This is unnecessarily complex because you have to remember all different key bindings and code to have to use this. They way they implemented this in Dorico is less than efficient, because in order to call up a popover for te signatures you have to press shift+m and then type in the code for the time signature you want, and for dynamics shift+d and the code for the dynamic. If you have to drag and drop (or click) a lot of times using the mouse it not only is slower but can cause RSI. On Dorico they found a alternative way to do the same with just using the keyboard using what they call a "popover". Right now as far as I know there's only a GUI way of entering those. Well, not just me but everybody has to use the mouse in order to add stuff like time signatures or key signatures, dynamics etc. It would be a bit of a poweruser feature but it would give the user the possibility to do more with Musescore without actually having to use a mouse to drag and drop elements from a panel, therefore enabling higher speeds in entering music. But I think what could work is to have a universal popover (say Shift-T for terminal, or Shift-P for popover) in Musescore which would give you a universal popover where you could type short bits of code (like 4/4 for 4/4 key signature, or F for F major key, || for double barline, etc. Popover keybindings exist for key signatures (Shift+K), Time signatures (Shift+M) (especially handy for custom time signatures), dynamics (Shift+D), bars/barlines (Shift+B), Playing techniques (Shift+P), Holds and Pauses (Shift+H), Cues (Shift+U) etc.Īll these different key-bindings actually seems a bit unnessecarily complex to me. However the one trick in Dorico I would love to see implemented is their popover feature, which makes it possible to add key/time/bars/barline changes with keyboard shortcuts rather than having to use a mouse or touchpad. It seems to me that Musescore's basic system of note entry simply is more flexible and easier to use in general. It does seem to suffer a bit from people overthinking things and sticking a bit too much to their basic concepts.
Overall I would agree with Martin's opinion about Dorico. After watching Tantacrul's video on Dorico, I've been playing around with the program to figure out what the deal is.
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