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From: bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Bob Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: musical entry/score printing?
Message-ID: <1990Mar28.164432.3394@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 28 Mar 90 16:44:32 GMT
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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My wife plays bluegrass and traditional fiddle, and is looking for a
program that would allow her to enter music in standard musical
notation, play it back on the monitor speaker for auditory
verification, and then print out the finished score.  Does anyone know
of such a critter?

Provisos:
1. It has to run in monochrome.
2. Semi-intelligent entry (keyboard and/or mouse) would be nice, but
not critical.  I.e., it would be nice if the software itself kept
track of measures and the like.
3. Easy editing is a must.
4. Quality of the sound output is unimportant, since the playback
feature would only be used to check that harmonies are right and so
on.
5. Ability to edit printer drivers would be a big plus, though again
not crucial, since we have access to various dot-matrix printers as
well as a laserjet.

I haven't paid much attention to the musical side of the ST, so I
don't have a clue what's available.  I think that something simple
like Music Studio is what she wants.  Does it run in monochrome?  Will
it print the final score?  What else is available?  Any and all
facts/opinions concerning availablity, price, quality, ease of use,
etc. will be most appreciated.  And of course I'll summarize if I get
any interesting replies. BBB
-- 
Bob Bright <bright@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Dept. of Philosophy
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Man  R3T 2N2  (204) 474-9680