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Using Dorico’s flows and condensing features to prepare Handel’s Messiah

January 5, 2023January 11, 2023

How many versions of Handel’s Messiah are there? It’s hard to say, but by using Dorico’s flows and condensing features, it’s possible to prepare a version to suit your particular performance.

Reviews

Sibelius 2022.12 is “part”way to more layout independence with score subsets

December 15, 2022December 21, 2022

Sibelius 2022.12 introduces score subsets, which make it possible to have different configurations and layouts of the score, independent of the full score and parts. There are new barline options in this update, too.

Tips

Create a part with an alternate transposition in Dorico

November 2, 2022November 10, 2022

Need to make a clarinet part in a different transposition than the original part? Or a treble clef baritone part linked to the bass clef euphonium part? Here are the step-by-step instructions to set it all up in Dorico.

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Sibelius 2022.10: Make into part command and better text dynamics

October 20, 2022October 24, 2022

Sibelius 2022.10 adds a command for making a part from a selection of instruments in the score, or one instrument that’s part of a group. This update also automatically stylizes dynamic text when entered in the Expression text style.

Tips

Create a part with an alternate transposition in Finale

October 5, 2022November 2, 2022

Need to make a clarinet part in a different transposition than the original part? Or a treble clef baritone part linked to the bass clef euphonium part? Here are the step-by-step instructions to set it all up in Finale.

Tips

Create separate parts from a group when using the Staff Names feature in Sibelius

September 29, 2022October 1, 2022

When creating parts from a grouped instrument, Sibelius will only create one part with all of the staves, instead of individual parts for each staff. Here’s how to create separate parts from an instrument with more than one staff.

Tips

Create a part with an alternate transposition in Sibelius

September 22, 2022November 2, 2022

Need to make a clarinet part in a different transposition than the original part? Or a treble clef baritone part linked to the bass clef euphonium part? Here are the step-by-step instructions to set it all up in Sibelius.

Tutorials

Orchestra librarians want you to know about instrument names

June 20, 2022June 25, 2022

Here’s a video tutorial, with a complete transcript, from Thomas Goss of Orchestration Online on the subject of correctly labeling instrument names and numbers in your score, and its importance to the orchestra staff and librarian.

Tutorials

Orchestra librarians want you to know about parts paper sizes

May 3, 2022June 18, 2022

Before you do any work on parts, you’ll want to get one basic parameter from the librarian: the paper size their orchestra prefers for their instrument parts. Here’s a video tutorial from Thomas Goss of Orchestration Online on the subject, with a complete transcript.

News

Dynamic parts come to Sibelius for Mobile

January 27, 2022January 31, 2022

The latest update to Sibelius for Mobile for iOS and iPadOS supports dynamic parts for the first time. The update also includes a few usability enhancements.

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