How to create composite time signatures in Sibelius, including what Elaine Gould’s Behind Bars book calls “meters of mixed denominators” like 6/8 + 2/4.

They're not so wild and crazy: in this brief video tutorial, learn how to insert text wildcards in Sibelius so that your text will update automatically in all instances where wildcards appear.

Finale generates a tempo map when it parses a track, but its tempo handling might not behave as you'd expect. Here are some common problems and solutions.

Darcy James Argue shows us how to left-align chord symbols in all three major commercial music notation software programs, in order to avoid confusion on the stand.

Page numbers 101 (& 102): An opening right-hand page is page 1, an opening left-hand page is page 2.

Darcy James Argue shows us how to group instruments correctly and change what the notation software may do by default.

Summer is here! We have everything you need to catch up on your summer reading, re-listening (to podcasts), and reductions (in price, via a cool sale).

New post! Summer is here! We have everything you need to catch up on your summer reading, re-listening (to podcasts), and reductions (in price, via a cool sale).

Proper score formatting can make a dramatic difference in readability. We take a look at two of those formatting techniques — condensing scores and adding oversized time signatures — and how to incorporate them into MuseScore.

New post! Proper score formatting can make a dramatic difference in readability. We take a look at two of those formatting techniques — condensing scores and adding oversized time signatures — and how to incorporate them into MuseScore.