![]() ![]() So let’s take a look at all of them, Finale, Sibelius, MuseScore, Notion and Noteflight. ![]() Let’s start with the hows and whys of choosing software. ![]() The most important thing is that it does what you need it to do. This might seem obvious, but too often, rather than choose the most appropriate tool, people will choose what they perceive to be the best or most powerful tool. For example, Word is generally considered to be the most powerful word processor. But for me, it includes many features I’ll never use and which clutter up its interface. In the end, I’m much more productive with a more basic program like Google Docs. In the last 25 years, I’ve used and taught many programs, notation and otherwise, and quite a few no longer exist. It’s no fun learning a program, preparing teaching materials and then have it orphaned. One of the main reasons Finale and Sibelius are kings is that they’ve been around the longest. For Finale, it’s made it difficult to really revamp the interface. Sibelius, on the other hand, did a major overhaul of its interface that was pretty universally reviled by experienced users. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it meant a lot of relearning for many. Once you’re satisfied that a program meets your needs and is likely to stick around, you then should look at how it operates. Decide which of these factors–fast, cheap or good–is most important to you. For the most part, to get one, you’ll need to compromise on the others. With Finale or Sibelius, you really only get one of those factors. Both are very powerful, but the trade off is that they aren’t particularly fast or easy and they certainly aren’t cheap. Both are essentially engraving programs and they both produce good, printout (I know, purists will argue) and offer a lot of precise control over the layout. But this is where you need to look at what you need to do. ![]()
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