You can move notes and rests horizontally in Sibelius, which we call “sliding” notes. This first appeared in Sibelius 8.2 and was refined in 8.3. If you don't know about this feature, you'll want to see this 90-second video.

What do you get when you combine a catchy children's tune with a young person's guide to the orchestra and a lovable finned friend?

Follow along as Baby Shark swims around the "orca-stra"

Move notes up or down chromatically in Sibelius by using this one little trick. Really.

New post! Our review of Finale Music Notation Software version 27. Headlining the new features are deep support for two open standards: Standard Music Font Layout (SMuFL), and MusicXML. Tighter SmartMusic integration, playback improvements, and user interface enhancements round out what's new.

A Sibelius plug-in can replace dangling ties with slurs, for use in scores where someone has mistakenly entered slurs as ties.

In this installment of DJA's Notes by Darcy James Argue, we learn the dos and donts of one- and two-bar repeats, numbering repeated bars, and how to lay out the music correctly so that the intent is clearly conveyed.

New podcast episode! Jason Wick, MakeMusic's senior manager for Finale Music Notation Software, discusses the product's development and the new features that are in version 27 of the software.

We talk with copyist Emily Grishman about her career and how the means and manner of producing music has changed along with advancements in the music notation software she uses every day.

Trying to achieve a Sibelius look in Finale (and vice versa)? Here are a few pointers.