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Robert Puff, leading music preparer and notation expert, dies at 66

April 26, 2022May 3, 2022

Robert Puff, one of the foremost music preparers working in concert and commercial music, and music notation software expert whose advice was available on his highly-regarded industry web site Of Note, died on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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Dolet 8 for Sibelius adds MusicXML 4.0 support and much more

January 20, 2022January 22, 2022

MakeMusic has released Dolet 8 for Sibelius, its latest version of the free plug-in that writes MusicXML files that can then be read and used in more than 200 applications that support the interchange format.

Opinion

A brief history of music notation on computers

December 28, 2021January 22, 2022

Music engraving dates back well before the computer age, but it’s easy to forget that the computer-aided portion of the history spans back a good long time. We summarize that history and explore a few key moments leading up to the present.

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Music Notation Community Group reviews progress; discusses future MNX format

November 8, 2021November 10, 2021

The W3C Music Notation Community Group held its 2021 annual meeting. The major discussion topic was the status of MNX, the new music notation format. In addition, the group reviewed recent achievements such as MusicXML 4.0, SMuFL 1.4, and a new documentation generator.

News

Sibelius comes to the iPhone

October 26, 2021October 30, 2021

Sibelius has come to the iPhone, with all of the same features that appear on the iPad version. Panorama view is enabled on mobile along with some other improvements, and Cloud Sharing gets a new setting to allow downloading.

Tips

Customize chord symbol suffixes in Sibelius

October 13, 2021October 16, 2021

If you have found yourself stymied in your quest for the One True Way when customizing your chord symbol suffixes in Sibelius, we can help. Chord symbols are highly customizable — you just need to know where to look and understand how it works.

Reviews

Sibelius arrives on iPad

July 29, 2021August 14, 2021

Sibelius for iPad has arrived. We take a comprehensive first look at what you can expect from the experience, including multi-touch gestures, the revamped Create menu, and new pitch correction and chord input tools.

People

Jessie Montgomery’s music notation tips

April 20, 2021April 21, 2021

Composer Jessie Montgomery interweaves classical music with vernacular songs, improvisation, and language, presenting exciting challenges for a music copyist or engraver. Here are some of those challenges and how the results were achieved.

News

ASMAC music preparation webinar with Elaine Gould

March 16, 2021March 18, 2021

Have you ever read Elaine Gould’s Behind Bars and wished that you could ask her anything about music notation? You may have that chance at the ASMAC music preparation webinar on March 17, 2021.

Tutorials

Graphic notation workflow with Sibelius and Adobe Illustrator

November 15, 2020November 18, 2020

In this video tutorial, David MacDonald demonstrates his current workflow for creating graphic elements using the basic drawing tools in Adobe Illustrator and placing them in his scores in Sibelius.

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