Cheers, Jack. I was thinking kind thoughts in your direction just the other day, when I picked up the abc of "Scornfu' Nancy" from your transcrption. Incidentally, are you the same person with whom I had some lengthy email/Usenet discussions of "Ring a ring a roses", about ten years ago?

I like the look of BarFly - and it's true, there's usually no reason to import MIDI if you can import abc. The learning curve looks a bit steep, though. I've downloaded Finale NotePad as well and will see how I get on with both. Melody Asst has more bells and whistles than I really want - I'm used to the NoteWorthy approach of putting a stave on screen & letting you get on with it.