Thanks to all of you, especially JohnInKansas. I appreciate you taking the time and going to such lengths to advise a fledgling songsmith like myself. My use of the word, "annotation" when I started this thread really shows my lack of experience. I'm pretty familiar with computing in general (I better be - I'm a hardware integrator) but I don't have a lot of time to devote to learning detailed application programs. An accomplished composer friend of mine uses Sibelius, and even he gets confused sometimes. I checked out the Sibelius and Finale demos. I could eventually become proficient with both, but I'd have to sell my songs to pay for either program! I'm no where near that level, yet.

I went to a music store yesterday and bought myself a program called Score Writer. It's one of the Cakewalk products. I also picked up a USB midi interface and some midi cables. So I'm connected, but I'm damned if I can figure out how to get my piano to communicate with my PC. I know I'm doing something wrong, I just haven't a clue what. I've followed the Score Writer and midi interface instructions to no avail. The one thing I need, I don't have, and that's the owner's manual for my Clavinova. It contains all the info about the instrument's midi features. I've had the piano for almost 10 years, and never have had occasion to use the midi functionality. That's probably where I'll find my answer. Soon as I post this, I'll check the Yamaha and Cakewalk web sites and get some assistance. I'll let you know about my progress. Once I get this sorted, maybe I'll muster up enough guts to post an original composition. I've got a whole mess of 'em in my head, and some are good, I think. Thanks again, everybody.

Cheers,

ScottyG