A lot of Finale users I know have sent in their finale discs to Sibelius for a discount and have not looked back.Įxporting parts in Sibelius is real easy. There's no more trade-off of ease of use vs power anymore. Finale used to be more powerful but Sibelius definitely has the edge over Finale now, plus it's more intuitive. I'd go with Sibelius, especially if you're going to get the newest version, 5. I'm sure as a writer that you know there are many ways to doing the same thing, but I have found that it can be a trap if I stay "in" the computer program too long and that it's better to go back and forth between computer and pencil and paper. Add stuff like rhythm section, print out what I have -usually a passage, not the whole chart at this point-and pencil in ideas onto the print out, and then enter it in the computer when I'm ready. Sometimes I'll sketch out something on paper, then enter it into my program. Get away from the desk, still use paper and pencil, as well. Don't use a notation program exclusively as you write. Sibelius is (for what it is, harrumph) fairly intuitive.Ī tip. That was written by an American and I'm not sure that's the case where you are, so if you intend to publish with New Zealand or UK publishing houses, you might want to check first.įinale used to have a long learning curve but over the years they've smoothed that out considerably. I read recently here that Finale is the industry standard. I don't know if there is anything lacking in it that you would need. Regarding big band specifically, though, I use Sibelius and it's very efficient. Ken, if you "advance search" this topic you'll get a lot of information.
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