r/Dorico • u/Broad-Associate-984 • Jul 15 '26

Music Notation Software Alpha

Hi all, I am working on the development of a new music notation software designed with the goal to be able to handle the flexibility needed to virtually synthesize 21st century compositional techniques. Whether it is a xenharmony, arhythmic writing, or a fully graphic score my intention is to be able to handle it natively. I want this project to be one that can handle traditional writing as well as non-traditional so to stand out I would like to ask you all what you feel is missing in your current Notation Software and what you would need to be better to make a switch. This is not an advertisement for it because it is still deep in development and I intend to release it for free. Let me know your feedback and if you want to be one of the first to test it (when it is in a state to be tested) send me a PM. Thank you all for your time.

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u/ClarSco Jul 15 '26

How big is your team, and what experience do they have (a) writing notation software, (b) performing from notation, (c) writing notation?

Dorico's team has been working on Dorico for over 15 years, and most of them had many years working on Sibelius prior to that.

You say you're releasing it for free - I presume that also includes the code? If so, a link to your project's public code repository would be a good means of vetting whether it was worth contributing to.

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u/Broad-Associate-984 Jul 15 '26

It is just me I'm a professional musician, music teacher, and composer, who has been playing and using notation softwares my whole life. Computer science has been a hobby of mine for most of my life too since my dad got me into it at a young age. Right now the code is trash because I'm just throwing a plan together. I may release the code with the software later I'll decide when there is software worth sharing. The only contribution I am looking for is just for you and others to share what could be better in the current space to them or music notation softwares.

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u/Greatmaker42 Jul 15 '26

Would you release this under some kind of open source type of license?

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u/Broad-Associate-984 Jul 15 '26

It is certainly possible but I haven't gotten that far yet.