Tristan Noon’s e-book Notes to Notes: The Ultimate Guide to Business in Film & TV Music is a comprehensive and approachable guide to the music business, conveyed from the perspective of real-world experience.
May 2020
Stream Deck profile for Zoom; Notation Express updated for Dorico 3.5
A simple yet powerful custom-designed Stream Deck profile for Zoom that can mute, unmute, start and stop video, screen share, recording, chat and more. Also, a Notation Express update for Dorico 3.5.
Introducing the Scoring Notes podcast
Introducing the Scoring Notes podcast, where we’ll explore music notation software and related technology, talk with the interesting individuals in our field who create music with these products, and the talented people who create those tools.
Dorico 3.5 review
Steinberg has released Dorico 3.5, a major upgrade to its scoring program. Pitch-before-duration note input, semantic figured bass, line style editors, and condensing for section players are among the dozens of new features and improvements.
An interview with Robert Piéchaud about the November font
We speak with Robert Piéchaud, creator of the premium November font for Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico, about the many qualities and features of the font and his efforts in music font design.
Sibelius plug-in: Create Tuplets Different Units
The Sibelius plug-in Create Tuplets Different Units automates the entire process of creating a tuplet where the “numerator” and “denominator” do not share an equivalent unit, such as two quarter notes in the space of three eighth notes.
An interview with Nor Eddine Bahha, musician and font designer
We interview jazz pianist, educator, author, and musicologist Nor Eddine Bahha, whose passion for typography led to the creation of his music and text fonts, available at Notation Central.
Notate 2 quarters in the space of 3 eighths
It sounds so simple, right? Two quarter notes in the space of three eighth notes. Except… there’s a bit more to it in Sibelius and Dorico.
An interview with new music specialist jef chippewa about his neueweise fonts and more
An interview with composer, new music notation specialist and arts administrator jef chippewa about his neueweise fonts for Finale and Sibelius and his work, philosophy, and approach to music notation.
Add your own scores to the nkoda library with Escobar Digital
Escobar Digital is an aggregator for the digital sheet music subscription service nkoda, allowing scores from small publishers and self-published composers to appear in the nkoda catalog alongside larger publishers.