It is not unusual to encounter grace notes at the end of a bar — that is, before the barline. Entering this variety of grace note in Sibelius can be a chore, but there is an approach which involves using tuplets to achieve good results.

On the Scoring Notes podcast: What you need to know about the latest updates to Dorico, Avid Sibelius, Finale Music Notation Software, and MuseScore, and what to look forward to in future releases.

New podcast episode! What you need to know about the latest updates to Dorico, Avid Sibelius, Finale Music Notation Software, and MuseScore, and what to look forward to in future releases.

How often do you export PDFs from Sibelius? Enough to warrant a keyboard shortcut? Let's make it happen.

Here's a clever and useful way in Sibelius to have the part name, title, and composer consistently appear the same — and in the same place — on your title page and the first page of your part.

Martin Keary tells us about making his popular Tantacrul videos and how those critiques of software programs eventually took him from Microsoft to being the head of design at Musescore.

What are the best practices when preparing a score with the expectation that it will be read from a screen, not paper?

A review of microtonal playback in Dorico, with audio and score samples by Thomas Nicholson.

Before accepting her special Tony award in 1976, Mathilde Pincus said, "People think of us as music copyists, but we're much more than that, and we're trying to change our image." She succeeded.

What are the best practices when preparing a score with the expectation that it will be read from a screen, not paper?