Hi guys, I'd like to enter the conversation on notation software. Music notation is one of my main interests. As most classical musicians I am familiar with Sibelius and Finale and i think I'll risk and say there is no native replacement yet. After trying a few apps, nowadays I find myself learning the Lilypond typesetting language, as i think it is really versatile and a great choice, but not for everyone, because it is totally different and more difficult, not to mention that most people would really prefer a GUI. It would be incredible if there were a full featured graphical front end. There's interesting and promising proyects like Canorus but on an early stage of development. Most people will probably agree that Rosegarden is the best choice as a graphical notation program. It is very good and I really like it, but it is mostly a sequencer. I'll quote The Rosegarden Handbook:
"Rosegarden aims to present scores with the best possible layout compatible with its primary focus as a sequencer application. This means that although the editor supports chords, overlapping and nested beamed groups, triplets and arbitrary tuplets, grace notes, dynamics, accents, text and so on, it does not provide as much fine control over layout (especially in contrapuntal music) as a dedicated score editing program might. Rosegarden does not aim to produce typeset-quality score, although it can export LilyPond files, which may form a good basis for typesetting." So it doesn't really aim to be a full featured Lilypond front end but it does provide a good set of features, however not a full set as the best known proprietary software. Yours truly, Rafael F. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
