New post! When it comes to expert Dorico users, there are few that are more so than Leo Nicholson. Spanning 29 separate videos and lasting a total of just over two hours, his "Dorico Basics" course is designed to guide you through all of Dorico's fundamentals, and more.

Working on a new edition of Aaron Copland's Three Latin American Sketches with Notation Express for Sibelius.

It sounds so simple, right? Two quarter notes in the space of three eighth notes. Except… there's a bit more to it in Sibelius and Dorico.

Learn how to quickly enter and modify dynamic text with common shortcuts in Sibelius.

We look at grouped playing techniques in Dorico, where multiple playing techniques can be grouped together with a connecting arrow or line.

New podcast episode! There's a fundamental task that is essential to using music notation software: getting the notes into the program in the first place! Even if you think you've mastered this basic element of working in your favorite program, you may very well discover new and better ways to fill your page with mu...

Now available at Notation Central: Dorico Basics: Notation Tools and Techniques — a new video course by Leo Nicholson. Spanning 29 videos and more than 2 hours, it's a great way to learn Dorico at your own pace!

Time signatures are easy enough to create in Sibelius, but if you find yourself entering music with constantly alternating meter, you’ll want this handy plug-in.

A collection of Sibelius tips and plug-ins to help space your music not too wide, not too narrow, but just right.

New post! Finale Music Notation Software's Tuplet tool is just the starting point of this helpful series of videos that deals with everything to do with tuplets. From default and custom positioning and nested tuplets, to custom font and placement styles, Jason Loffredo shows you how to "tupletify" your music in Finale.