Perhaps you don't need the unlimited staves and triple dotted notes in Sibelius 5, but you're also a bit too old for Sibelius Groovy. Sibelius First might be the perfect in between for you.

Since many musicians aren't very fluent in musical notation, Sibelius takes that into account. First lets you print, share, web publish and even sell your scores, and it makes scoring easier than a game of "no blood, no foul" street ball against a bunch of first graders. They get posterized every time, but that's besides the point I'm trying to make.

You get "can't mess-up" templates and plugins for lead sheets, guitar tab and complete scores. Playing any MIDI instrument will turn your music into notes and chord symbols as you play it.

Fast Features:

• Friendly user interface
• Includes composing & arranging tools for up to 12 staves of music
• Scan in sheet music or open PDF files easily
• Create instrumental parts that automatically sync up with your score
• Switch from guitar tab to notation and back again with ease
• Change the key of your score with one click
• Hear what your score will sound like with playback using 128 sampled instruments
• Print professional-quality full scores or individual parts at the touch of a button
• Export an audio file of your score to burn a CD
• FREE Sibelius Scorch technology lets you post and share scores on the web for others to see and hear your music