[Perform-Talk] Accessibility of Music Editing Software

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello,
Sibelius works really well but you need to get hold of an old version
like version 5, download free scripts and you need to be using
Windows7 or earlier. If you are working with sighted musicians, the
sheet music produced in Sibelius looks better; more professional, so
I'm told, than music produced in Dancing Dots' software. Even then,
you will need some sighted assistance to make sure things like lyrics,
expression markings and notes aren't crashing into each other visually
on the page.

I like Sibelius because you can type your music as if you were typing
a letter to someone. I use Braille Music so when I'm writing something
for sighted musicians, it's a case of transcribing, rather than
composing, using software.
Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 3/10/19, Christopher Wright via Perform-talk <perform-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Reach out to Dancing Dots.
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> www.dancingdots.com
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> On 3/10/2019 3:31 PM, Chris Nusbaum via Perform-talk wrote:
>> Hi Friends:
>>
>> I have recently been asked to (at least temporarily) take over direction
>> of my church's music ministry. This means that, in addition to leading the
>> band/choir during services and rehearsals, I will be responsible for
>> selecting music, finding copies of it and getting the music to the other
>> musicians. I'm working on convincing the church to invest in a Midi
>> keyboard, which will give us much more flexibility in terms of arranging
>> and transposing music to fit our needs. We have a lot of people playing
>> different struments and having different vocal ranges, so sometimes we
>> have to adjust to what is best for our musicians. As I'm sure you know, a
>> Midi keyboard has to be connected to a computer with certain software for
>> it to do what I want it to do. At this point I'm most familiar with Finale
>> and Sebilius (I may be spelling that wrong), both of which have the
>> features I'm looking for. However, I don't know about the accessibility of
>> either program. I may decide at some point to get a personal copy of
>> Goodfeel, but at this point the sheet music I'm looking to produce is
>> mostly for the benefit of sighted musicians. Can anyone advise me on the
>> accessibility of either or both of these programs?
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
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