[Dixielandjazz] RE: Sibellious, Encore or Finale or ???

[Larry Walton Entertainment]

One of the things that Finale does that irritates me is that there doesn't
seem to be a way to get rid of the guitar tablature except by clicking the
box each time you enter a chord symbol.  It seems to me that it should work
the other way round.  Does anyone know how to permanently get rid of all the
chord diagrams as you enter chord symbols in Finale?
Larry Walton
St. Louis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elazar Brandt" <jazzmin at actcom.net.il>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] RE: Sibellious, Encore or Finale or ???


> I think this is my last word on the subject ... for now ... until I make
my
> purchase and either have raves or regrets.
>
> I tried the demo versions of Sibellius and of listmate Norman James'
Personal
> Composer. I was actually impressed with Personal Composer and almost went
for
> it, for half the cost of Sibellius. But when I tried the Sibellius demo I
> stumbled on what will most likely be the deal breaker. Sibellius supports
chord
> symbols not only for guitar, but for all kinds of banjos and other
stringed
> instruments, and you can define your own chord symbols too. Since I play
and
> teach and write music for tenor banjo, this feature will come in quite
handy on
> a regular basis. Personal Composer, I must say, is more intuitive than
> Sibellius, and I otherwise might have chosen it. It seems to be able to do
> pretty much anything us jazz musicians would want, and I didn't notice any
> glaring deficiencies for other applications.
>
> Ah, yes, I thought I noted in the discussion that someone said the new
Encore
> does not support old Encore files. I did not have the patience to search
all the
> posts to confirm that, but I'm pretty sure that's what someone said. And
other
> than avoiding the learning curve for new software, the ability to not lose
all
> my existing Encore files would have been the main reason to upgrade to the
> current Encore version.
>
> Once again, thanks to all for your sage advice and information, especially
to
> many who wrote me lengthy emails off list.
>
> Elazar
> Doctor Jazz Dixieland Band
> Tekiya Trumpet/Brass Ensemble
> Jerusalem, Israel
> <www.israel.net/ministry-of-jazz>
> Tel: +972-2-679-2537
>
>
>
>
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