Here's how to change the default appearance of octave lines in Finale and Sibelius, if, for instance, you'd like the octave line to simply read "8" instead of "8va".

Here's how to change the default appearance of octave lines in Finale and Sibelius, if, for instance, you'd like the octave line to simply read "8" instead of "8va".

Composer and educator David MacDonald describes in detail how he teaches composition using the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, and why he can't imaging returning to the dead-tree way of doing things.

Composer and educator David MacDonald describes in detail how he teaches composition using the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, and why he can't imaging returning to the dead-tree way of doing things.

Here's how to change the size of expressive text in Sibelius without affecting the size of music text used for dynamics.

Here's how to change the size of expressive text in Sibelius without affecting the size of music text used for dynamics.

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A brief tutorial on using the Quick Change feature to change expressions and articulations in Finale

Ever wonder how to independently move a staff or a system without affecting other staves on the same page? Learn how to do this, and more, in your Sibelius and Finale scores.