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Scoring Notes is a music podcast hosted by Scoring Notes. It has 161 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

We love music notation software and related products and technology, so that’s what we cover here. You’ll find timely news, in-depth coverage about the field, and honest reviews about products you use every day. You’ll learn about the interesting people in our field and find out our opinions on ever-changing developments in the industry.

music ·en-US ·161 episodes

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Freshly pressed

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NAMM 2026: An interview with Sam Butler and Joe Plazak

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NAMM 2026: An interview with Chris Swaffer

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NAMM 2026: An interview with Sebastian Murgul

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NAMM 2026: An interview with John Barron

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Perfect Pitch: Unlocking Jacob Collier’s musical brilliance

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A Scoring Notes holiday shopping trip

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Cleo Huggins, the designer of the first music font [encore]

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The lowdown on updates

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With freelancing comes responsibility

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You have questions, we have answers

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Send us your questions! (plus a classic episode)

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MOLA 2025 conference and tech fair wrap-up

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Daniel Spreadbury on Dorico 6: “Our largest release to date”

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Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, and more

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Holding court with Brian McBrearty, forensic musicologist

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NAMM 2025: An interview with John Barron

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NAMM 2025: An interview with Martin Keary

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NAMM 2025: An interview with Oriol López Calle

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NAMM 2025: An interview with Avid’s Sam Butler

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From cylinders to streaming

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A snapshot of music scanning apps, and picturing the future

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Stock ‘n shop

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On the record about higher education

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Finale’s coda

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MOLA 2024 conference and tech fair wrap-up

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Print perfect (encore); MOLA 2024 preview

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Video killed (it with) the notation star

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An interview with Steinberg’s Daniel Spreadbury

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NAMM 2024: An interview with Muse Group’s Jack Sutton

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NAMM 2024: An interview with MakeMusic’s Jason Wick

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NAMM 2024: An interview with Avid’s Sam Butler

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NAMM 2024: Wrap-up and interview with CEO John Mlynczak

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The staples of printing self-published music

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A December to remember

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Black Friday deals are music to our ears

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StaffPad updates go beyond just keeping the lights on

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Tricks and treats [encore]

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Chris Swaffer’s Notion of where music notation software is headed

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Asked and answered, part 3: Back to school

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Music notation platforms: an industry perspective

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Behind “Behind Bars” with Elaine Gould

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Half Notes: A comparison of tablet music reader technology experiences

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Asked and answered, part 2: In awe of the DAW

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Asked and answered, part 1

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Ask your questions on the Scoring Notes podcast

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(Re)learning how to use music notation software

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How we don’t use music notation software (but do use related technology)

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Justin Bianco, forScore, and more

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Behind the scenes with MuseScore 4’s design and engraving improvements

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