How do you work?
I usually through-compose straight into Sibelius. I have an idea of where I am going, but sometimes putting in a wrong note could take me off into a whole other direction that I wasn’t expecting. I used to write on manuscript, and indeed, take some with me wherever I am just in case, but almost always direct into the computer now. I don’t play the piano, so can’t really ‘play’ things in or hear harmonies in advance, but my limited knowledge serves me well, I think.
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