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.

New post! When a player has finished playing for the remainder of a piece, this is indicated “tacet al fine”. Learn how to consolidate remaining multirests in a part and display this instruction in Avid Sibelius.

A few brief thoughts about the size of music paper.

A talk with Mark Adler, MakeMusic's director of production, and Jonathan Tschiggfrie, product manager of audio and notation.

In addition to using the default keyboard shortcuts in Sibelius and Dorico, you can program your own, and even override the default settings if you so choose.

An interview with Sibelius user Robin Walker in which he discusses his background, helping fellow Sibelius users, and the future of music technology.

Robert Piéchaud talks music software and more about Medieval 2, a comprehensive package that works within Finale to create early music notation.

Working with Lines in Notation Express for Sibelius: http://notationexpress.com/?utm_campaign=meetedgar&utm_medium=social&utm_source=meetedgar.com

Ever since Sibelius 4 introduced Dynamic Parts feature in 2005, and Finale 2007 followed in due course with Linked Parts a year later, I've hardly ever needed to extract parts from a Finale or Sibelius file — and you shouldn't have to, either.

Sibelius has built-in tools for marking up your score, which can actually be quite useful in professional situations. In this post we'll explore Sibelius's commenting feature, how to use it, and how to make the most of it through plug-ins.