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ManWithDaPlan
03-02-2008, 07:42 PM
Hey all, this is more of a composing question but do any of you know of any sort of chart writing program, preferably free of course, that I can use to write down some of the stuff I wrote?

You see, I'm in a band that's not really a jazz band, it's more of a progressive rock/fusion group but sometimes we write some really jazzy parts, and it would be nice to have a program to write charts for us to print out and use during rehearsal.

anyways, let me know if you guys know of any. Thanks!
Seafroggys
03-02-2008, 11:48 PM
I know there's a free notation software for Linux, can't recall the name off the top of my head.
FRUGiHOYi
03-03-2008, 01:59 AM
Do you mean music notation? Try Powertab.
Seafroggys
03-03-2008, 02:17 AM
Yeah, but Powertab costs money, right? He's looking for free programs.

Most of the free programs for Windows are usually very crippled and don't do you much good. For example, I needed to make PDFs of tabs for a bunch of midis I wrote in Cakewalk, and Cakewalk doesn't have a very good tab writer. I downloaded the demo for Guitar Pro but it crippled the Print Function so when I made the PDF using CutePDF it had "DEMO VERSION" written all across the page.
FRUGiHOYi
03-03-2008, 04:24 AM
No, Powertab is free. GuitarPro costs money.
Moseph
03-03-2008, 07:22 AM
Finale Notepad might also work. It's sort of like a demo for Finale Pro: a shareware version that's free.

I don't recall the exact feature set, but I'm pretty sure you can write up charts and print them out.
ManWithDaPlan
03-03-2008, 12:15 PM
Hey dudes, I already have guitar pro for all of my arranging and composing needs. What I need is a program that can write simple charts out with maybe just a melody and chords, like a chart you would find in a real book. Not something like guitar pro or powertab, where you write out specific parts.

I hope this can be my last post for my post count, and thanks.
FRUGiHOYi
03-03-2008, 02:38 PM
Sweet post count!
Akira
03-03-2008, 05:54 PM
Hey dudes, I already have guitar pro for all of my arranging and composing needs. What I need is a program that can write simple charts out with maybe just a melody and chords, like a chart you would find in a real book. Not something like guitar pro or powertab, where you write out specific parts.

I hope this can be my last post for my post count, and thanks.

What? You can use something like Powertab or Finale Notepad to notate a melody and add chord symbols. What is it you need?