Changing Key Signature Part Way Through a Song

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Post by BrendaR4 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:03 am

I see an earlier post that says NotePad cannot change time signature part way through a song. How about key signature? How far up do I have to upgrade for that capability?
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Post by miker » Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:54 pm

You would need to go (at least) to Songwriter2010 for both.

What version of NotePad are you using? Be aware that any work done in NP2011 will not open in SW2010. This is true across the entire Finale line: You can't go backwards.
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Post by BrendaR4 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:23 pm

Miker, Thanks for your reply.

I am using NotePad 2011. Just bought it yesterday. Is SongWriter 2011 available?
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Post by miker » Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:26 pm

No. Get SW2010. If you just got NotePad yesterday, it's unlikely that you have lots of files to deal with.

If you do have anything you don't want to lose or redo, export it from NP as an XML, and import it into SW the same way.
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Post by BrendaR4 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:08 am

hehe. I was hoping to wait till Christmas to upgrade.
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Post by miker » Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:22 pm

My suggestion would be to get SW2010, now. In 2011, they made changes to PrintMusic (supposedly a step above SongWriter) that actually downgraded the product. If they do the same with a new version of SW, you may lose features that are currently available.
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