Being brand new to Dorico, I’ll put in a vote to have the option to use ‘pitch before duration’ as well…but only if it’s done the Sibelius way, where automatic note spacing takes effect.
It’s amazing that Finale, who started the ‘Speedy Entry’ game, still has the ‘squished up mess’ of notes when using Speedy Entry. Talk about an ‘inspiration-killer’.
Most composers (if trying to use the software to actually compose instead of using pencil and paper) would like to be able to ‘noodle around’ sometimes before committing to specific notes or harmonies.
I know you can switch in and out of Dorico ‘Write’ mode very quickly…but, I think a ‘pitch before duration’ option will sell even more copies of Dorico.
I’m just switching over to Dorico after hemming and hawwing about it, and am resigned to the ‘duration before pitch’ because of everything else Dorico can do so well and make so easy.
Dreaming about ‘pitch before duration’…