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HELP!!

I'm new on this programme and i have no idea how to use it properly, I'm really comfused because the programme does not explaine things properly. Please Help Me... Nikki

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Reply #1 –
The program is easy to use, for most tasks. The biggest problem for new users is that you have a pre-existing idea of how you think it should be used.

Before you do anything else: Be sure that you have a printer driver on your computer. You don't need an actual printer, but if you have no default printer driver, install something ordinary from the built-in Windows printer list.

Open NWC. But instead of creating a new piece of music, open the existing samples. Look at how the music appears in the staff editor (that's where you do your music creation). Don' do anything, just look.

Then, go to File > Print Preview. Look at how the same music appears when it will be printed.

Do you see the difference? In NWC, when you create or edit music, each instrument runs on a single staff, from left to right, like a train on a track. If you have 5 instuments, you will have 5 parallel tracks.

But when the music is printed, the tracks are broken so that they fit across the page. The program does this automatically (although you can over-ride it, if you wish).

The second thing you need to know is that when you create new music, you do not fill into pre-existing empty measures. But as you add notes, the "train tracks" get longer. Measure bars are placed manually, by you, with the TAB key (although this can also be over-ridden).

The most important feaure is that notes, etc., are NOT placed by moving the mouse cursor to a location, then clicking. You can move the cursor to a location by clicking, but one you are there, you must strike a suitable computer key.

That should get you started. There is a manual (not just the built-in help file) that you can find on the Scriptorium. To get there, go to the NWC main page, and look in the lower-right corner.

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Reply #2 –
You are absolutely right about people having a pre-existing idea of how they think the program should work!  I once tried to use a very expensive notation program (S*b*l*us) and I couldn't get on with it at all after having used Noteworthy for about four years.  Nor could I make any sense of the notation editor of Cakewalk!
If somebody explained these programs like you just explained Noteworthy, I might have got somewhere!

Graham

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Reply #3 –
I am not sure what program to look at, Sibelius or Noteworthy.
I would like to know if you can scan music onto the Noteworth program and work with the program from this point on?
I am a director of music and most important for the "aged" choir is a key that is too high to sing. If I can scan the music onto the Noteworthy program, change the key, then this is the program for me.
I am not computer literate and it appears a little more easy to use than Sibelius.
Please reply.
Thanks

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Reply #4 –
Forget about scanning the music in . You still have to edit it to make sure the scanning program hasn't made a mistake , and believe me they do. Just type it into NWC and then you can transpose or make part predominant sound files or NWC files and burn them, and make practice CD s etc. Your choir members can download for free the Noteworthy player and practice at home.And all for a very cheap price. Try comparing that with the price of your scanning software.I have both but I use Noteworthy.
 

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Reply #5 –
Nikki, did you get the 'Noteworthy Composer User's Guide' with the programme?

Stephen