Have to try this out... (Updates From-Top-Down)
I google for 'best free music notation software' and got this...
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MuseScore
Free music composition & notation software
http://musescore.org/
http://musescore.org/download
http://musescore.org/handbook
http://musescore.org/forum
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Couldn't DL from this link
(http://musescore.org/download)
but this here below seem ok
http://musescore.en.softonic.com/download
mscore-0.9.4.exe (latest is mscore-0.9.5.exe, but this will have to do for now)
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Update: 2010Feb03, 1403hrs
Had problems with sound only for the top staff and 'No Sound' for the rest at the bottom. Example, Soprano line got sound while Alto, Tenor & Bass got no sound. These links help solve the problem.
http://musescore.org/node/1432
http://musescore.org/node/1432#comment-2814
http://musescore.org/en/handbook/soundfont
Looks promising but there's a lot to learn. I remembered how long it took for me to learn my last notation software. I feel like returning to the old one but that one will cost a few hundred dollars.
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