Fanale is not good.

[brendan765]

I am terrible at using this software. It's a waste of time to sit here and do this.  I'll stick to performing my piano works...and have people put my orchestral works/piano solos on finale if I choose. Otherwise I can read my own writing just fine, and if somebody wants to read my music they can take it and figure it out just like people did with Beethoven's Music. 

[outin]

I am terrible at using this software. It's a waste of time to sit here and do this.  I'll stick to performing my piano works...and have people put my orchestral works/piano solos on finale if I choose. Otherwise I can read my own writing just fine, and if somebody wants to read my music they can take it and figure it out just like people did with Beethoven's Music. 

I am afraid you might end up a very obscure composer if you think like that. The "greats" if the past had their friends/publishers to clean up the works. The original manuscripts only became interesting after they were dead and already famous and the scholars started digging them for more information...

[pianoman53]

Only true idiots compare say they are great... You just compared yourself to God, and that's too much, even for trolling.

[lostinidlewonder]

It's called delusions of grandeur.

[outin]

It's called delusions of grandeur.

Which might actually be useful for pushing through obstacles when aiming high... assuming one has what it takes...which means one is not actually delusional... Did I just shoot myself in the foot? 

[rjarsenault1101]

oh I used finale once. it was utter crap! I then found this software called musescore. it's the best one that I've had. for being free it's amazing!

[webacademyofmusic]

I thought that about Finale when I first started using it too, and then once I got to know my way around, I found it pretty handy.  If you haven't given up completely on it yet, I recommend watching a few video tutorials, and then downloading templates that are already pretty much what you want. Then it's pretty easy from there. Cheers and good luck!