A Bicycle Built for Two

As an educational tool, I think NoteFlight is great for short and simple work- something similar to "A Bicycle Built For Two". It is user friendly for the most part when you know the keyboard shortcuts and it is convenient that it is online as opposed to having to be downloaded. With this feature, you are able to take your work anywhere you have internet access, even if you do not have your computer with you. For a teacher if would be very convenient in working on something while at home and work. Some constraints however, are that I think it would take much more time to transcribe or write out a longer piece, and I was never quite able to figure out how to copy and paste a section of music. I also think the input of notes is a little more time consuming when you have to put in a note, then change the value. This makes it very easy to get lost in your piece and lose your place. I do not think this program would be very user-friendly for younger students. One last constraint is the instrumentation selection. There are very few choices in this department, which causes you to not have a realistic sound of the piece that some other notation software can give you.