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November 2020

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Sam Solomon on writing for percussion

November 28, 2020December 5, 2020

Samuel Z. Solomon’s book “How to Write for Percussion” is a wealth of information, guidance, opinions, and reference material on an important subject, accompanied by nine hours of quickly-paced companion videos.

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Black Friday 2020 deals for music notation software and related tech

November 23, 2020December 10, 2020

All the 2020 Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers in music notation software and related tech products that we know about, all in one place!

Tips

Restore the link in File Info fields between score and parts in Sibelius

November 18, 2020January 18, 2021

In Sibelius, when working in a file with a score and parts, you can unintentionally break the link between the wildcards used for title and composer text. It can cause a whale of a problem, but fortunately there’s a way to escape.

Tutorials

Graphic notation workflow with Sibelius and Adobe Illustrator

November 15, 2020November 18, 2020

In this video tutorial, David MacDonald demonstrates his current workflow for creating graphic elements using the basic drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator and placing them in his scores in Sibelius.

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Music notation software, macOS Big Sur, and Apple Silicon M1 Macs [updated]

November 11, 2020October 28, 2021

A summary of desktop notation software compatibility with macOS Big Sur (macOS 11) and M1-powered Macs: How Sibelius, Finale, Dorico, MuseScore, and Notion are faring on Apple’s latest operating system and hardware.

Tips

Replace line styles in Sibelius

November 4, 2020November 11, 2020

A handy Sibelius plug-in, Replace Line Style, is the easiest way to quickly change the style of a line — such as replacing dashed crescendo hairpins with solid ones.

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