Sunday, September 12, 2010

PLN Noteflight, I stand corrected

I took Dr. Bauer's suggestion, and checked one high school to see what, in fact, they were using in their computer lab.  28 machines had Finale Notepad and Sibelius Scorch which means they would be able to compose a limited amount of majors, just not save anything.

This changed my whole perspective on Noteflight.  After going in and seeing how Noteflight was compatible with my computer, I agree with this program.  As a habit, I print my scores in Adobe Creator after scoring them in Sibelius or Finale and found I could also achieve this with Noteflight.

I tried a different approach, after converting my Noteflight score to PDF, I then copied it into a picture managing program to achieve this (click on the image):

This might be a 'round the mulberry bush' way of posting a chart, but it saves on people having to have the updated versions on software, because the picture is there.  My only problem is getting more than one page to show.

Noteflight is an excellent program in the educational setting, because students can save their work, return, and not have to pay a dime.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with you that Noteflight really has potential in the classroom. There are so many possibilities with teaching students composition and or theory. Especially if you have computers for students but not enough money to purchase software. I do agree also with you on one of your earlier posts that Noteflight might not be as easy to use or as practical as Sibelius or Finale, but it does have amazing possibilities in the classroom...and on top of that the price is right for the classroom.

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