I don't buy scores, and my needs are simple.

Sometimes just a line of music, perhaps just the song's identifiable figure pasted on a .tif with the words.

At most, a head chart.

Most of what I need are words and perhaps chords, which I don't need a score app for. I find it a lot easier to memorize music than words. But we have about 650 songs in our 'book', and for ones that are rarely played, a little tickle for a signature lick will be enough to jog the memory.

Sometimes we may get a gig for a Luau, Oktoberfest, or other theme party. They require an instrumental that I might play once a year, like “The Hawaiian War Chant” or “Pennsylvania Polka”. For something like this, a Head Chart with arrangement notes is better.

So far, MuseScore 4 does that, and so does Encore. Although, Encore is on an older OS computer.

If I ever would like more, I'll look into other options. But for a few head charts per year, this does fine for me.


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