Improve the layout of your score automatically by using the Optimize Staff Spacing feature in Sibelius

Here's how to place fermatas on bar rests in Finale, and why placing them as articulations yields more consistent results than using expressions.

On this Scoring Notes podcast episode, we uncover the publishing mysteries of licenses, rights, and promotion, and what you should consider when publishing your music.

Ever find positioning commas (breath marks) tricky in Finale? Here's a way to set it up so that they're perfectly placed in the score and parts, every time.

Dorico's various dialog boxes, known as editors, allow users to easily customize areas of notation for specific types of scores. We explore the notation of a Handel secular cantata and an “ars subtilior” virelai.

The space is the foundational unit of measurement in music notation. These basic settings in Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico matter as much as anything to affect how your music appears.

Tim Davies on the value of automation, getting gigs, and keeping them, on the Scoring Notes podcast.

Some great advice from Tim Davies about working with music notation software at a pro level, on this weekend's Scoring Notes podcast episode. https://www.scoringnotes.com/podcast/tim-davies-takes-the-macro-view/

On the Scoring Notes podcast, Tim Davies, a self-described "arranger that fell into orchestrating", talks about how his musical curiosity, relentless practicality — and no shortage of keyboard macros — helped him become one of the most sought-after pros in the music business.

New podcast episode! Tim Davies, a self-described "arranger that fell into orchestrating", talks about how his musical curiosity, relentless practicality — and no shortage of keyboard macros — helped him become one of the most sought-after pros in the music business.