The output looks great, and provides me with a lead sheet to play along with the original recording or the backing track I have. But over time, as the learning curve diminishes, it is not so much of a time suck. that were needed, and transposed it into E. Then I added all the notations, lyrics, etc. So I opened up Photoscore Lite, had it scan the pdf I have of the song I have the guitar backing track for (in the key of D), cleaned it up, and shot it over to Sibelius. I searched my background tracks, and found that I only had sheet music for it in D, which is the key the Beatles recorded it in (but which, it turns out, in not the key in which it is actually presented on the album. So when I find I want to play something on my tenor, I just use Photoscore Lite to scan the pdf (or hard copy) of the sheet music, clean it up in that app if and as needed, and then export it to Sibelius, where I can add all the notations, articulations, lyrics, symbols, etc that I may need.Īfter watching the new Peter Jackson Beatles documentary, I found myself wanting to play Across the Universe. And I am not so advanced that I can read a score for C instruments and automatically transpose in my head for Bb.

I've collected a lot of them over the years, often with accompanying sheet music, for use with C, Bb and Eb instruments.īut many of these do not have the sheet music for Bb instruments, for example. I am a late bloomer / hobbyist who only learned to read music late in life and I mostly play along at home to backing tracks.

I am not in need of the expensive full featured versions, as these free versions handle all my requirements and then some. They have been really helpful to me for my needs. I have been using the free versions of Sibelius and Photoscore Lite, and have been extremely happy in how much these can do.

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