Where in the world is…?

When you work with music notation software, sometimes the greatest challenge is knowing what a task is actually called and where to find it. Plus, if you use more than one program, the same item might be implemented in different ways. In this episode, Philip Rothman and David MacDonald go on a scavenger hunt to find useful features in Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico. We’ll uncover some hidden and not-so-hidden treasures on our journey, like repitching, exploding and reducing music, multi-edit workflows, and filters. We’ll also review how to reset it all when everything goes awry, so you can feel confident experimenting with new ways to make the software work for you, and not the other way around. More on Scoring Notes: Re-input pitches in homophonic music The Sibelius 2018.1 release is smarter with multi-edit workflow improvements Sibelius 2018.4 released with multi-edits for text Dorico 3.5 review