(Very amateur musician here.)
I've been writing my scores on Noteflight. Does MuseScore do the same and is it a better alternative? Are the two compatible at all?
Thanks, hope someone has some thoughts.
I've been writing my scores on Noteflight. Does MuseScore do the same and is it a better alternative? Are the two compatible at all?
Thanks, hope someone has some thoughts.
Whether MuseScore is better likely depends on your exact needs. What’s your end goal — preparing music for printing? Just jotting down ideas? Composing and hearing high-quality synthetic sounds? Creating instructional material? Sharing stuff easily online?
In that case, I think you're fine with Noteflight or MuseScore. If I were you, I'd play with both and choose whichever one you feel is more intuitive.
You might also give Soundslice a try (https://www.soundslice.com/) — it has a web-based music notation editor that has practice tools built in (like a visual piano keyboard to show you where to put your fingers).
It's free to use for your use-case. And though it's not open-source, it was developed by one of the people who created the Django web framework (me!) — so maybe my past open-source work counts for something.