[LAU] notation software

[David Santamauro]

On 12/31/2013 02:31 PM, David Baron wrote:
> On Tuesday, 31 December, 2013 14:12:56 Brett McCoy wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 6:47 AM, David Santamauro
>>
>> <david.santamauro at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's been a while since I researched notation software. What are the major
>>> players in the linux world? What is being actively maintained? What is new
>>> and cutting edge?
>>
>> MuseScore & Rosegarden are probably the most mature score editors, at
>> least the ones I've tried. MuseScore is more in spirit to Sibelius and
>> Finale, whereas Rosegarden can be used as a DAW with JACK, and
>> supports LADSPA & DSSI plugins, although does not yet support LV2.
>> Nothing beats Lilypond, though. I use it for all of my composing, not
>> just for printing.
>
> Lilypond has a markup language (NOT musixML). Seem to be too awkward for
> composing or notation where I want to place notes, not type commands.

more or less my opinion as well. For small transcription jobs I'll use 
lilypond start to finish, but for large orchestrations lilypond is 
simply too cumbersome.

> Problem is that many programs claiming to export to Lilypond produce junk. So
> need to fire up Frescobaldi, Lilypond editor, to try to fix it so must know the
> commands anyway. Sure don't feel like composing.

I never dared ... I'm fluent enough in lilypond that I can copy a score 
quick enough to be able to "compose" one way and "typeset" another.

... sure would like to be able to do both in one program.

David