This is also sometimes called a "head chart" since the melody of songs are It tells the listener (or reader) not toĮxpect the bass line, string parts, piano fills, counter-melodies, etc. (lead part) and the chords and not much else on it (if anything at all). Perhaps the owners of those programsīTW, why do they call the piece of music a lead sheet? A lead sheet is usually a piece of music (a/k/a "chart") with the melody There are also a few other programs out there that do the Which would best suit my purpose? Finale or Encore?Encore is easier to use, but it is a dead-end product (don't expect any Reasonable $49 or so, a lot less than Finale or Encore or Sibelius).
I would suggest checking out Noteworthy Composer, since it is sharewareĪnd you can download it and try it out before purchasing it (it is a and Codas, which I enter by hand.Īfter all, nobody expects lead-sheets to be elegant, they just expect I find BIAB just fine for producing lead-sheets, except for repeats andĭ.C. Page turns to make it harder to use for melodic instrument players. Worthwhile parts from simply reading the changes) so there aren't any Song (as long as the piano player and guitar player can make up The chord changes so that a single sheet of paper can contain the entire Lead-sheets are called that because they have the LEAD (the melody) and
Notation-wise), but I have to admit its midi importing is terrible. I use Finale and love it for notation (it can do ANYthing you want it to Hear from users of Sibelius before purchasing it because it is an Sibelius is supposed to be good at notation also, and is supposed to beĮasier to import midi files into than Finale is, but you should wait to Not as powerful a notation program as Finale.Įncore is in a sort of never-never land right now, because the originalĬompany which produced it went out of business a few years ago and theĮncore assets were purchased by Gvox, which keeps mentioning somethingĪbout upgrading the program but never gives a date and never gives Shareware program which does a good job of importing midi files but is Melody for the lead-sheet by hand into Finale. They say a "change", does that refer to the chords?įinale is a wonderful notation program, but its ability to import midiįiles is not all that wonderful, so you may well need to re-enter the Which would best suit my purpose? Finale or Encore?īTW, why do they call the piece of music a lead sheet? Also, when If i were to use a separate program to print out the lead sheet, BAIB admits that its printing function is not the best.