Re: Comparison of Musescore, Sibelius and Dorico -- would like to add Lilypond

[Malte Meyn]

Am 26.11.18 um 23:36 schrieb Abraham Lee:
> Ok, everyone. I have finally gotten around to adding data about 
> LilyPond. I felt pretty confident in the Notation and Engraving tabs, 
> pretty solid marks there, but more uncertain about the Playback tab 
> entries. I'm honestly not sure what they should be since many of the 
> playback functionality is requisite on forming the content for playback 
> rather than score output (i.e., using articulate.ly 
> <http://articulate.ly>, restructuring repeats, etc.). Please feel free 
> to look over my responses and let me know if you feel I've answered in 
> error.
I think in that Google doc several things aren’t correct or unclear. But 
maybe some of these I just don’t know ;)

Notation comparison
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„Metronome marks, lines“ (line 40 of the table) Is this something like 
tempo spanners?
→ probably should be „no“ or „yes (fake)“

„Repeats, quadruple bar“ (l. 53) I think this means something like
        \repeat percent 2 { b1 b b b }
→ should be „no“

„Ties, cross-staff“ (l. 69)
→ shouldn’t that be „no (fake: use slurs)“?

„Ties, laissez vibrer over barlines“ (l. 71) This implies that laissez 
vibrer ties can have a duration and a length depending on that. They 
don’t, their length doesn’t depend on rhythm and horizontal spacing.
→ should be „yes (needs manual length control)“ or similar

„Chord symbols, analysis“ (l. 104) Does this mean functional analysis? 
There are snippets that use lyrics and make heavy use of markup 
commands. But that’s not builtin and needs complicated input.
→ should be „yes (needs extra ‚plugin‘)“ or similar

„Notes, forked stems“ (l. 109)
→ should be „yes (fake: rotated stems or custom lines)“


Engraving comparison
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„Measures, override width“ (l. 10) It’s not that easy. You can use 
\newSpacingSection and several spacing commands but you cannot say „make 
this measure 5cm wide“.
→ should be „yes, but …“

Playback comparison
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„Output, instrument changes“ (l. 5)
        \override Staff.midiInstrument = "…"
→ should be „yes“

„Tempo, polytempo“ (l. 10) What’s that?

„Dynamics, gradual changes“ (l. 15) Shouldn’t that be „yes (fake: many 
immediate changes)“?

„Repeats, capo/segno/coda/fine“ (l. 45) These are input as markups, 
aren’t they? So I think this should be „yes (fake: copy music using 
variables)“ or similar.