Software for scoring music

Factual Questions
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I know a similar question was asked a few months ago, but I was unable to find it.

What software can anyone recommend for scoring music? Idealy this software would have the ability to scan existing scores.

I know that Sibelius with the Neuratron PhotoScore add-on was recommended in the earlier thread, but I’ve tried that approach and I didn’t like it too much. I found the interface much too difficult to work with and the OCR capabilities inaccurate. I’ll be happy with something less powerful but easier to use.

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Finale is a good program, I have the 2001 version. It was highly recommended by my music theory teacher. I haven’t played around with it much, but I’m pretty sure there is some way to scan music in to it and there’s a whole other load of features on it. You can find more on their website below.

http://www.codamusic.com/coda/

3

The Lime notation editor is what I’ve been using successfully, it is supposed to handle scanned music, though I haven’t used it for that.

There is a fully functional free download here.

You are expected to pay ($65 US I think) if you like it and intend to continue using it. It comes with a fairly good manual as a PDF file. Took me a while to get used to its quirks, but I really like it now - I guess I should pay!!

4

The Lime notation editor is what I’ve been using successfully, it is supposed to handle scanned music, though I haven’t used it for that.

There is a fully functional free download here.

You are expected to pay ($65 US I think) if you like it and intend to continue using it. It comes with a fairly good manual as a PDF file. Took me a while to get used to its quirks, but I really like it now - I guess I should pay!!

5

I have Encore, and while I haven’t used it much, when i did fiddle with it, I was impressed with it. might want to look into that.