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Drowning_by_numbers · #16 (**permalink**) Apr-05-2008, 20:18

Oh, and I would definately recommend sibelius, but the price is a big issue.

JoeGreen · #17 (**permalink**) Nov-17-2008, 21:31

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Originally Posted by BuddhaBandit

Check out Dover's score publications. They tend to be reasonably priced and fairly high quality bindings. In fact, the first score that I ever bought was the Dover edition of Mahler's 1st and 2nd symphonies.

Yeah, Dover scores are really nice

Also some libraries have full scores in their music sections. That's where I go to get my hands on orchestral scores.

Conservationist · #18 (**permalink**) Jun-25-2009, 05:42

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Originally Posted by Oneiros

Yeah finale is pretty cool, and notepad is good if you're happy with the features. I like finale mainly for the quality of the midi sounds - it's quite realistic, which is very handy if you can't compose in your head.

There's an open source option as well:

http://musescore.org/