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Noteworthy Composer (see <A HREF="http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/">http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/</A> ) is a software package that allows you to compose music score (that is, sheet music) on your computer - essentially its like a word-processor for sheet music. It also allows you to play back the tune via a MIDI output so you can hear exactly what the tune sounds like after putting it together.<BR>
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It's a great product. I would buy it, except that it runs on Windows, and I don't [run windows].<BR>
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I have tried running it on WINE, however it doesn't work properly. The menus are scrambled (I have put a screenshot at http://wasp.net.au/~buddrige/noteworthy.jpg ) and the Midi output doesn't work either. Without menus that I can read, it is prohibitively difficult to attempt to configure it for my system.<BR>
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I have been searching for an equivalent program for Linux - Free/OSS would be ideal, but pay-for software is fine too. Does anyone know of a linux based [or Java based] program that would replicate these features? I am particularly interested in the ability to create sheet music in word-processor fashion and play it back immediately on the computer.<BR>
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thanks heaps guys,<BR>
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David Buddrige. 8-)
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