I'm not a musescore user, but I came from Finale and Sibelius, and I think MuseScore is like those ones (WYSIWYG), but it's free.
The main reason I used Lilypond, and this happened in 2004 (I believe it was version 2.4) was the same reason that made me use LaTeX instead of Word: to concentrate on musical notes, and leave the layout aspects to the software. Then I realized that I could write sheet music on lilypond faster than on any graphics software. Also, I can copy and paste snippets, create variables and reuse them much more easily than in a program like Finale or MuseScore. But, I understand that common users that does not have programming skills will decide to use WYSIWYG programs, because they are easy to start something. BTW, Lilypond have a simple syntax and it's easy to make a score in minutes. Em ter., 26 de out. de 2021 às 15:47, Charlie Boilley <[email protected]> escreveu: > > Hello, > > Relatively new user here. > > Do MuseScore 4.x could attract Lilypond users or will Lilypond still be > maintened in the next decade as a open source Dorico alternative ? > > - How large is the Lilypond community ? > - Why not a Discourse forum ? > - Why not a clean MusicXML imprt / export thoughout a simpler music > representation / abstraction that just works ? > > Thank you for maintaining this powerful tool : the Csound / Lilypond / LaTeX > trio is just sublime ! > > Have a good day ! > > Best, > Ch. B > > -- --- Jefferson dos Santos Felix
