Re: Transoposing Software

It was a dark and stormy night when [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce
Henderson) wrote:

>  I have downloaded Finale NotePad.  It looks OK.  But is it possible
>to export and import ABC files -- I can't find any info on this.  I
>can't throw away 10 years of ABC work!
>  What I'd like to have is 1) a program that handles ABC, and 2)
>transposes.

I don't think Finale NotePad will do ABC.  Melody Assistant will (that's
the program I use for notation). It's shareware, but IIRC the only thing
that's crippled is that it prints an "unregistered" watermark over
anything that you print.  (And it's only ~$12 to register... IMO a
tremendous value.)  It's got a bit of a learning curve because it tries
to do so many things, and sometimes the command you are looking for is
hidden in an obscure submenu (there are dozens of menus, more dozens of
toolbars, it's a notation program, it's an ABC program.  wait! it's also
a MIDI program!  and that's not all, it's an mp3 player!  it's a WAV
editor! with the optional set of ginsu knives, it will not only prepare
dinner but sing to you while you eat!).  The authors are French Mac
users so sometimes I trip on little cultural differences, but IMO it's a
great program, and well supported.