I think you can try out/sample "demo" versions of some of these programs - which you should do. Personally, if I were on a budget, starting out, and couldn't stomach the "code and compile, then check the result, recode and recompile." process of most of the lower echelon products, then I'd probably opt for Allegro. The others I've mentioned are quite inexpensive or even freeware/shareware. Sibelius and Finale are not cheap, although there are academic/religious pricing options if you qualify. It's chief drawback is that (like ABC, Gregorio, and own TaLLiS, Gregorio, and ABC) it does not come with a WYSIWYG interface). I've made some limited use of LilyPond, mostly out of necessity in my role as an administrator at CPDL and manager of its ChoralWiki (the wiki has a LilyPond extension for including snippets of music scores). I had previously written (and used) my own TeX-based engraving routines in a system I was developing (which I called TaLLiS), but when I found Finale, I abandoned that project. When one of my sons was college-bound to major in music, I invested in Finale (which was the program students at his university were expected to use) and never looked back. But if I had something that needed to be done "quick and dirty". I was mostly put off by the lack of quality in the visible output.
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I started out using Noteworthy Composer nearly a decade ago and found it very easy, and I liked it's not being tied to fixed measure sizes (you can simply put a bar in anywhere, in any part) plus its ability to (micro)manage MIDI details (such as diminuendo/crescendo and acceleranco/ritardando). My understanding from colleagues who have used Allegro (the slimmed down version of Finale) is that it produces excellent output, has a very satisfactory learning curve (and it's wayyyyy less expensive than either Finale or Sibelius), has really all the features that most people would require, and is upwardly compatible with Finale (should you ever need "professional" refinements). Consequently, I've been somewhat reluctant to embark on learning anything more than the rudiments of Sibelius. Since I use Finale day in and day out, it's not a problem for me, and I do have many finer points of music engraving to worry about.
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