Darcy James Argue is a composer, bandleader, and, as pertains to today’s topic of conversation, world-renowned music preparation expert, particularly when it comes to Finale.

A review of CME's XKey MIDI keyboard, a slim yet sophisticated 25-key controller that works well with Sibelius and other music software.

In this video and article, we cover three different tweaks you can make to your iPad’s settings that can improve the music performing experience and minimize the weird-lighting side-effects from putting a backlit screen close to your face in a dark room.

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

It’s fair to say that the concept of music notation software is easy to understand, but the details can be difficult. We discuss our approaches and philosophies about learning how to use the programs to help make it easier.

It’s fair to say that the concept of music notation software is easy to understand, but the details can be difficult. We discuss our approaches and philosophies about learning how to use the programs to help make it easier.

A tutorial on sing the Emvoice One voice synth with a score produced in Dorico Pro to emulate the voice of a trained singer.

Sibelius's Focus on Staves feature enables some better layout and formatting workflows than you may be accustomed to using previously.

In case you're wondering why we've been a little light on new Scoring Notes content the past couple of weeks…

Printing more than 100 lbs. of music for David Bowie's Blackstar Symphony, premiering this week with Charlotte Symphony at Blumenthal Performing Arts