Create attacca on the bottom staff in Sibelius
Sibelius doesn't make it obvious or easy to place movement-ending text like "attacca" below the system, but it is possible. Here's how.
Restore the link in File Info fields between score and parts in Sibelius
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.
Adventures in early music with Dorico, volume 2
Accidentals, coloration brackets, lyrics, barlines, figured bass, staff lines, ornaments, and incipits are among the various areas in Dorico that come into play when working with early music notation. We bridge the nearly 500-year gap between 21st-century software and the 16th-century plainsong it creates.
Quickly specify measurement units in Dorico
We explore how to set the global measurement units in Dorico, how to quickly override those defaults, and some secrets of the spin box.
Quickly specify measurement units in Finale
We explore the various measurement systems used in music notation software, how to set the global defaults in the various programs, and how to quickly override those defaults in Finale.
Dorico 5.1.30 update is available
Dorico 5.1.30 includes more options for staff labels, barlines, percussion, repeats, and user interface choices, among other improvements. In addition, more than 40 bugs have been fixed since the last release.
New Sibelius, Finale versions use AI to write music automatically; secret Dorico project underway
Saving users from the tedium of actually thinking about music, today Avid and MakeMusic both released AI-powered versions of Sibelius and Finale, their flagship notation software, respectively, that composes music automatically. A secret Dorico project is also underway.
