Accidentals—sharps, flats, naturals, and microtonal signs.
Notion Mobile 3.5 is now available on Linux as well as natively on Windows ARM devices. Features and improvements include support for simultaneous time signatures, better enharmonic options, and global chord symbols.
A quick way to reset accidentals to the default state specified in Sibelius's Engraving Rules, if you've manually changed an accidental to diverge from what would ordinarily appear.
MuseScore Studio 4.4 introduces integrated support for a new percussion playback library, Muse Drumline, tailored for marching band composition and arranging. Engraving improvements abound in the areas of hairpins, dynamics, accidentals, beams, text, and more.
Dorico 5.1.21 includes more options for hairpin placement, better spacing, and workflow enhancements, among other improvements. In addition, more than 30 bugs have been fixed since the 5.1.10 release.
Dorico 5.1.10 adds a new harp pedals editor, a page size editor, view options for accidentals, and better MusicXML support. In addition, more than 50 bugs have been fixed since the 5.1 release.
Finale has a dedicated tool for resizing the noteheads, notes, staves, systems, or pages of your score. We'll show you all the ways to use it, plus other ways to scale the size of items like accidentals, mid-measure clefs, grace notes, lyrics, and chord symbols.
Detective Jason Loffredo is back with the Conquering Finale video series. His "Special Tools Investigation" will dissect each one of these tools, perform forensic analysis, and present evidence that you have access to a powerful array of engraving tools for individual notes and measures.
Like many things in Finale, the text tool offers a lot of power and control, but also many options to navigate. Here's how to tame the type.
A review of Finale version 27. Headlining the new features are deep support for two open standards: Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL), and MusicXML. Tighter SmartMusic integration, playback improvements, and user interface enhancements round out what's new.
A series of notation conventions has been established over the years to identify editorial content. For the creators of critical editions, we take a comprehensive look at Dorico's formidable set of tools for making editorial marks.
