JPF Home Page Forums Musician Gear and Techniques Music Theory and Education Does anyone write notation by hand anymore?

If you don't have the time or money to take lessons you can learn to do at least some of it on your own. Although I did take lessons in reading music as a teen, I wasn't as strong reader and couldn't notate correctly until I was close to 40. I bought the academic version of Finale back then and through trial and error started to learn notation and am now composing using notation. LOL, at the time I should have used the less advanced version because it was a few years before I could use it to my advantage. Now that I have learned using the program, I am actually able to notate by to some degree and actually get it right. It has also helped me to learn to sight sing a little as well.


By the way, the new Finale Notepad 2009 now costs $10 dollars. It has a lot of really nice features and you can transpose with it now and select a variety of instruments. You can get the 2008 version which is still free but doesn't have the extra features. It's well worth the money.