Default beam slants
I have recommended that Musescore should adopt the default beam angles in Dorico. This is because the default beam angles in Dorico are more slanted than in Musescore, as I have seen. The reason for this suggestion is that it is more consistent with the experience in Finale, and also looks better that way.
Dorico’s description of beam angles: https://www.steinberg.help/r/dorico-se/5.1/en/dorico/topics/notation_re…
Thus I believe Musescore's default beam angles should match those of Dorico and I request that it shall happen soon.
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Comments
"Looks better"? Poppycock! There is not enough difference between them--at least in the example you attached--to say that either of them "looks better" than the other. It would be the equivalent of saying that Finale (if it still existed) and Dorico should change their default beam angles because MuseScore's looks better. Either opinion is nonsense.
Consistency with the user experience in Finale should not be a primary goal for MuseScore. Nice if it happens but making huge changes to reach it would be silly. The goal should be functionality: that is, if you could do something in Finale, you ought to be able to do the same thing (if not necessarily in the same manner) in MuseScore.
MuseScore, of necessity, has a different user experience than Finale and Dorico. Having the same user experience would lead to lawsuits for copyright infringement. Part of the pain of having to leave Finale. Sorry.
In reply to "Looks better"? Poppycock!… by TheHutch
Hi.
It doesn’t matter which example has a better look, but I clearly meant functionality and definitely NOT experience (sorry for using the incorrect words!), and default settings for beams like angles and positions are clearly functionality, not experience. The reason why I want MuseScore to make its default beaming more slanted to match that of Dorico is because Dorico has been adopting more of the functionalities in Finale (which used to be the gold standard for musical notation), including default beam angles/positions, and I want MuseScore to also do the same thing. And with all that said, I hope this eliminates any confusion this may have caused.
The examples I provide clearly show enough of a difference between the default beam slants and positions for Dorico and MuseScore. If not, can you please provide examples between the two scorewriters that show enough of a difference?