any notation software ya like?

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junplugged

Taking the slow road
scores mainly for g/b/d/vox room for lyrics
 
If you're only after a program that prints music, as opposed to one that will translate midi to notation, the free LilyPond is good. It is more along the lines of a word processor for notation -- produces nice looking scores but not as intuitive as the commercial notation products.

Of which, I prefer Finale. The relatively inexpensive Print Music version would probably be all you would need.
 
I also use Finale. I agree that one of the cut down versions of Finale would probably be all you'd need.
 
cool. i just found the Finale NotePad. looks pretty good, but i don't see any drum noteheads yet, for cymbals, open & closed HH, but i think it'll work for a while.

i check out the others too.

i kinda realized a little late that when i'm playing all the instruments, it's gotta be planned out or i tend to forget what's exactly where, and hand writing it all is too hard especially when it comes to editing, or adding a staff, forget it.
 
I think Finale PrintMusic is the one for you to consider. NotePad might be a bit too cut down.
 
I started with Noteworthy awhile back. Easy to use but not as good looking as Finale is (granted I'm still on Finale 2002)
Sibelius I think looks better than Finale, but I never liked the layout of it all so I stuck with Finale.
 
http://myriad-online.com

Harmony Assistant is $20
Melody Assistant is $80 (does full-page WYSIWYG)

Tons of features - more than most people will ever need
Runs on Windows OR Mac.
Plugin to scan printed music into editable files is only $20 more
Holds its own with $600 programs
Demo on the website. Try it before you buy something REALLY expensive....
 
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