Re: 3 questions

[Jefferson Felix]

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
<boilley.c@outlook.com> 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
>
>


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