[Harp-L] Maybe you guys know....

["samblancato" <samblancato@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Folks, 

 

Thought I'd pick your brains on a software question.  I'm looking for
software with which I can write music.  What I want are two things.
Firstly, I want a program that will allow me to play a bass line on a
midi-type keyboard and have the notes I'm playing appear on a staff where
they're supposed to.  Secondly, I want a program that will allow to just
write out charts for songs - the chord changes for the song.  

 

It would also be really neat to have a program that would let me write out
notes with a time signature and everything else and have those notes played
with a simple tone just so I could get an idea of how it sounds.  

 

I am a complete babe in the woods when it comes to music software.  What
I've looked at seems very complex and provides way too much in terms of
features and I get confused.  In working with bass players I'm at a loss to
speak their language and it would be great to just be able to show them.  

 

Sam Blancato, Pittsburgh