An interview with composer, new music notation specialist and arts administrator jef chippewa about his neueweise fonts for Finale and Sibelius and his work, philosophy, and approach to music notation.

In score instrument labels, percussion can be boiled down a single line, or just the instruments that are being used at start of piece - so long as the entire battery of instruments and number of players are included on the instrumentation page.

In score instrument labels, percussion can be boiled down a single line, or just the instruments that are being used at start of piece - so long as the entire battery of instruments and number of players are included on the instrumentation page.

You can move notes and rests horizontally in Sibelius, which we call “sliding” notes. Learn how to do it in this brief tutorial.

We off suggestions for upgrading your desk and workspace — everything from big ticket items to ones that only cost pennies, and everything in between.

Here's a clever and useful way in Sibelius to have the part name, title, and composer consistently appear the same — and in the same place — on your title page and the first page of your part.

A brief conversation with Mark Fabulich, an assistant librarian at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and chair of MOLA :: An Association of Music Performance Librarians’s Technology Committee, about staying on top of digital developments. From the 2022 MOLA Conference.

New podcast episode! A brief conversation with Mark Fabulich, an assistant librarian at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and chair of MOLA :: An Association of Music Performance Librarians’s Technology Committee, about staying on top of digital developments. From the 2022 MOLA Conference.

The Score System Divider plug-in, included with Finale Music Notation Software, 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.

New post! The Score System Divider plug-in, included with Finale Music Notation Software, 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.