthy -- it does everything I could ask, it's totally
> user-friendly, easy to learn, and it's really cheap.
Isabelle and all-
Really cheap is the operative word. I downloaded it and tried. It's a stripped
down imitation of a good program from Sessions called "Studio Three" which runs
circles around noteworthy. But neither of these two are WYSIWYG or intuitive.
I love to see exactly what the printout looks like and to be able to
arrange/correct an improper note by pointing to it with my mouse and dragging it
to where it belongs. I don't like to have to erase note values before I can
paste the correct values. I'd rather point to the note and press the desired
numbers on my keypad to correct the value of one or a bevy of notes. And with
lyrics I want to point to the beginning note on the numbered measure on the page
and just type the words, having the program put them where they belong. Plus,
and this is the big one, I want to see the whole page of score without having to
scroll down two or three times.
I don't have a lot of time to learn a program. I want to install it and use it
without reading anything. To do that a program must be intuitive. Most are
not. MusicTime is all that and more. For the money ($39 for Noteworthy, $49-$59
for Musictime) I'll still buy MusicTime.
But I do understand how one can become attached to a program after (s)he has
read the 150 page manual and mastered the program. As to others like Rhapsody,
Encore and Finale, I have tried them all. Phooey! To much to read. To hard to
conquer. And costly.
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Dean FH Macy, Lit.D./Mus.D.
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