Greetings fellow composers!
I would like to find out from you all if anyone here composes by hand. I have
always written my compositions by hand and I think it is a far better way of
composing for the following reasons:
1. Developing your inner ear and being able to hear the composition in your head
2. Far more freedom in what you can do e.g. Graphic notation, complex polyrhythms
3. It's cheaper
4.I find it quicker.
None of the 120 something compositions I have written (I have been composing
for almost four years now) were written entirely on Sibelius or Finale or whatever.
This post i'm writing isn't saying that notation software is bad, cos I think that they can be great for making parts and scores, but I think that everyone would
benefit from using the good old fashioned quill and parchment (or pencil and
paper) from time to time.