New post! The 1.2 update of Ambitus, the font for pitch incipits, scales, and range diagrams that can be used in any word processor or music notation software, adds octave lines and parenthesized notes.

Scoring Notes podcast listeners! We're taping part 2 of our lyrics podcast episode on Tuesday. We’ll be discussing how to achieve results with lyrics in music notation software. Have questions? Tips? Suggestions? Tell us!

Scoring Notes podcast listeners! David MacDonald and NYC Music Services are taping part 2 of our lyrics podcast episode on Tuesday. We’ll be discussing how to achieve results with lyrics in Finale Music Notation Software, Avid Sibelius, and Dorico. Have questions? Tips? Suggestions? Tell us!

Working with lyrics and vocal music presents a special set of challenges and opportunities to burnish your music engraving skill set. In this first of a two-part episode, we discuss many of the conventions and principles that govern lyric text.

New podcast episode! Working with lyrics and vocal music presents a special set of challenges and opportunities to burnish your music engraving skill set. In this first of a two-part episode, we discuss many of the conventions and principles that govern lyric text.

Dorico 4.0.30 is out. It reinstates the tempo and MIDI pitch bend editors in Play mode, fixes a performance issue with VST plug-ins, and improves engraving features in the areas of barlines, staff labels, and chord diagrams.

New post! Dorico 4.0.30 is out. It reinstates the tempo and MIDI pitch bend editors in Play mode, fixes a performance issue with VST plug-ins, and improves engraving features in the areas of barlines, staff labels, and chord diagrams.

A fix for an occasional page layout problem in Sibelius.

New post! Here's a solution to correct when a cautionary time signature is uncomfortably hanging outside the edge of the page margin in Avid Sibelius.

Encore podcast episode! When you work with music notation software, sometimes the greatest challenge is knowing what a task is actually called and where to find it. We uncover those hidden and not-so-hidden treasures in Finale Music Notation Software, Avid Sibelius, and Dorico. Plus, an update.