Dorico makes it quite easy to preface a score with reference pitches, such as timpani tunings or handbells. In this post we'll walk through the process of creating reference pitches using flows and frame chains.

We always check PDFs as 2-spreads to make sure that page turns are set up correctly. Here's how to do it in Adobe Acrobat and Preview (Mac), as well as all of the major music notation applications, from our Scoring Notes blog.

New post! The easiest way to check for good page turns on-screen is to view the music as a two-page spread. We'll quickly run through how to view music this way in all the major desktop music notation applications as well as in Adobe Acrobat and Mac Preview.

Clipboards, a plug-in for Sibelius, lets you store the contents of selections into up to 30 numbered clipboards, and to paste from those clipboards into a score. The plug-in's creator, Bob Zawalich, walks us through how to use it.

Clipboards, a plug-in for Sibelius, lets you store the contents of selections into up to 30 numbered clipboards, and to paste from those clipboards into a score. The plug-in's creator, Bob Zawalich, walks us through how to use it.

A shout-out to Andy and the team at Printer Showcase, who helped me with a question about a printer we purchased from them a year ago. Thanks! Recommended highly if you need a printer or supplies!

PDF-Batch Booklet quickly imposes many booklets or 2-ups from single-page PDFs at once. Available for Mac & Windows.

PDF-Batch Booklet quickly imposes many booklets or 2-ups from single-page PDFs at once. Available for Mac & Windows.

New post! A review of Guitar Pro by Arobas Music, a software program that has both DAW and music notation features and is solely dedicated to fretted instruments such as a guitar, bass, or ukulele. There's a special discount code for Scoring Notes readers.

Dorico 2.2 boasts new features in the areas of trills, group bracketing, repeat markers, jazz articulations, tempo track import/export, real-time MIDI recording, flow headings, tacets, and a new music symbols editor.