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The best iPad score reader for most people [2023 update]

May 31, 2023June 30, 2023

A review of the leading iPad score reader apps — forScore, Newzik, and nkoda — to assess the current state of the category, and to help musicians decide which of the excellent options best suits their needs.

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First-ever tech fair to debut at 2023 MOLA conference on June 2

April 6, 2023April 11, 2023

The MOLA 2023 conference will see the debut of the Tech Fair, on Friday, June 2, 2023. The fair will be an opportunity for technology-focused presentations and exhibits, especially those relevant to performance librarians, publishers and musicians.

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Dolet 8.2 MusicXML plug-in for Sibelius is released [updated]

December 7, 2022January 5, 2023

MakeMusic has released Dolet 8.2 for Sibelius, its latest version of the free plug-in that writes MusicXML files, and the first version of the plug-in to be released under the permissive MIT License.

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Finale version 27.3 adds eight powerful JW tools, fixes some linked part issues

December 2, 2022December 6, 2022

MakeMusic has released Finale version 27.3, adding native installation of eight of the most popular and powerful JW Tools. Longstanding issues affecting voiced linked parts and other areas have also been addressed.

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Michael Good, the inventor of MusicXML [transcript]

October 26, 2022October 30, 2022

A transcript of one of our most popular podcast episodes. If you’ve ever needed to open a music notation file in a different program, you’ve relied on MusicXML. Michael Good tells us how it happened.

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News roundup: Michael Good retirement; W3C meeting; Finale price cut; Sibelius team licensing [updated]

September 8, 2022September 17, 2022

Let’s get up to speed on some recent developments in the music notation software industry, like software updates, Michael Good’s retirement, the next W3C group meeting, Sibelius team licensing, and more.

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Dolet 8.1 MusicXML plug-in for Sibelius is released

June 1, 2022

MakeMusic has released Dolet 8.1 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.

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PlayScore 2 adds text, lyrics, guitar chords, and more

March 30, 2022April 1, 2022

The most recent updates to PlayScore 2 support lyrics, guitar chords, and multi-measure rests. A count-in feature, better rehearsal instrument support, and more improvements are also included. Plus, a preview of what’s to come.

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Finale version 27.2 adds new jazz template, native Apple silicon support

March 2, 2022March 8, 2022

Finale version 27.2 runs natively on Apple silicon Macs for the first time. All default documents and document styles in v27.2 are now SMuFL-based, and, in a welcome surprise, there is a fully revamped SMuFL-compliant jazz default file and document style.

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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.

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