An example of advanced layout
Sibelius is capable of some very advanced layouts, like this: To produce this kind of layout in Sibelius: Change the widths for empty bars, whole notes, and the Gap at…
Speed tips: Improving Sibelius 5’s start-up time
I've already written about how to make Sibelius feel as snappy as possible while you're using it, but today I'm going to explain how to make Sibelius start up as…
Sibelius plays role in Ian McEwan and Michael Berkeley’s opera
The author Ian McEwan has collaborated with composer Michael Berkeley on the opera For You, which will be premiered at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio later this month. Sibelius…
Sibelius comes in more than one flavour
The man with only one name, Erik, writes on his blog: ...if you like a more classical approach, there are programs that are working with the sheet music look and…
Musicians use both sides of their brains more than other people
New research suggests that musicians do (to quote a grammatically awkward advertising campaign) "think different" to normal folks. According to this article at VUCast from Vanderbilt University: ...professionally trained musicians…
Noteflight in-browser notation software
Although the world of music notation software is dominated by the two heavyweights, Godzilla and Mothra (I'll let you decide whether Sibelius or Finale gets to be Godzilla), there are…
Sibelius helps blind children to make music
The latest issue of Zone Magazine contains an article written by Lydia Machell of Prima Vista Braille Music about how her Sibelius plug-in to export Braille music notation from Sibelius…
So what are Sibelius’s strengths?
I very much enjoy reading the weekly articles from Film Music Magazine (now in tasty, bite-sized bloggy pieces rather than a lumpen PDF monolith), particularly those by Ron Hess, who…
A brief history of computer music
This is a fun little article from MusicRadar.com. I'm particularly fond of the nice big picture of the Commodore 64. The world of computer music was first made real for…
Tutorial: Layout and formatting in Sibelius 5
One of the most misunderstood feature areas in Sibelius is layout and formatting, which includes things like page and staff size, the distances between staves, and things like system and…