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is noteworthy that good ?

IS nwc that good ? Isn't finale , sibelius can do more than noteworhty ??

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Reply #1 –
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Finale and Sibellius more bells and whistles, are much more complicated, and much, much more expensive. I have explored both. Noteworthy is absolutely perfect for my particular needs.

It may be that folks with very specialized needs may need some of the additional options under Finale/Sibellius. For a competent and easy-to-use program, however, nothing can beat Noteworthy.

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Reply #2 –
Second that...  Plus, depending on whether or not you're a student, it's about 10 to 100 times cheaper.

Geoff

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Reply #3 –
Dollar for dollar, nothing beats Noteworthy.
Now, if Noteworthy cost the same as those other two, I wouldn't touch it (because I'm poor...).

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Reply #4 –
finale , sibelius can do more than noteworhty ...

IMHO, having tried both those programs, neither is as intuitive or easy to use as Noteworthy, and it definitely wins against Finale and Sibelius when it comes to MIDI performance aspects. If you need to use nested tuplets, ultramodern or antique notational forms, then, as with many things, you have to pay the extra.

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Reply #5 –
My 2 cents in favor of NoteWorthy:
1. NoteWorthy also (besides the benefits mentioned by others) uses FAR less processor power than Finale or Sibelius.  Thus, fewer crashes and can run more programs simultaneously with NWC.

2. I use NWC (as well as Band-In-A-Box)to scroll sheet music live on a large-screen TV for my class piano and chorus students.  This keeps them together far better than each of them reading from their own sheet music until they develop more mature music reading skills.  NWC's screen display looks far better than Finale's, and the highlighted notes are far easier to follow than Sibelius' vertical line moving along the staff.

3. And more that I don't have time to type out before my Kindergarten class gets here to do their solfege exercises in NWC and BIAB!  :)

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Reply #7 –
Another vote for Noteworthy. You can't beat it for the price. I had a free version of Finale for awhile, and finally wiped it because I just couldn't see investing time in learning another program when I was happy with Noteworthy. I only know Sibelius from hearsay, but my friends people who like it didn't buy it with their own money.

They may be better and quicker for some things, but I don't think they're enough better at anything to justify the cost difference.
 

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Reply #8 –
Have not used Sibelius, but have used Finale since its 98 version.

It is cumbersome, with a terrible huge help file.  Things that are easy in NWC take many steps in Finale.  Putting on a slur is a chore.

Finale has stuff I just don't need.  The chord analyzing... heck, I wrote the music and KNOW what chords I used.  They have a OCR thing, supposed to allow you to scan music and put it in Finale.  There are a number of music scanning programs out, and NONE work, including Finale, for any but the simplest music.  A waste of harddrive space.

I was really stoked on Finale's "jazz font", but you know what?  That is neat looking, but hard to read for many musicians.  NWC's font is really easier to sight read.  And we all know, a piece that does not sound pretty good on the first few readings may very well end up not being performed.

I can type in notation in NWC quickly.  Most of my music, including what I sell, is in NWC.  I can finish a piece in 1/10th the time.

Give me some X heads for percussion parts, and there is just not more I could ask for.

Paul Coats
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