Hello Dale,

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Are there any drum midi files that you know of that would be good for keeping time with?<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>Indeed, practicing with drum tracks is a very good idea. There are tons of drum MIDI files out there. I forgot the name of a good guy in Oregon that sells drum MIDI file collections at a reasonable price.

There are probably forum folk listening to this who will jump in soon to advise you on drum MIDI files.

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Can't hardly wait for the scan sheet music feature. What kind of other software would be required for that to work?<!-/quote-!><hr size=0></blockquote>Once Notation Composer supports importing MusicXML, the only other software you will need is one of the popular sheet music scanning programs. They all export MusicXML. The most popular ones are: SharpEye, PhotoScore, and MusiScan.

Of course, you'll need a scanner or combo printer/scanner machine.

All of the above sheet music scanning programs have their own playback features, and they also have varying levels of music editing support. So, you might explore them now, if you're really eager to start scanning sheet music to aid your piano learning. That is, you can start using them without Notation Composer.

Cheers
-- Mark