Request for missing modern notation elements

Hello, my name is Leonid Hrabovsky, I am a composer with international reputation, Honorable Professor of Mykola Lyssenko Music Academy, Lviv, Ukraine.
I find it very pleasant and promising that MuseScore has been already translated in 43 languages including my native Ukrainian. Therefore, when embracing this initiative and looking at MuseScore with hope that over time, when fully developed, it will become my scorewriter of choice, -- I wish to incline the developers of MuseScore to take into account several matters of importance.

1) First of all, it is the necessity for non-English language countries-based composers, to have, from Text feature, free access to their entire font collection (like it was in Sibelius-1, where the fonts pop-up menu opened instantly after one clicks in the score being in Text feature) ---
and this is for not only entering lyrics in their native languages, but also for complementing the existing symbol and graphics vocabulary of a scorewriter with different elements originally missing by default. I mean there those in heavy and broad use among leading composers of XX century (Krzysztof Penderecki, Karlheinz Stockhausen, George Crumb, to name only few).
I and other colleagues will be then able to use many of these elements derived from a number of graphic fonts (like Map Symbols, Monotype Sorts, MS Outlook, MT Extra, Petrucci, and Wingdings 1-2-3).

2) That said, I want to use this occasion as an opportunity to turn your attention to an general, indispensable source of knowledge about contemporary XX-XXI century notation -- the book of Erhard Karkoschka, Notation in New Music. (there is the link where one may read it online for free - )

3) And there is the necessity for the contemporary harp notation, elaborated by famous Carlos Salzedo where many specific graphic elements were included; obviously they still are not broadly known. And therefore I urge the MuseScore programmers to make close acquaintance with Salzedo's "Modefn Study of the Harp" (available online at

Modern Study of the Harp (Salzedo, Carlos) - IMSLP ..)

and add to their graphic elements all the symbols introduced by this great harpist and composer. It would greatly simplify and speed up the notation not only of solo harp compositions, but also of harp parts in our symphonic and operatic scores.
After making acquaintance with MuseScore through your 10 video tutorials, I see that it is still it its early age, but from this promising scorewriter may grow a mighty figure winning the world over - and especially the entire global world of art music –
especially if desires and recommendations of experienced academic composers will be taken account of.
If there will be the desire on your part to establish a dialog on this subject, I am ready even to be a permanent consultant and tester of your subsequent versions, and it, I believe, will inevitably be a win-win situation for both of us.

Sincerely,

Leonid Hrabovsky"

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Hi everyone, I want to use this occasion as an opportunity to stress the necessity for creators of both Finale and Sibelius -- to turn their attention to an indispensable source of knowledge about contemporary notation -- the book of Erhard Karkoschka, Notation in New Music. (there is the link where one may read it online for free - )

The brothers Finn, creators of Sibelius, knew several important things about XX century notation, but far of 100% as it might be expected of the graduates of Royal College of Music. (The same is true, although, of developers of Lily Pond & MuseScore, too). And as a result, modern academic composers like me, for complementing missing notation elements, were forced to use some graphic fonts from outside, like Webdings, Wingdings 1-2-3 and couple of others. In Sibelius 1 & 1.5, it was easy because of immediate opening of Font window after hitting Create-Text-Technical. For unknown reasons, this option was eliminated in all subsequent versions 2 to 5, and only in version Sib-6 and later, it was back, but not as in direct access - one must go to Properties pop-down menu to open Text part of it. The Symbol assortment is now considerably broader that before, but still insufficient. For instance, the contemporary harp notation, elaborated by famous Carlos Salzedo where many specific graphic elements were included, obviously is absolutely not known to any of developers of scorewriters listed above. And therefore I urge all of them to make close acquaintance with Salzedo's "Modefn Study of the Harp" (available online at

Modern Study of the Harp (Salzedo, Carlos) - IMSLP ..)

and add to their graphic elements all the symbols introduced by this great harpist and composer. It would greatly simplify and speed up the notation not only of solo harp compositions, but also of harp parts in our symphonic and operatic scores.
After making acquaintance with MuseScore through your 10 video tutorials, I see that it is still it its early age, but from this promising scorewriter may grow a mighty figure winning the world over - and especially the entire global world of art music –
especially if desires and recommendations of experienced academic composers will be taken account of.
If there will be the desire on your part to establish a dialog on this subject, I am ready even to be a permanent consultant and tester of your subsequent versions, and it, I believe, will inevitably be a win-win situation for both of us.

Sincerely,

Leonid Hrabovsky