Roadmap

Features in previous releases can be seen in the Changelog file in denemo sources.

Release 1.1

Released 23 March 2013

Palettes of commands
- Customize content and shape
- User created palettes
Movement Navigation Buttons
- Buttons for quick change
- Indication of current Movement
Raw LilyPond Output
- For inclusion in user’s LilyPond template
- Single keypress to update the output
Tablature
- Support for all instruments

Upgrade Support
- Keep custom shortcuts, palettes, etc on upgrading Denemo
Command Center
- Can stay open while working on score.
- Replaces old Command Manager
- Menu path to each command is shown
- Incremental search for commands by label
- Incremental search for strings within tooltips
- Execute any command
- Add any command to a palette

Release 1.1.2

Released 27th February 2014

Links to source files can be relative to current score location
Transcribing from MIDI
- Play in to a click track.
- Enter rhythm afterwards.
Guided MIDI import
- Durations can be checked as they are entered.
Support for LilyPond 2.18
- Old scores are updated for incompatible syntax.
Re-shaping/Re-positioning Ties
- Both WYSIWYG and tweaking width/height/convexity.
LilyPond View Improvements
- Bracket Matching.
- Line numbering visible.
- Cursor position highlighted.

Release 1.1.4

Released 13th April 2014

Spillover
- Appending over-length notes spill into next bar.
- Works for rests too.
- Optional – set a preference for old behavior.
Shortcuts Cheat Sheet
- Current set of shortcuts listed.
- Alphabetical order.
- Gives description of command.
Support for Aubio 4
- Microphone Input Note Detection.
- Note Onset Detection.
- Instrument Tuning.
General Seek and Edit Facility
- Choose from all available object types in movement.
- Choose from objects at cursor.
- Seek and edit the chosen type in music playing order.
- Restart last search, wrap to beginning, to next movemnt.
Display Editing
- Control+Shift drag to move objects in the input music display
- Does not affect the final typeset score.
- Useful when the input music display is too cluttered to see clearly.
MusicXML import
- Imports Titles, copyright and other text
- Imports dynamic markings

Release 1.1.6

Released 20th June 2014

Lyrics Interface
- Cursor on music moves to match cursor in lyrics
- Jump to any point in the lyrics by mouse or keyboard
- The inactive pane (lyrics or music) clearly indicated by graying-out
Margins Control
- Set top, bottom, left and right margins in mm.
Tweaking Typesetting
- Individual notes, chords and rests can be tweaked
- Accidentals and markings move with the note
- Fingerings can be offset
- For use when LilyPond is sub-optimal
Fret Diagrams
- Chords typeset as fret diagrams
- Defaults to Guitar
- Can be used with Chord Names too
Comprehensive Musical Symbol Support
- Menu access to the complete set of LilyPond music symbols
- Over 600 types of music glyphs can be placed and dragged on the score
More Ornamentation Support
- Coulés
- Arpègements
- Suspensions
Editing Timer
- Displays time spent creating a score
- Accumulates over all editing sessions

Release 1.1.8

Released 5th August 2014

Spanners
- Dynamics such as cresc. poco a poco
- Text such as rall …
- LilyPond takes care of the extents
Lyrics Enhancements
- Lyric stanza numbers can be inserted
- Available on lyrics pane menu
- Lyric font style control
- Melismata Insert
Text and Graphics
- Graphic Title Pages
- Multiple columns of text
- Edit in external vector editor
- Use for music books, verses …
- Multi-line text, with embedded music snippets
Custom Ornaments/Symbols
- Edit the Ornament Shape and Size
- Re-define existing ornaments
- Attach to notes or stand-alone
Custom Barlines
- Define new barlines
- Re-define existing barlines
- Control over how/if they print in all positions
Chord Charts
- Chord Symbols
- With barlines, repeats
- Text markings, pauses
- Use for songs, jazz …
- Display on smartphone while busking…

Release 1.2

Released 2nd November 2014

Palette Shortcuts
- Execute Palette Commands from Keyboard
- Label is typed in
- Label truncation allowed
- Switch active palette
- Works even on hidden palettes
Automatic Cues
- Install Reference to Cued Part
- Automatically detects difference in clef
- Changes are automatically reflected in cue
Fret Diagrams
- Can be placed in any score
- Can be embedded in text
- Can be re-positioned by dragging
Accidental Styles
- 16 styles available
- Apply across entire score
Lyrics Improvements
- Choose Font Face
- Choose Font Size
Chord Chart Improvements
- Interface for Customized Chord Symbols
- Page size and measures per line control
- One-off arbitrary chord symbol creation
- Tailored shortcuts for fast keyboard entry.
MIDI information on double-click
- Timing information
- Volume (velocity) information.
Default Font Faces
- Choose from system installed fonts
- Titles, Lyrics etc
- Chord Names and other sans serif text
- Mono-spaced font
General Improvements
- More checks for user errors
- Better flow of notes into new measures.

