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Elaine Gould to retire as Senior Music Editor at Faber; applicants sought for managing editor

January 16, 2023January 19, 2023

Elaine Gould, senior music editor at Faber Music and author of the music notation reference Behind Bars, will retire at the end of September 2023. As a result, Faber has announced that the company will be hiring for the role of managing editor in contemporary music.

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The Nepomuk text font: it takes a certain type

January 11, 2023January 16, 2023

Nepomuk is a text font inspired by the type commonly found in music plate engraving from the late 19th to the mid 20th-century. It’s available on Notation Central. Learn all about its origins and design.

Tutorials

Tackling the text tool in Finale

December 21, 2022December 27, 2022

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.

Reviews

Long-awaited MuseScore 4 release brings major improvements to engraving and audio

December 14, 2022January 7, 2023

MuseScore 4 is out. It’s the first update in nearly two years, with major improvements to the user interface, layout, engraving, playback features — and a brand-new sound library to top it all off.

Meta

22 in 22: November music font on sale for 22% off

December 9, 2022December 14, 2022

The Notation Central Black Friday sale continues with November 2, the premium music font with more than 1400 symbols for Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico, which mimics the slightly weathered look of traditional music engraving.

Meta

22 in 22: All NorFonts are on sale for 22% off

December 1, 2022December 3, 2022

The Notation Central Black Friday sale continues with NorFonts. This is the beautiful and growing catalog of music and text fonts by Nor Eddine Bahha, who has fully embraced SMuFL font design, giving Dorico and Finale v27 users more distinctive options.

Reviews

Dorico 4.3 brings Key Editor power tools and chord symbol note generation

November 15, 2022November 21, 2022

Dorico 4.3 is out with more powerful controls in the Key Editor and a robust system for automatically generating notes on staves from chord symbols. There’s also improvements in the areas of engraving, note input, and editing, and the iPad version is updated, too.

Meta

Road report: Copland’s Rodeo in Milwaukee

October 12, 2022January 16, 2023

When Aaron Copland thought of the Far West, he probably didn’t have Wisconsin in mind, but Milwaukee was the perfect location to “road test” the new edition of Rodeo.

Tips

Score system divider plug-in in Finale

July 21, 2022July 28, 2022

The Score System Divider plug-in, included with Finale, inserts or removes system separation marks between staff systems on the same page. Here’s how it works, along with a little history of this useful creation.

News

Dorico 4.2 adds percussion to the Key Editor and improves linked mode

July 13, 2022July 19, 2022

The Dorico 4.2 update makes it easier to edit the music on drum sets and other percussion kits directly in the Key Editor. Among other improvements, Dorico 4.2 also improves the way the Key Editor works in linked mode.

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