no chord suffix is impossible to create, and there is a lot of flexibility in mixing alterations and this kind of thing (for instance, if you wanted to create a chord that combined a sharp and a plus in the same chord for the different alterations). Finale allows you to create any chord suffix, e.g. Current versions of Finale have removed that limitation, and chord symbols can be placed on any beat in the bar, even if there is no music in the bar. You couldn’t enter chords above the staff in a blank bar. Results for piano music isn’t very impressive on either program, but understand that piano music is inherently very complex, with all of the inner voices and so forth.ĬHORD ENTRY: For years, Finale required that chord symbols be attached to a note (or a physical rest). This feature in both programs works pretty well with single line lead sheets or individual lines on a larger score. Both programs allow you to set up input quantize to control the transcription accuracy. Finale’s transcription feature is called “Hyperscribe” and a similar feature in Sibelius is called “Flexi-time”. Sibelius keeps the tie intact.īoth Sibelius and Finale offer a way to record music in as you play to a click on a MIDI keyboard. In Finale 2011 and earlier, if the first note you are re-pitching is tied, the tie is lost when you re-pitch, so you have to go back and reenter it. Sibelius has a slight advantage here as well. You enter the notes, articulations, phrasing, dynamics, lyrics etc into the first part, then copy this part down to the second staff, click on the first note and play in the new pitches for the second staff very quickly. When you are entering music in step-time, every additional step takes time.įor choral music and other types of music which is largely homophonic, Re-Pitching is a powerful tool in both Sibelius and Finale, potentially saving hours of time. For instance, if you respell a note enharmonically outside of the key signature, Sibelius follows common practice and remembers whether an enharmonic is spelled as a sharp or flat earlier in the same bar, while Finale requires you to respell the note again if it occurs later in the same bar. The various step time entry methods are very reliable and fast in both programs.įor more complex music, Sibelius has a slight edge as far as speed of entry.
NOTE ENTRY: I would say Finale and Sibelius are pretty much equal for simple music like a single staff lead sheet. Both FInale 2011 and Sibelius 7 offer several ways to enter notes, including more than one way to step-enter notation.
Each program has several pages to control how your document will look, what key and time signature will be used, whether there is a pickup in the music and so forth. This is called the Setup Wizard in Finale 2011 and New Score in Sibelius 6 or 7. They both have a mechanism to set up a score for a particular instrumentation and with a particular look (e.g. Q: Which program is faster / simpler for jazz lead sheets – Finale or Sibelius? Also, which program is better at complex chord extensions and chord placement?Ī: In order to really determine which program is “faster”, I think it is necessary to look at four main areas of interaction: Document Setup, Note Entry, Page Layout and Editing.ĭOCUMENT SETUP: Finale 2011 and Sibelius 7 are equal in the area of initial document setup.
0 kommentar(er)
