O.k. So I've been using Sibelius for a little over two weeks now, having switched from Finale. (Did you know Avid offers a heavily discounted perpetual license for Finale users? They do, you just have to dig to find it)

Things I love about Sibelius right now:
Everything to in the "Review" tab.

Things I suspect I will enjoy once I get used to them: All the stuff around copying\pasting notes

Thing I'll be o.k. with once I get used to: not having a floating tool bar that is full of arcane symbols

Thing I instinctively hate: all the icons in the top ribbon looking like they were designed after the mid 90s.

okay so feature-wise #musescore 4.5 looks AMAZING but on the other hand what on *earth* is this logo
https://musescore.org/en/4.5

From "A Guide to Musical Analysis" by Nicolas Cook:

"In all these respects, as in others, the ordinary performance score constitutes an informal and rather unsystematic analysis of musical sound, sacrificing detailed representation in the interests of clarity, simplicity and intelligibility."

Not sure why, but I just know the first draft of this ended with ".. intelligibility, [colleague's name]".

As a music theory tutor, it's clear to me that double flats and double sharps are just the way that Theory 101 teachers punish students for missing the second class of the semester.

Fediverse bass players:

What's your process/tools for tabs notation? I'm dissatisfied with a lot of the tabs I find online (duh) & want to do more of my own tabs.

I suppose pencil & paper's probably the place to start

But any suggestions? I want to do proper notation (see ) not just text-based tabs.

I've used musescore but they've gone completely commercial now?

Suggestions? & boosts appreciated.

So, anyone make the switch to Dorico yet?

If you haven't already read it this post on Scoring Notes about the recent Finale announcement has some good info towards the bottom of the article. I'm waiting on the promised post on best practices for preserving scores for the future, but for now this is helpful.

https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/makemusic-ends-development-and-availability-of-finale/

Knew this day would come (it's in their name ffs). And especially counting the early days (v2.0), I'm sure I've sworn more at this software than any other I've used. Still after 30 years it hits in the feels

OhI never used #Finale, I was on #Musescore and then #Dorico for the last few years. I guess they are winding it down and offering a Dorico discount to try and make it up to their users. I like Dorico, but I'm not sure I'd be thrilled about that.
https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/end-of-finale-new-journey-dorico-letter-from-president/