Release 1.2.2

Released 9th February 2015

More mouse selection support
- Extend an already made selection by dragging
- Dragging selection now scrolls as needed

Large (Deep) Score Support
- Hide staffs in the Display
- Display only selected staffs, e.g. woodwind section
- Use for deep scores, e.g. full orchestra.
- Navigation commands available

Improved Ornamentation Interface
- Place accidentals above and/or below ornament
- Stack ornaments.
- Quick and easy WYSIWYG dragging.

Support for Proof-Reading
- Add PDF Annotations to Denemo typeset Score
- Open the proof-read score in Denemo
- Locate proof reading marks
- Transfer proof read comments to the Denemo score

Miscellaneous
- Edit/Delete all of one type of object
- Chord Chart Bass Inversion Sequences
- Support for editing from MIDI controller
- Artificial Harmonics
- Caesura
- Arbitrary text for N’th time bars
- Intelligent tied notes edits
- Duplicate, Split or Merge Movements

Release 1.2.4

Released 9th July 2015

Command Search Improved
- Search for commands containing key words
- Fuzzy search
- Search command help text and label

New Commands
- Choose format of rehearsal marks
  - Plain, boxed or circled
  - Alphabetic or Numeric
- Controls for page numbering

Music Snippets
- Saved with the score
- Use extended to all objects
- Command for insertion from keyboard
- Re-labelling of snippets

Staff Groups (Braces)
- Graphically displayed
- Click to edit the start or end

Updated Manual
- New sections on Command Center, Tablature, Fret Diagrams …

Autosave
- Auto-saved versions detected on start up
- Save rate in granularity of seconds

Bug Fixes
- Fix over long menus
- Menu of searchable objects avoid spurious items
- Improved Check Score routine
  - more errors detected
  - error position indicated in all cases

Release 2.0

Released 30th October 2015

Object Inspector
- Full details of current object nicely formatted
- Includes all attachments to the current object
- Tracks the cursor
- Available from the Print View
Object Editor
- Edit built in attributes
- Edit attached features
- Available from Inspector or by right click.
- Create Palette Buttons for instantiating the current attached features
Score and Movement Properties Editor
- Edit global properties of the Score
- Edit global properties of the Movement
- Switch between movements to edit properties
- Create Palette Buttons for instantiating the current score or movement property
Staff and Voice Properties Editor
- Edit global properties of the Staff
- Edit global properties of the Voice
- Create Palette Buttons for instantiating the current staff or voice property
Search and Replace
- Search for rhythmic patterns
- Edit at found pattern and continue
- Search for note sequences
- Wrap to staff start/next staff
- Resume search
Score Layout Editor
- Duplicate Movements with separate edits
- Re-order Movements
- Duplicate Staffs with separate edits
- Staffs can be added from any movement into any other
Titles
- Control of bold, italic and fontsize
- Control of spacing
- Comprehensive set of fields to set
Beaming Rules
- Create scorewide beaming rules
- Rules for multiple time signatures
- Regular rules with exceptions done by example.
Preview of Text/Music/Fret Diagram/Chord Symbol Markup
- Check the appearance before re-typesetting the score
Notehead Styles
- Complete set of notehead styles
- Set on individual notes or score-wide
Vertical Spacing Controls
- Complete set of vertical spacing distance settings
- Titles to System
- System to System
- … more
Improved MIDI output
- Sustain Pedal effect
Bug Fixes
- MIDI message lengths corrected for custom messages
User Manual
- Many new sections added

Release 2.0.2

Released 4th February 2016

Playback View
- Fully Typeset View
- Click to Play
- Drag to play selection
- Shift-Drag to loop
- Auto-scrolling
  - Simple Scrolling
  - Multiple Scroll Points (tempo changes etc)
- Play from full score while scrolling a part
- Fully-featured MIDI
  - Cresc. and Dim.
  - Articulations (staccato etc)
  - Grace Notes
  - Individual Tied Notes in Chords
  - Sustain Pedal … more
LilyPond Export
- One file per part
- Output divided into measure per line
- Measure Number every 10th measure
- All Staffs
- All Movements
Staff/Voice Editor Improvements
- Navigate to other staffs within editor
- Visibility/editing of clef, key, time signatures
- Guidance for voices typeset on one staff
Dynamics Lines
- Display on single line
- Distinctive coloring
Instrument Ranges
- Out-of-range notes colored red
- Easy one-click setting to chord
Instrument Templates
- Add staffs pre-configured for chosen instrument
- Name, range and transposition included
Substituting Music
- Replace music of one staff with that of another
- Use, e.g. to typeset Chord Symbols and Fret Diagrams from one set of chords
Fret Diagrams
- Include pre-defined Mandolin and Ukulele
- Default is guitar
Tablature
- Include example for 18th c Lute
Bug Fixes
- Ornament with Accidentals above and/or below fixed

