Re: 3 questions

[Tim's Bitstream]

I think that for typesetting purposes Lilypond is more powerful than MusicXML.

I have tried MuseScore in the past, probably close to 10 years ago, and I'm 
sure it has developed a lot since then. For my purposes at that time, however, 
Lilypond was more effective. When I started using it, I was in a jazz quintet 
and writing songs and arrangements; Lilypond made it easy to produce transposed 
lead sheets for Bb and Eb instruments as well as treble and bass clef in a 
matter of a few additional seconds.  Once I had my templates established, I 
could go from a manuscript to a finished lead sheet very quickly. The release 
of the LilyJAZZ font was also a nice step; it looks like the traditional "Real 
Book" lead sheets and the music font is very clean and readable.

When Frescobaldi came along as a front end, that was a huge improvement in 
usability and efficiency.  Those two applications together are in immensely 
powerful music engraving system. For my little projects, it sometimes feels 
like I'm using a giant CNC machine to make toothpicks. But they're really nice 
toothpicks!

Tim

> On Oct 26, 2021, at 1:47 PM, Charlie Boilley <boilley.c@outlook.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 
>