I'll now post this to the entire list! It's been a long time since I've used Score (late 90s), but one of the great things about the program was the precise control it allowed of all elements in a score. For example, it allowed you to specify the exact horizontal and vertical positions of all objects -- notes, beams, etc. -- if you so chose. It allowed me to create scores in proportional notation by placing the notes exactly where I chose. Another nice feature -- if very specific! -- was the ability to space cross-staff beamed notes so that the stems, not the noteheads, were evenly spaced, which really improves the appearance of complex keyboard music.
I liked the program a lot because it seemed to take nothing for granted. Unlike other programs, you did not have to trick it to do anything unconventional. On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca>wrote: > On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 03:57:49PM -0600, Bobber wrote: > > I have been having a discussion with a small publisher who uses the > > music manuscript program called Score. He says that neither Lilypond or > > Finale can produce engraving that is comparable to Score. And that most > > of the major music publishers in the world use Score. > > Score can do stuff like having the staves in a spiral. Think of > George Crumb -- if he used any computer engraver, it would be > score. Score is also not free: it's not open source, and IIRC it > costs $500 or more. > > I only saw it briefly a few years ago. I think our fonts are > better, but score could clearly do more wacky things. I believe > our input format is much easier, though. > > I can't speak to what major music publishers use. > > Cheers, > - Graham > > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user >
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