While MuseScore's ability to import *.ly files is a nice feature, the
greatest thing about its export of *.ly files is the ability to type a
score with keyboard and mouse, and then use LilyPond as the typesetter
on the exported *.ly file.
MuseScore is still in beta status. Although its feature set doesn't yet
rival Finale and Sibelius, a thorough walk through the menus and dialogs
reveals that the groundwork has been laid to make it every bit as
feature rich, and more. It's quite a bit buggier than even Finale (which
is saying something), but then again, it's still in beta status.
Their goal--to become the de-facto standard notation program for
learning institutions--is ambitious to be sure. It's not clear at this
point if it will ever mature into a professional grade engraving tool.
Nevertheless, I'm watching with interest...
David
Andy wrote:
Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola <at> gmail.com> writes:
Try Musescore
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btw why don't you install ubuntu 9.04? It has all you want.
Lilypond
Musescore
Nted
Rosegarden
Frescobaldi
Do I need all these programs to generate MIDI? It looks like I had only to
install MuseScore on VISTA. I installed it within a minute and it runs.
Except...
Since I asked in a Lilypond forum, I tried to generate a .ly file. This works,
but MuseScore hangs, when I try to open the saved file. But this was only an
experiment and should not affect normal work. I will report it in MuseScore
forum.
Many thanks to all who answered.
regards,
Andy
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