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Conquer the powerful Lyrics tool in Finale Music Notation Software with Jason Loffredo and you'll be a master. We start with the "Type Into Score" feature and go on to much more in this series of video tutorials. Hyphens, spaces, lyric elisions, editing, clearing and deleting lyrics, copying and cloning lyrics… and ...

Placing bar numbers on every bar of your score can save precious rehearsal time. Learn how to get a studio look to your bar numbers in Sibelius by placing them on their own separate one-line staff.

Beaming in notated music is dependent upon context. Here's how to change the default beam grouping in Sibelius so that it matches your musical intentions.

In music scores, a house style is the collection of dozens or hundreds of rules and preferences governing the look of the music.

Get a studio look to your bar numbers in Finale by placing them on their own separate one-line staff.

New post! Still using Dorico 3.0? We provide a helpful analysis for the smart shopper in light of Steinberg's "PSA" about the pricing for the forthcoming Dorico 4 release and a limited-time money-saving opportunity if you intend to upgrade.

The Sibelius plug-in Fill With Tied Notes fills the bars between the first selected note or chord in a staff and either a second selected note, or the end of the selection, with tied copies of the first selected note.

When preparing music, you always make sure what goes on the page is pitch-perfect. The same should be true for preparing the bill. Here's how to do it.

David Newman's score to the 1996 Danny DeVito movie Matilda, with its energy, whimsy, and sweetness, is a favorite among film score enthusiasts. Learn what it took to prepare the music for a premiere with live orchestra.