Arranging music on the page—system and page layout, spacing, and formatting a readable score.
The new Scoring Express Lead Sheets suites for Dorico and Sibelius turn one jazz chart into concert, B-flat, E-flat, and bass-clef parts, in four house styles. Also in version 2.0: Dynamics Express, a Scoring Express-exclusive Sibelius plug-in, updates across all five suites, and web documentation.
Originally appearing as a document that composer David MacDonald created for his weekly master class, this bullet-list of score preparation and production notes will improve the quality of your performance materials in no time. To it we have added relevant links from Scoring Notes and other sources.
Notation Express for Dorico 6 introduces real-time bidirectional feedback, chainable Note Tools, and a refined product lineup. This major update represents a significant architectural step forward for Stream Deck control in Dorico.
A Sibelius plug-in to easily break a passage selection of bars into systems, specifying the number of bars in each system.
Proper score formatting can make a dramatic difference in readability. We take a look at two of those formatting techniques — condensing scores and adding oversized time signatures — and how to incorporate them into MuseScore.
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.
We explore how to set the global measurement units in Dorico, how to quickly override those defaults, and some secrets of the spin box.
Notion Mobile, the cross-platform music composition application from PreSonus, has recently been updated to version 3.3 with many new enhancements and fixes.
Notation Express and Notation Express XL are totally rebuilt for Sibelius 2024, adding lots of new buttons and features, along with cross-platform support and language independence.
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.
