Over many decades, I've noticed that BIAB users tend to be split in their opinion of the notation function. For many. it's fine, and they use the lead sheets.

I'm a composer and I am, or have been, a beta tester for two other major music notation companies. I have at some point used almost every music notation program, and I hate most parts of all of them. The perfect program does not exist. However, when I have a new project, I always start it in BIAB because I have never found anything nearly as easy and effective for initial note entry as BIAB. Then I can export it as Music XML to wherever it needs to be for the next step. I hope PG Music keeps the basic approach.

I do support your suggestions for minor tweaks, like the Zoom button and single-click Undo. And I don't see any harm in making Lock to Grid the default; I thought it already was.


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