Release 2.0.4

Released 5th March 2016

Conditional Directives on Chords/Notes

Conditional items are highlighted in the display

Object Inspector reports on them

Enhanced Object Editor

Initiate Search/Edit from Object

New Commands

Page Number Positioning

Gaps in Staffs

Enharmonic transpositions of passages

Generating Parts
Score Checking

Skip Errors

Release 2.0.6

Released 15 April 2016

Play Back Controls

Fix bugs with initial use

Mute Staffs

Mute/Un-mute all or groups of staffs

Whole Score Volume Override

Denemo Display
LilyPond Error Reporting

Only report include filenames when they error

Playback View

Revert to simple MIDI while editing

Playback from Typeset View
Lyrics
Translations

Release 2.0.8

Released 5th June 2016

Copy and Paste

CtrlC, Ctrl-V work for these

Copied marking is highlighted

Selection changes color when copied

Improved Acoustic Feedback

Copy attributes sounds

Improved Visual Feedback

Characters are highlighted in Lyric Verses

Directives are made more legible when cursor is on them

Cadenza Time

Music can still display in “bars”

New Commands

Curved Tuplet Brackets

Cadenza on/off uses Cadenza Time, sets smaller note size, editable text

Notes without stems

Multi-line text annotation

A guard prevents accidental syntax collision

Updated Manual

Now indexed

Bug Fixes

Standalone Multi-line text with backslash editing

Pasting into measures that precede a time signature change

Release 2.0.10

Released 13th July 2016

More Conditional Settings
Lyrics Pane Improvements
Hidden Staff Improvements

Now auto-show when the cursor moves on them

Can be navigated with the mouse as well as keyboard

Settings stored with score

New Commands
- Create Click-Track
- Create Intro
- Create Multi-Measure rests in bulk
- Create Palette Buttons for Object Instantiation
- Swap chord notes
Auto-open Source File
Bug Fixes
Release 2.0.12

Released 11th Sept 2016
- New Features
- More GUI features
- Bug Fixes
- Known Bugs
Release 2.0.14

Released 27th November 2016
New Tooltip System
Preview Pane for Markup
New Features
Multi-line text and music
Transcription from Source Improvements
Polymetric Staff Support
Verses at End of Music
Bug Fixes

Release 2.1

Released 23rd March 2017

GTK Upgrade
New Features
Tear-off Menus
Clearer Display

Object Position indicators only where needed

Bug Fixes

Release 2.2

Released 28th July 2017

New Features
- Virtual Piano Keyboard
- MIDI Simulation
- Lyrics Improvements
- Figured Bass Enhancements
- Slur and Tie Styles
- Support for .gz files
Bug Fixes

Release 2.3

Released 23rd July 2019

New Features
- Seek Locations in Scores
- Syntax highlighting in LilyPond view
- Playback Start/End markers draggable
- Source window navigation by page number
- Rapid marking of passages
- Two-chord Tremolos
- Allowing breaks at half-measure for whole movement
- Passages
- Search for lost scores
- Compare Scores
- Index Collection of Scores
- Intelligent File Opening
- Improved Score etc editor appearance
- Print History
- Improvements to Scheme Editor
- Colors now differentiate palettes, titles etc. in main display
- Swapping Display and Source positions
- Activate object from keyboard
- Help via Email
- Auto-translation to Spanish
Bug Fixes

Release 2.4

Released 18 May 2020

New Features

Omission Criteria

A lightweight alternative to Score Layouts

A single flag turns on/off features of the score

Swing Playback

Playback with altered note durations

Use for Jazz swing and note inègales

Page Turner/Annotater

Annotate while playing from digital score

Page turn digital score from pedals

New from Current

Create a new score using the current one as template

Use for books of songs, sonatas etc to keep style uniform>/ul>

Bug Fixes

Release 2.5

New Features

MusicXML export

Supports export of multi-movement scores

Support for Musical Sketches

Cut selection as sketch

Support for LilyPond 2.20.0

Menu Navigation from Keyboard enabled

Comments in Lyric verses

Bug Fixes
- Various fixes in MusicXML import
- Various fixes in LilyPond import
- Wrong Keyboard Shortcuts on MacOS

