New post! DJA's Notes by Darcy James Argue is back! We learn the basics of well-prepared lead sheets, scores, and parts from a jazz/big band perspective — so that you can communicate musical intent in the most clear, familiar, and unambiguous manner.

Learn how to use text wildcards in Sibelius for text that will automatically update in all instances where the wildcard appears.

Improve the layout of your score automatically by using the Optimize Staff Spacing feature in Sibelius

Notation Express is the fastest way to work in Sibelius. It’s a custom-designed profile for the Stream Deck console that makes powerful Sibelius features easy and fun to use. http://notationexpress.com/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Place a graphic on the first page of all the parts and the score in Sibelius. This is technically a hack, so be forewarned!

A video review of our favorite features in Sibelius since version 8.0 was released. If you haven’t yet updated from 7.5 (or earlier), or even if you have, you'll appreciate knowing what’s included.

In this second of two posts in a series, we explore working with master pages in Dorico: adding custom master pages, inserting master page changes, and creating additional master page sets.

A brief mention of Change Tuplet Ratio in Sibelius, with an encouragement to explore more

Using Musitek’s SmartScore Music-to-XML music notation recognition software to analyze scanned PDF files of music and send them directly to Finale, Sibelius, or Dorico.

New post! It is not unusual to encounter grace notes at the end of a bar — that is, before the barline. Entering this variety of grace note in Avid Sibelius can be a chore, but there is an approach which involves using tuplets to achieve good results.