Score preparation and production checklist (encore)

Philip Rothman and David MacDonald discuss the essential elements of score preparation and production that make a difference in not only the perception of your music, but how it gets rehearsed and, ultimately, performed. Everything from rehearsal marks, placing cues, laying out your music, and page layout can be expertly fine-tuned by music notation software — but only if you know what results you’re looking to achieve in the first place. Learn more on the Scoring Notes blog: Score preparation and production notes Cues in Dorico Check Redundancies plug-in in Sibelius Going keyless in your score Keyless instruments in a keyed score Don’t extract parts A few brief thoughts about the size of music paper