

The Reunion ExampleĪrne Peters kindly imported the musicXML file for Reunion into Finale 2012 and without tweaking it generated the following typeset: If LilyPond’s typesetting is not what you are looking for and you need to tweak much of the music then LilyPond’s typesetting is not for you. You can also graphically re-shape slurs and re-position ornaments etc using Denemo, but that is just for the occasional case. With Denemo you can tell LilyPond generally how you want your score to look – more spaced out, more tightly packed – you can set your style and then forget about adjusting things for each score. But if you are happy to let LilyPond look after the music typesetting then go with Denemo.


The bottom line, however, is that if you want to alter individual note spacing, re-shape most slurs, re-position dynamics and so on, then a drawing-program approach such as Finale could be good for you. The vertical lines in Finale are lighter for example. There are distinct stylistic differences here.
#DENEMO MUSESCORE MANUAL#
Then the same music imported into Denemo using MusicXML and typeset with LilyPond (no manual adjustments of the music, no tweaking!) I don’t have a copy of Finale, but it works in the same way as Musescore and so will require you to do a lot more editing to get acceptable output.
