Notation Technologies Play Music PC

by Notation Technologies

Product Features

• Turn your computer into a music studio!
• No Music theory knowledge needed.
• You can also use any MIDI keyboard or any MIDI instrument to insert notes and play back your song.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• ASIN: B00007BGSE
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,198 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #14 in Software > Video & Music > Software > MIDI
  • #67 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Notation & Composition

Product Description

Turn your computer into a music studio! Notation Technologies has revolutionized the music notation software market by creating Play Music...the easiest music composition software available. No Music theory knowledge needed. Play Music's user friendly interface will easily guide you through the composition process...simply click on the instrument sound you want (Up to 24 at one time!) and Play Music will play back your song with those sounds! Add lyrics and text to your song to complete your masterpiece. Finally, beginners will be able to compose music the very first time they use Play Music! You can easily use your computer mouse as an instrument to create your composition. Simply select a note, click on the desired area of your score and the notes will appear. When you click on the score with your mouse you will hear the note that you are adding to your composition. If you make a mistake just drag the note, listen for the note that you want, let go of your mouse button and you're done.It's that easy! You can also use any MIDI keyboard or any MIDI instrument to insert notes and play back your song.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product for a great price!, December 21, 2003

By 

notester (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Notation Technologies Play Music PC (CD-ROM)

This is a great program and is well worth the money. I've written many original compositions with this software with no problems. I use the program to write and print my arraignments at church and it's more than paid for itself. Anyone who has the need for an easy to use and stable notation program should buy this program!
Happy Musician.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Bugs among the notes!, April 2, 2003

By A Customer

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Notation Technologies Play Music PC (CD-ROM)

This is an easy to use program, but watch out for the bugs. The most serious problem is that if you save a score as a MIDI file, all the repeat & end signs that you may have put in the score disappear. There is another peculiar problem with the program: if you cut & paste notes, chords or dynamic signs too often, they either stop playing or keep playing at places on the score where you removed them from. The "manual" tells you to keep clicking on a little brush symbol to redraw the score, but that doesn't always solve the problem. One annoying feature of the program is that every time you play your score, the note palette closes. So, if you want to add a few notes, listen to the score & then add a few more notes, you have to keep opening the note palette. After a while this becomes tedious.

I suggest you spend your money on something better.

Frustrated Musician

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent entry level music title!, February 28, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Notation Technologies Play Music PC (CD-ROM)

Compose, play and print your own sheet music easily. Perfect for entry-level musicians.