Does anyone know of a computer program that will scan in sheet music and allow it to be manipulated (adding extra notes, moving them around) that is available for free or really cheap? I know of an organization that needs this and wants to spend $200 for software but money is extremely tight. Thanks for any info

(By the way any copies of music made would be done with permission. They are not looking to violate copyright laws)

I use a program called Noteworthy Composer that I think highly of. It won't scan the sheet music, but it's not very difficult to type in a score. You can do multiple clefs, add lyrics and notation text, and manipulate the music to your heart's content. It outputs MIDI, or you can print the score in a very readable form (it comes with fonts to show the music quite accurately). It took me a little while to get the hang of the interface, but once I did I could enter in music almost as fast as I can type words.

Attached Link: "Musette" FREE Music Editor

Here's one possibility you might want to check out.

The "video demo" is pretty impressive.

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dr geep
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I'm tellin' ya... it's like magic of some kind. :biggrin:

magic musgic, no?

There ya go... way to stay on topic, too.

 is there anything the doc does not know?

:lol:

Yes .............. he does not know why he spends so much time with Poser. :lol:

Whcih raises the question, how long is a Poser second? Is it equal to 1.03 real world seconds (or should that be 1.030005?), or does time move in a different fashion...

(Okay, bagginsbill, if you're reading this, I'm not picking on you today, honest... just tryin' to have fun. )

:lol:

Actually that's a good question.  In physical scale modelling, time sometimes
has to be scaled down to fit the inertial properties of the little moving parts.
Why not in digital?

And on the original subject, another good free MIDI editor is Anvil Studio,
from anvilstudio.com.   It has a note-entry feature that looks easy, though
I haven't used that part of it yet.

Thanks for the info. Hopefully they can make use of one those.

There is aloso this:
www.power-tab.net/

Great for both writing and creating lessons for students.

Finale has scannable capability and music manipulation but has a pretty steep price tag,  You can check it out here:

http://www.finalemusic.com/

Finale is the best - they offer academic prices to schools and organizations, so you may want to check them out.  

I also have MidiScan, which is a great program for scanning in sheet music and turning into a midi file.  I then finish the midi in Finale.
http://www.musitek.com/ 

You might also look into Notion.