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January 2021

Tutorials

Paperless composition lessons with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

January 30, 2021February 2, 2021

Composer and educator David MacDonald describes in detail how he teaches composition using the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, and a suite of apps, and why he can’t imaging returning to the dead-tree way of doing things.

Meta

Free webinar: Scoring Express for Sibelius

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021

Join us for the Scoring Express Webinar, a free one-hour session where you’ll see what Scoring Express does, how to use it, and professional tips on making the most of it in your work.

Opinion

Dorico and The Rite of Spring

January 26, 2021February 6, 2021

A journey through engraving the entirety of The Rite of Spring from scratch into Dorico, to learn more about both Stravinsky’s masterful composition and how to use the music notation software. Includes Dorico files.

Tutorials

The secret powers of Finale’s Selection Tool

January 22, 2021January 23, 2021

Master the humble Selection Tool in Finale and you will save precious seconds every time. Multiplied by a few hundred or a few thousand times each time you use it, and it adds up.

Meta

Using Sibelius Effectively: a guide to Sibelius Ultimate

January 19, 2021January 22, 2021

Using Sibelius Effectively: A Guide to Sibelius Ultimate condenses years of experience and expertise using Sibelius into a thoughtful, practical 70-page ebook. Written in an easy-to-follow, engaging style, its focus is on helping you produce quality music notation.

News

MuseScore 3.6 focuses on engraving upgrades, new fonts

January 15, 2021January 18, 2021

MuseScore has released version 3.6. This release is primarily focused on engraving improvements and also introduces a new, SMuFL-compatible music font called Leland, designed by Martin Keary and Simon Smith, inspired by the legendary SCORE program.

Reviews

A review of optical music recognition software

January 12, 2021November 25, 2022

A review of four leading optical music recognition, or “music scanning” apps, and how they work with music notation software: PlayScore 2, ScanScore, PhotoScore Ultimate, and SmartScore 64 Professional Edition. Plus links to sample files from each app that you can download and test yourself.

Tutorials

Nailing navigation in Finale

January 5, 2021January 30, 2021

Navigate through Finale in the Conquering Finale video tutorial series, and learn about everything from its tool palettes to view modes.

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