Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Spiers" <address@hidden>
To: "David Kastrup" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?


> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:22 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> > The staff is getting trained for that.  That's all it takes: training
> > and confidence.  Ask Janek.
>
> The problem is that LilyPond is notionally competing with products
> whose user-base don't want to spend time getting trained, and don't
> have to.  They're happy learning "on the job" via point-and-click and
> help menus.  Maybe one solution would be to enhance the help menus of
> a really good existing front-end such as Frescobaldi.


That's possibly true.  However, as a forced user of Sibelius (college) and a 
watcher of other people trying to use it, it's clear to me that to use it 
properly requires training.  Most people cannot add a pick up bar (the 
tutor's solution is to create a new score with a pick up and paste the old 
music into it); they can't create lyric hyphens or extenders properly; they 
can't delete lyrics; they can't add a third to a chord; etc.;etc.  All 
software use benefits from training.

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Phil Holmes