New to Musescore.... and lovin' it!!!
Just a general hello and a couple of comments
I've been using Sibelius for quite a while and I just haven't been very happy with it for quite a few reasons. (doesn't matter).... So as usual, I started digging for an alternative which I always find myself doing every few months or so to see what's new. Never any 'real' luck. So something made me finally check what the open source community has to offer. (Not really expecting much) SURPRISE!!
And WOW.... Musescore! Where have I been.This thing is FANTASTIC. I've been patient and have been working with it for a solid week now and am totally amazed. What a fantastic job being done with this app. Of course, there's my little wish list... but don't we all have that, with ANY software we use? Time usually takes care of these matters with an actively developed app and a great user community, which Musescore apparently has.
Anyway, for me, aside from lead sheets and piano arrangement, I create tons of learning worksheets for students which I like to have formatted with my picky demands... and I find that 98% of what I need can be accomplished with Musescore.
I'm going to try to attach a couple of .png files of a couple of sheets with formatting that's not so easily accomplished in Sib or Finale or etc. But once one gets a handle on, and past the not so difficult learning curve of Musescore, can quite easily and quickly done.
Thanks to the powers that be for a great program... and a great user community to which I hope I can make some sort of contribution to over time.
Regards
Cliff
And PS.... yes, I've made my donation real quick... and will do so on occasion.
Comments
Welcome aboard...
For music notation - e.g. lead sheets and piano arrangements - MuseScore is hard to beat.
If you are also interested in doing a text oriented project with inserted musical examples - e.g. instruction manuals, tutorials - consider this:
http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center/musescore-example-ma…
https://github.com/MarcSabatella/MuseScoreExampleManager
(Libre Office, Open Office are free open-source office software suites.)
Regards.
Ciao Cliff, I'm just an end user, I try to contribute a little, as I can. One way is to spread this software and I think you're already doing this with your students.
If you assign homework to the students they can share their scores on MuseScore.com. Also this is a good opportunity.
So ... Welcome aboard, thanks for your words and ... Buona musica!
Franz
Two fantastic suggestions! Thank you both and for your kind words and offerings.... ( I knew I made the right move) :)
Looking forward to my membership here and what I can learn.... and offer.
Cliff