Gatekeeping and Notation: Why MuseScore 4 isn't Professional

Music has occasionally been an activity only those with money and time can do. With high costs and barriers to receive the best music education, can MuseScore potentially change that? Could MuseScore 4 completely change music and make composition, engraving, and music production careers accessible to the masses? Why is MuseScore not considered professional, where Sibelius, Dorico, and Finale are?

Chapters:
0:00 - intro
0:32 - Why isn't MuseScore 4 considered professional?
0:47 - tools and resources
1:05 - Unusual notation
1:50 - Rite of Passage
2:18 - Can't Scores look good regardless?
2:58 - MuseScore 4's engraving is better?
3:52 - How is this Gatekeeping?
- 4:08 - price
- 4:18 - experience
- 4:38 - attitudes
5:05 - Hard to Learn
5:23 - Should we be worried about the ramifications of gatekeeping?
6:34 - conclusion

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