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Hello everyone. I've been playing the LinnStrument for over half a year now. One question that has always nagged at me is: what kind of notation actually makes sense for the LinnStrument? My goal is to play piano-style tracks with both hands. I'd like to share some recent modifications I made to the MuseScore Studio source code, which led me to a solution I'm fairly happy with. The upside is that MuseScore's massive library of scores can be converted instantly. 
Standard staff notation follows a 7-5 layout that maps neatly onto a traditional piano — but makes absolutely no sense on an isomorphic instrument. What isomorphic instruments (e.g. LinnStrument) call for is isomorphic notation, which is what drew me to whole-tone stave systems. This family of notations fits an octave into three lines and three spaces, locked to a whole-tone scale, and maintains a clean linear relationship throughout. (https://musicnotation.org/tutorials/6-6 ... -patterns/ (https://musicnotation.org/tutorials/6-6-and-7-5-pitch-patterns/))
I've modified the MuseScore Studio source code to enable a 6-6 stave layout. Combined with an additional MuseScore plugin, the modified version can express a variety of 6-6 notations. My personal preference leans toward something similar to TwinNote, where interval relationships can be read at a glance from the spacing on the page and the type of notehead shape — then mapped directly onto the instrument.
I don't imagine the MuseScore Studio team would want to maintain such a niche feature, so I haven't had much motivation to file a PR or polish the user experience. It is what it is. Here's my repository: I've published a Windows x64 portable release of MuseScore Studio 5.0.0 for now. Other versions and platforms will need to be compiled from source.
https://github.com/Cracking-Sciences/MuseScore/tree/6-6 (https://github.com/Cracking-Sciences/MuseScore/tree/6-6)
(Standard type is the normal 7-5 staff. Whole tone treble and whole tone bass are the 6-6 containers we want!)
(Whole-Tone (6-6) Stave)
(Twinnote-like staff)
Now we can use musescore plugins to change the note styles. As in the picture, it is a twinnote-like staff (slightly different to fit my taste). Here is the plugin repo:
https://github.com/Cracking-Sciences/Mu ... /tree/main (https://github.com/Cracking-Sciences/Musescore-Twinnote-Plugin/tree/main)
Let me know your thoughts and feedback. Thanks!