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Music Notation Software for everyday musicians.


Notation Software, Inc., 317-109th Ave. S Ave.
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avenue


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Ave. abbr (= avenue) → Av., Avda 
.E., Bellevue, WA 98004; (877) 353-7297 fax: (425) 688-0795; sales@notation.com; www.notation.com. MidiNotate Musician 1.0 $49.95; MidiNotate Composer 1.0 $99.95.

Notation Software, Inc. has released two easy-to-use music notation software products for everyone who enjoys music: MidiNotate Musician and MidiNotate Composer.

MidiNotate Musician allows users to follow the musical notes on their screens as they listen to the music and to print their own sheet music. After downloading music from the Internet, instrumentalists or vocalists can set up practice loops, change lyrics, transpose trans·pose
v.
To transfer one tissue, organ, or part to the place of another.
 to suit their instrument or vocal range Human voices may be classified according to their vocal range — the highest and lowest pitches that they can produce. Vocal range defined
The broadest definition of vocal range, given above, is simply the span from the highest to the lowest note a particular voice
 and use Musician as their accompanist. Anyone who reads musical notation musical notation, symbols used to make a written record of musical sounds.

Two different systems of letters were used to write down the instrumental and the vocal music of ancient Greece. In his five textbooks on music theory Boethius (c.A.D. 470–A.D.
 can study scores, and others can learn musical notation by watching the notes as they listen to familiar songs.

MidiNotate Composer can be used to compose or arrange music. Building on the features of MidiNotate Musician, MidiNotate Composer adds the capability to change the underlying sound of the music, as well as extensively edit the musical notation. Composers can create music using an electronic keyboard An electronic keyboard or digital keyboard is a type of keyboard instrument. Its sound is generated or amplified by one or more electronic devices.

Modern usage of the term "electronic keyboard" typically describes a type of inexpensive synthesizer marketed to
 or a computer keyboard and mouse. Arrangers can start with a MIDI file A MIDI sound file that contains MIDI messages. MIDI files used in DOS and Windows have a .MID extension. A variation of this format is the RIFF MIDI file, which uses the .RMI extension.  downloaded from the Internet and modify the music to make it their own. With a wide array of musical notation features, MidiNotate Composer will produce clearly written sheet music to share with others.

MidiNotate Composer and MidiNotate Musician run on Windows 98, 2000, ME and XP. Free thirty-day trial versions of both new products are available at www.notation.com/ midinotatedownload.htm. They also can be purchased online.
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Title Annotation:Music Merchandise; Notation Software Inc.
Publication:American Music Teacher
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 1, 2005
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