Hard to agree on the software but it's a good idea. I use Encore. I find it user-friendly and capable of medium-sized scores. It's easy to reference the notes in audio, too.

Finale is too complicated. Sibelius is more so than Encore. To me, Encore is more flexible and I have used it to arrange music professionally.

ABC is too limited in my view. Haven't used Songwright but I found Personal Composer not as user-friendly as Encore but "different strokes" I guess.

Trouble is that the company makes Encore (Passport) went out of business so it can only be acquired through a specific music company (can't remember it now but if you look Encore up on a search engine you'll find it).

The more songs printed by Mudcat the better.

Frank Hamilton