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October 2018

News

Music notation seminar in New York on November 1

October 29, 2018November 1, 2018

The Society of Composers and Lyricists in New York is presenting a seminar entitled “Music Notation Tools and Tactics” on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7 pm. We have a free discount code for Scoring Notes readers.

Tips

Count bar repeats in Sibelius

October 24, 2018October 29, 2018

Although it’s more common to number bars in a score as if they are all played once straight through without factoring in repeats, often the bars are numbered according to the actual order in which they are played. Sibelius makes this easy to do.

Tips

Customize keyboard shortcuts in Sibelius and Dorico

October 18, 2018October 24, 2018

In addition to using the default keyboard shortcuts in Sibelius and Dorico, you can program your own, and even override the default settings if you so choose.

Meta

10 years for the blog

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018

We celebrate the 10th birthday of the Scoring Notes blog by looking back to October 11, 2008 and ahead the the future.

Reviews

Finale version 26 review

October 10, 2018December 4, 2018

MakeMusic has released version 26 of Finale, bringing a number of improvements: new articulation options, better templates and libraries, Mac performance enhancements, and several other items and bug fixes.

Tips

Using Sibelius’s advanced scale settings to adjust text size

October 3, 2018October 10, 2018

Here’s how to change the size of expressive text in Sibelius without affecting the size of music text used for dynamics.

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