If your PDFs created from Finale don't output in true 100% black on Mac, a solution is to use the Export Graphic feature instead of Print to PDF.

Need to make a clarinet part in a different transposition than the original part? Or a treble clef baritone part linked to the bass clef euphonium part? Here are the step-by-step instructions to set it all up in Dorico.

New post! Need to make a clarinet part in a different transposition than the original part? Or a treble clef baritone part linked to the bass clef euphonium part? Here are the step-by-step instructions to set it all up in Dorico.

Even if your time signatures are irrational, it doesn't mean that your approach to creating partial tuplets needs to be. Let's see how to do it in Sibelius and Dorico.

Quickly apply a sudden dynamic change such as "ff sub." in Sibelius, Dorico, and Finale — and do it correctly.

Encore podcast presentation! To celebrate Halloween, we're looking at scary things we see in the music notation software and score preparation process, and see if we can sweeten the experience with some tricks and treats.

Check out our new interactive transcript for this podcast episode! 👏 https://www.scoringnotes.com/people/michael-good-the-inventor-of-musicxml-transcript/

Check out our new interactive transcript for this podcast episode! 👏 https://www.scoringnotes.com/people/michael-good-the-inventor-of-musicxml-transcript/

A transcript of one of our most popular Scoring Notes podcast episodes. If you’ve ever needed to open a music notation file in a different program, you’ve relied on MusicXML. Michael Good tells us how it happened.

New post! By popular request, a transcript of one of our favorite episodes. If you’ve ever needed to open a music notation file in a different program, you’ve relied on MusicXML. Michael Good tells us how it happened.