Command and control in Sibelius

March 20, 2020

In Sibelius, typing the Command (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) key in combination with another key often means "do this, but bigger." Get to know the keyboard shortcuts where this applies.

Work in multiple Dorico modes simultaneously

March 17, 2020

Dorico's separation of modes of working — Setup, Write, Engrave, Play, and Print — is unique among the various desktop music notation programs. But what if we open one window in Write mode and another in Engrave mode at the same time?

Anton Coppola, 1917-2020

March 10, 2020

Remembering Anton Coppola, conductor, composer, founding artistic director of Opera Tampa, and "maestro", and the work of engraving the piano-vocal score to his crowning achievement, the opera "Sacco and Vanzetti".

Customizing beam groups in Sibelius

March 6, 2020

"Divisions of a beat are beamed together in all meters, in order to simplify reading beats," says Elaine Gould. Here's how to change the default beam grouping in Sibelius so that it matches your musical intentions.

Finale version 26.2.2 released

March 3, 2020

MakeMusic has released Finale version 26.2.2. This maintenance release includes several notation improvements in advance of MakeMusic's forthcoming musical content sharing mechanism, and some other fixes to MusicXML export/import and elsewhere.

Notion iOS 2.5 and Notion 6.6 desktop updates released

March 2, 2020

Notion is updated. Notion iOS 2.5 supports document handling, MP3 and SMP Press export, template saving, and more, including handwriting, MusicXML and MIDI import enhancements. Notion 6.6 for Mac and Windows brings over some of these improvements and addresses compatibility issues.