Help With Piano Arrangements

[SilverSparx]

What I would love to do is make arrangements for this site, but I don't have experience with sheet music-making programs. If anyone knows of a good program and some sheet music writing tips, I would really appreciate that. Seriously, that'd be awesome.

[AwesomeYears]

Again, Finale Notepad or Musescore is a great writing program to do, Musescore has actually updated to 2.0 a month ago so it's much more reliable! You can also buy Finale Songwriter (I think that's the name) for $150, which I'm gonna be getting soon! I will also hopefully be posting an arranging tutorial in the coming months!

[SilverSparx]

Thanks!    I'll start with MuseScore since money is not readily available for me to spend on music arranging.

[Latios212]

You can also buy Finale Songwriter (I think that's the name) for $150, which I'm gonna be getting soon!

You mean $50? I'm considering it as well...

[SilverSparx]

OH! Fifty dollars is much more reasonable. Musescore is pretty great, though. I like the 2.0. version a lot.

[AwesomeYears]

No, I mean the PrintMusic version, it's $150 AUD.

[Latios212]

No, I mean the PrintMusic version, it's $150 AUD.

Ah. Right. Different kinds of dollars. XD
If you don't mind me asking, why did you choose PrintMusic over SongWriter?

OH! Fifty dollars is much more reasonable.

Agreed!

[Maelstrom]

Well, I got 2011 for $140.00, so it's not that bad.

[AwesomeYears]

PrintMusic has way more features than SongWriter, SW is useful if you're just writing solo instruments without the need of MIDI. I like arranging music with lots of instruments and I'm using the MIDI for an actual game Plus, I have the money to buy it!

[The Deku Trombonist]

The other good thing about PrintMusic is that it supports .musx files which makes it more future-proof than the cheaper options, assuming MakeMusic sticks to their plans for the future.

[rvarella2]

Hey people!
I'm currently holding a crowdfunding campaign for a songbook. What do you guys think?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/your-piano-songbook

Feel free to contact me in anyway ^^

[AwesomeYears]

That's pretty cool, but why this post? Why not on the Post the Thoughts of the Moment?

[Dude]

I don't know if it's technically legal tho

[AwesomeYears]

I think it is legal, I mean he is only giving the books to the backers, not putting it in a shop or anything.

[Dude]

But it's someone else's compositions without their consent, right?