RE: [Sheflug] Music Notation Software

["Morris, David (Allvac, UK)" <david [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> does anyone know of any Linux software that writes and plays 
> musical notation - like Sibelius for example. I don't expect 
> it to be as good as Sibelius. I just wondered if anyone had 
> come across anything like that. I use Midisoft Desktop 
> SheetMusic. It's nothing like as good as Sibelius. I would be 
> happy to replace it with something that ran under Linux even 
> if it wasn't as 'user friendly'. 

There's RoseGarden (sequencer) but I've never managed to get it running :-(

It always seems to hang whilst initialising the sequencer.

The de-facto Linux music typesetter appears to be Lilypond (lilypond.org)

It uses a text-based input format but produces great-looking scores.

Whether there's a GUI available to "design" the parts or whether something like Rosegarden can output in a format that Lilypond will import, I dunno. I'd be interested if you ever found out though.

...time passes...

Apparently, Rosegarden *can* write Lilypond files...

http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/resources/links/

-- 
David
(who's normally blowing a Bb Cornet when he's not working)
(yah - not many of you knew that!!!)
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