Our full review of StaffPad, the music composition app using handwriting recognition, for iPad and Windows, and StaffPad Reader, a free digital music stand app for performers.

Newly available on Notation Central by @jmontgomerymusic (also a clarinet version)

Happy 12th birthday (+1 day) to us, and thank you Daniel Spreadbury, aka Papa SMuFL

Several little-documented shortcuts, some new in Sibelius 7, others not, can speed up grace note entry; it's worth giving this article a look.

New podcast episode! Arranger and music producer John Hinchey relays his experience producing shows for cruise ships and lets it flow with a boatload of music tech tips and Avid Sibelius and Dorico advice, so you’ll want to come aboard. We're expecting you!

Ever wonder why some objects in Sibelius are colored dark blue when you select them, and others are colored light blue, or other colors? Here's how to decode the mystery.

Although it's more common to number bars in a score as if they are all played once straight through without factoring in repeats, often the bars are numbered according to the actual order in which they are played. Sibelius makes this easy to do.

New post! You can customize your color scheme in Avid Sibelius in lots of ways — including making it resemble another software product entirely, if you like.

The Edit Instrument Names plug-in for Sibelius can handle various formatting conventions and apply preset formatting patterns to names, and you can multiselect instruments and apply formatting to all selected instruments at once.

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