Release 2.6

Released 11th March 2022

New Features

Pitches First note entry method

Notes are visualized on a special MIDI track
Entering rhythms inserts notes from MIDI track
Recorded MIDI is re-synchronized as each bar is entered
Facilities to play, backup, advance, delete, restart recording

Support all system/markup spacing controls
Easy setting of conditional behavior of Denemo Directives

Directives attached all objects (notes, chords, time/key signatures etc)
Use e.g. for changes of clef only for certain instruments

Editing the LilyPond for individual objects

Applies to all objects (notes, chords, time/key signatures etc)
Use e.g. to create editions with chords for smaller hands

Support creating score/paper/header Directives at startup from Score Properties Editor

Directives are created only where absent

Allow easy toggling between listening/playing-in pitches via Shift key.
Create Score and Parts in one PDF
Allow setting transposition on playback easily
Allow recording and attaching musical audio fragments to a score while composing
Easier setting of Movement Tempo
Improvements to Playback Controls
- Better control over playback volume
- Simplify setting playback start/end markers
- Better use of colors
Improve Legibility

Paler Denemo Cursor
Allow alteration of brightness of playback start/end markers

View Menu Improvements

Turn various windows on/off by shortcut
Switch back to Main Window with Esc or Ctrl-w

Staff Display Spacing Control

Ctrl-Drag to loosen/tighten spacing in display
Auto/Manual spacing available
Allows tight spacing for small screens

Allow trailing staff lines at end of movement
Bug Fixes
- Fix setting of movement tempo in playback controls
- Fix Inserting Breve and Longa
- Fix display of dotted Breve and Longa after reload
- Fix spurious 0xffffff keypress on windows
- Fix setting/following links to source files esp. on Windows
- Fix display of key signatures for tenor and baritone clefs
- Prevent staff braces being attached to Marks/Dynamics staffs
- Fix sounding duration of grace notes on dotted notes
- Check part lists are same in all movements on Check Score.
- Fix Performance for case where there is an upbeat at the start
- Fix Performance View for LilyPond version 2.22
- Fix Hide Movement as Sketch
- Fix Duplicated Titles
- Fix staff heights in display not resetting
- Fix lyric pane not showing sometimes
- Fix lyrics clashing with beaming in display
- Hidden staff markers avoid clashes
- Arrow at right of display now reliably shifts the displayed measures
- Improvements in restoring window sizes on re-starting Denemo
- Playback Fixes

Release 2.7

In the repository now

New Features

Control Horizontal Spacing

Per-movement spacing control
Display total number of systems
Set total number of systems as well as pages
Commands can operate conditional on layout/Inclusion Criteria

New Commands to make properties conditonal

Apply to Score, Movement or Staff properties
Conditional on current layout or Inclusion Criterion
Editing conditional values as easily as unconditional
No need to use the editors to create duplicate directives

Custom Titles

Spread over as many lines as needed
Text placed left right and/or center
Full choice of fonts etc

Support for LilyPond 2.24

Some directives give errors if not updated

Book Titless
Bold Page Numbers
Score Version

Some directives give warnings if not updated

Noteheads
Staff Size
Score Version
Ossia Staff

Create book from different layouts

Book can include typesets at different overall size
Different Denemo scores can also be included
Ghostscript used to assemble the typesets
Page numbering flows correctly

Playback Annotation

Register moments of interest during playback
Review these later
Label ones of interest

Print Bar Numbers on any staff
TAB staff made easy
Better file chooser with over-write warning
Search for music incipits in all movements
Better Triplet Entry command
Numeric Timesignature automatically applies to all staffs
Control transposition of MIDI-in
Better editing of Directive fields in low level editor
Make Command Center available from Properties Editors
Dragging Ornaments etc in Print View made easy

Bug Fixes
- Status bar now reflects numbering in all cases
- Up/Down slurs now toggle correctly
- Build without fluidsynth fixed
- Version Upgrade keeping commands & shortcuts fixed
- Page Size command default value fixed
- Denemo Cursor drawing on non-notes fixed
- Adjust Measure Lengths fixed for triplets ending at measure split
- Make dim and cresc text spanners match normal dim and cresc in size
- Fixes for upgrade – keep history, palettes etc
- Beaming rules apply to initial timesig properly
- Typeset-only clefs improved condtionality & display
- Quarter Comma Mean Tone crash fixed