Try Rosegarden... It's a sequencer and a score editor. It's very nice. But LilyPond is way more complete (and harder to use).Cohan wrote:Anyone knows of any notation programmes for Linux? I've heard of LilyPond, but there might be others. All suggestions are welcome.
Thanks for the comments! We are currently editing the samples for the classical guitar (which was recorded by Ben Verdery on his Smallman Guitar at Abbey Road). We've collected a VERY extensive group of samples with TONS of articulations/techniques and they'll be coming to PROGRESSION soon. As far as the solo classical guitar piece we may be able to add that to the demos section sometime soon, but as you said it's not our "bread and butter" so we've focused a bit more on the rock and jazz side.Thierry wrote:Hi Kyle,
Nice software. The result is very impressive.
Here's a few questions/comments:
There's no audio demo of a nylon string guitar. It would be nice to hear a classical guitar piece. Also, it would be nice to see a demo score for solo classical guitar (without the other instruments and that funky jazz font). I realize that classical guitar is not the bread and butter of Progression but Delcamp.net is a classical guitar forum after all!
There are two "voices" available in PROGRESSION, and they can be handled on the same staff. I'm not totally sure if this is how Finale handles it, but I do know that the dual voice option in PROGRESSION is easy to use and very accurate.Thierry wrote:How are multiple voices in the same stave being handled? In programs like Finale, you need a layer for each voice which is (in my opinion) very annoying.
It is absolutely possible to write without tabs...and the options for print and page/score layout are very user friendly as well!Thierry wrote:Is it possible to write a score without the tabs?
I'm sure it's a good product Kyle, but this is a deal breaker for a serious classical guitar composer or arranger. A lot of classical-guitar music requires (at least) three voices on a single staff, with the ability to handle overlapping note values and rests, etc.Kyle_Poehling wrote:There are two "voices" available in PROGRESSION, and they can be handled on the same staff. I'm not totally sure if this is how Finale handles it, but I do know that the dual voice option in PROGRESSION is easy to use and very accurate.Thierry wrote:How are multiple voices in the same stave being handled? In programs like Finale, you need a layer for each voice which is (in my opinion) very annoying.
I answered this on another thread, but the nylon string release will support up to 4 voices per staff. Not sure of the exact release date for this, but it should be coming soon.Guitar Slim wrote:I'm sure it's a good product Kyle, but this is a deal breaker for a serious classical guitar composer or arranger. A lot of classical-guitar music requires (at least) three voices on a single staff, with the ability to handle overlapping note values and rests, etc.Kyle_Poehling wrote:There are two "voices" available in PROGRESSION, and they can be handled on the same staff. I'm not totally sure if this is how Finale handles it, but I do know that the dual voice option in PROGRESSION is easy to use and very accurate.Thierry wrote:How are multiple voices in the same stave being handled? In programs like Finale, you need a layer for each voice which is (in my opinion) very annoying.
There was another discussion here recently about Guitar Pro software -- another good program with, sadly, the same limitation.
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In that thread, one of our members said he was in contact with the development staff at PowerTab, and they claimed they were going to take steps to address this shortcoming in future versions.
Please tell us you will also make your software more classical-guitar friendly!