free program to write simple tunes

[pianistimo]

isn't there a theory site that allows a person to type in a few notes and print the page out.  i'm helping with a musical and i don't have any of those fancy software programs such as sibelius.  i really only want to type in the notes for a few simple tunes - so the children can practice with some sheet music.  basically just the melody line. 

also, is there a downloadable program that will help make a cd into karaoke?  turn the treble down?  i don't care if a little of the treble is audible.  i also called a recording studio just to see what it would cost.

[pianowolfi]

Your first request: https://www.codamusic.com/notepad/

For the second one unfortunately I don't know anything.

[pianistimo]

thank you very much, pianowolfi!  wow.  i'm having so much fun with this that i think i'm going to buy it.  have to show this to hubby.  i always put off buying stuff like this because i think it's too expensive.  but, this is really great.

[pianowolfi]

I have the full version of Finale 2005 and work with it. Every year comes a revised edition. It's definitely not cheap. It's a good software. But it takes you a certain time to become familiar with it and there are some bugs in it that i find annoying. Thought about changing to Sibelius. But no software is perfect and if I changed I would probably find different bugs.

[pianistimo]

on this 2007 test version - can i still put another key and time signature into the piece in the middle?  i can't seem to figure that out.  also, i couldn't find the double bars for the 'fine.'  so i have 'unfinished business.'  i want to just draw the lines in - but how unprofessional is that?  it has a repeat sign - but no fine sign. 

[srivatsp]

Pianistimo,

For your second question -

Removing vocals from a already mixed track can never be done "perfectly". See  -

The Truth About Vocal Eliminators
https://www.ethanwiner.com/novocals.html

However since you mention that you don't care if a bit of the vocals are still left - try the AnalogX Winamp plugin. You can download the plugin from -

https://www.analogx.com/contents/download/audio/vremover.htm

Of course, you need to have Winamp installed. If you don't have it already, you can download it from https://www.winamp.com

The results of the vocal remover will vary from song to song.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards,
Srivats

[pianistimo]

dear srivatsp,

thank you SO much for your help!  the children probably will feel more secure having a little bit of vocal still on the cd - but not terribly much.  i'm going to try this tommorrow when my son comes home from school.  he's the one that usually gets things to work.   susan