Author: gwie
Date: 2022-05-07 21:15
I started off very heavily with Finale, made the switch to Sibelius during the period where Finale's Mac support was terrible, then transitioned to Dorico more recently due to their superb workflow. Most of my arranging and orchestration has been for string quartets as well as string orchestra and full orchestra. I think that any of these three competing notation packages will suit the needs of most users, although depending on the genre and use case, there may be better features in one or another.
However, the free open-source software MuseScore.org has made impressive leaps since their first version almost twenty years ago, and the current version is quite capable for most standard notation activities. One of my professional big band colleagues regularly uses MuseScore for all of his charts, and the quality that they produce with it is often a surprise to many players who have gotten used to pretty much only seeing Finale output.
For my arranging and orchestration students, while the online software flat.io and apps like NoteFlight can be a good place to get into it initially, I think MuseScore offers a better range of features and ease-of-use when it comes to producing parts for musicians to actually play versus focusing only on digital playback. For me, the best part is that regardless of what kind of computer my students use, MuseScore has versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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