Programs for writing music? - Good, cheap ones?

[Fish]

I have just finished (sort of) writing a solo piece for marimba. What I want is a program to type it up on. However, my quandary is this - if I invest in a decent program and it turns out the piece is crap, I probably won't write anything more and have wasted my money. What I'm looking for is a reasonable, yet cheap program. It has to be able to handle quintuplets, grace notes (embellishments), 7/8 time.

Any suggestions??

Fish

[rahalak]

check out http://www.codamusic.com

they offer a free music notation program that might work for you, as well as some inexpensive upgrades. I use the free program (Finale). It has its shortcomings, but it's free!

[Fish]

Rahalak,

Thanks for the tip. As it happens I managed to obtain a (fairly old) version of Encore which is working well.

Cheers,
Fish

[Fish]

Sorry,

That was the same Fish. I just forgot to log in....

[Laurent Lamy]

Hi, I use Musedit. Very simple, not expensive, many symbols for hand drums notation.

http://musedit.com/



Edited By Laurent Lamy on Nov. 13 2002 at 19:46