does anyone can suggest me a simple program (possibly free) which i could unload and use to write music?
(looking for just a replacement of the pencil and the pentagram
not for sophisticated, for me, things like cakewalk, etc)
thanks
Do you read musiic, etc? abc might be worth a try if you just want to type note (by "name") in.
If you do want "pen and pencil" to see what happens a s you type, Barfly (mac) or Skink (java) might be worth a look.
Cakewalk suited me btw. I found it easy to move a cursor and drag/drop notes on a score but that's me and I can't sight read (note names make sense but knowing this note is twice that note does not "translate for me) and I found it simple hearing wise. Rosegaarden (Linux) is the closest I have now.
Popular sharware notation (Cakewalk is really geared for sequencing MIDI) programs include Noteworthy Composer (WIn) and Melody and Harmony Assistant (I believe Win and Mac).
I want to begin with one of the great traditions of our site ~
Use Your Ears!
Abc music notation is very common for writing ITM music.
Once you learn some basics you can print up music.
Jon Freeman has some good information.
Chris Walshaw Abc software links might help; http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/software.html
Chris also has Abc examples & links to tutorials.
I'll mention Guido Gozato's AbcPlus Project.
There is more information than you need to get started.
I am including it because he has a downloadable manual in Italian; http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/
ABC Navigator 2 is the program I use. It's pretty straightforward as long as you're familiar with ABC notation, but it has virtually no help feature or instructions to go along with it, which complicates things a bit. Not hard to figure out, though, so I'd recommend it overall.
http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm
That's the link to Steve Mansfield's tutorial.
I put it on here because it helps a beginner & I think Steve had alot of fun writing it.
Fun for the whole family.
Might help the Navigators looking for 'Help'
thanks to everybody. I will try to download something the easiest one. i'm not that good in programs and i do appreciate the comment about using the ears. unfortunately i don't have such a powerful amplification to get that music to the ears of the persons i want to listen to it. thanks again
writing music
writing music
does anyone can suggest me a simple program (possibly free) which i could unload and use to write music?
(looking for just a replacement of the pencil and the pentagram
not for sophisticated, for me, things like cakewalk, etc)
thanks
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by fiddlemax
Re: writing music
Platform, eg. Windows, is always helpful ...
Do you read musiic, etc? abc might be worth a try if you just want to type note (by "name") in.
If you do want "pen and pencil" to see what happens a s you type, Barfly (mac) or Skink (java) might be worth a look.
Cakewalk suited me btw. I found it easy to move a cursor and drag/drop notes on a score but that's me and I can't sight read (note names make sense but knowing this note is twice that note does not "translate for me) and I found it simple hearing wise. Rosegaarden (Linux) is the closest I have now.
Popular sharware notation (Cakewalk is really geared for sequencing MIDI) programs include Noteworthy Composer (WIn) and Melody and Harmony Assistant (I believe Win and Mac).
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by Jon Freeman
Re: writing music
http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by reenactor
Re: writing music
http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/melody.htm
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by Lurcherjohn
Re: writing music
If you are willing to learn ABC, which is fairly easy, you can use this site to generate nice looking printable sheet music:
http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html
If you do this, just save the ABCs in a text file on your local computer, and use the web page to generate the sheet music.
If you use this approach, I believe you can later move your ABCs into a "real" music editing program if that's something you eventually want to do.
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by crazy_fingerz
Re: writing music
I want to begin with one of the great traditions of our site ~
Use Your Ears!
Abc music notation is very common for writing ITM music.
Once you learn some basics you can print up music.
Jon Freeman has some good information.
Chris Walshaw Abc software links might help;
http://www.walshaw.plus.com/abc/software.html
Chris also has Abc examples & links to tutorials.
I'll mention Guido Gozato's AbcPlus Project.
There is more information than you need to get started.
I am including it because he has a downloadable manual in Italian;
http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by Random_notes
Re: writing music
ABC Navigator 2 is the program I use. It's pretty straightforward as long as you're familiar with ABC notation, but it has virtually no help feature or instructions to go along with it, which complicates things a bit. Not hard to figure out, though, so I'd recommend it overall.
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by FidDLe01
Writing music ~ abc tutorial
http://www.lesession.co.uk/abc/abc_notation.htm
That's the link to Steve Mansfield's tutorial.
I put it on here because it helps a beginner & I think Steve had alot of fun writing it.
Fun for the whole family.
Might help the Navigators looking for 'Help'
# Posted on January 14th 2008 by Random_notes
Re: writing music
thanks to everybody. I will try to download something the easiest one. i'm not that good in programs and i do appreciate the comment about using the ears. unfortunately i don't have such a powerful amplification to get that music to the ears of the persons i want to listen to it. thanks again
# Posted on January 15th 2008 by fiddlemax
Re: writing music
This is what I use:
http://www.turtlebeach.com/products/music-write-starter-kit/comparisons.aspx
# Posted on January 16th 2008 by dogmageek