[Alatriste]

Just wondering if anyone here uses software programs like SmartScore or Finale in their practice. Recommendations?

[Aaron Todd]

I use Finale PrintMusic for composing, and a friend of mine who does a lot of arranging for our Spanish Guitar Duet uses Sibelius. They're both pretty good, although as you may know, when writing for flamenco some of the techniques are hard to write in. Finale does TAB, but if I do any TAB, i prefer to hand-write the falsetas. With my version of Finale, you can compose in free time for the toques libres, etc. and you can also set each line to have a certain number of measures, which is convenient for composing flamenco with one compás per line of music. Hope this helps, and good luck! Aaron