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by Gary E. Andrews - 11/10/26 11:20 AM
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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.
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