On 22/04/18 17:46, Ben wrote: > On 4/22/2018 12:06 PM, J Martin Rushton wrote: >> Thanks all for the suggestions. >> >> Ben: I think he is required to use Sibelius at University that appears >> to be all that they have. When he was still at school the same applied. >> Whilst it would be nice if the uni offered other products, I suspect >> the learning curve for the staff would be too steep if students actually >> thought for themselves. ;-) >> >> Once again, thanks all >> >> Martin >> >> > > Hi Martin, > > Happy to help. > > Hmm, that's too bad though that he is forced to use Sibelius. That seems > strange to me. > > When I was doing my undergraduate work in Theory/Composition, the > professor used Finale and a few university-labs had Finale pre-installed > on the computers for sure: but when it came to what program we the > students *had to* use, there was no rule at all. > > We all handed in our assignments on manuscript paper, printed out from > whatever program we chose. Or handwritten ;) > As long as it was on score paper, the professor did not care what > software we used. > > Do all students have their own university-computer for the class, and > that has Sibelius on it? Just curious.
No, they use general access ones across the campus which are licensed for Sib and typically they store work on memory sticks.* I don't know what the provision is within the Music department though. Evidently their own laptops are not licensed for Sib even if within the campus. *Don't get me started on the advisability of this though! > I hope your son finds a successful solution to this! :) > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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