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Scoring Notes — 163 episodes
Score preparation and production double-checklist
Richard deCosta gives your score a voice
Freshly pressed
NAMM 2026: An interview with Sam Butler and Joe Plazak
NAMM 2026: An interview with Chris Swaffer
NAMM 2026: An interview with Sebastian Murgul
NAMM 2026: An interview with John Barron
Perfect Pitch: Unlocking Jacob Collier’s musical brilliance
A Scoring Notes holiday shopping trip
Cleo Huggins, the designer of the first music font [encore]
The lowdown on updates
With freelancing comes responsibility
You have questions, we have answers
Send us your questions! (plus a classic episode)
MOLA 2025 conference and tech fair wrap-up
Daniel Spreadbury on Dorico 6: “Our largest release to date”
Tune Tech: Distortion, sequencers, Auto-Tune, and more
Holding court with Brian McBrearty, forensic musicologist
NAMM 2025: An interview with John Barron
NAMM 2025: An interview with Martin Keary
NAMM 2025: An interview with Oriol López Calle
NAMM 2025: An interview with Avid’s Sam Butler
From cylinders to streaming
A snapshot of music scanning apps, and picturing the future
Stock ‘n shop
On the record about higher education
Finale’s coda
MOLA 2024 conference and tech fair wrap-up
Print perfect (encore); MOLA 2024 preview
Video killed (it with) the notation star
An interview with Steinberg’s Daniel Spreadbury
NAMM 2024: An interview with Muse Group’s Jack Sutton
NAMM 2024: An interview with MakeMusic’s Jason Wick
NAMM 2024: An interview with Avid’s Sam Butler
NAMM 2024: Wrap-up and interview with CEO John Mlynczak
The staples of printing self-published music
A December to remember
Black Friday deals are music to our ears
StaffPad updates go beyond just keeping the lights on
Tricks and treats [encore]
Chris Swaffer’s Notion of where music notation software is headed
Asked and answered, part 3: Back to school
Music notation platforms: an industry perspective
Behind “Behind Bars” with Elaine Gould
Half Notes: A comparison of tablet music reader technology experiences
Asked and answered, part 2: In awe of the DAW
Asked and answered, part 1
Ask your questions on the Scoring Notes podcast
(Re)learning how to use music notation software
How we don’t use music notation software (but do use related technology)
Justin Bianco, forScore, and more
Behind the scenes with MuseScore 4’s design and engraving improvements
Reflect and refresh
From “zero to slice”: Soundslice takes on optical music recognition with AI
Back in the black with holiday deals and discounts
Melissa Smey’s commission mission
Aaron Copland, in his own words
Setting a high bar (from Selling Sheet Music)
What’s new?
Tim Davies takes the macro view
Half Notes: Nicole Jordan confers at the conference
Half Notes: Mark Fabulich on committing to technology
Half Notes: Jane Cross, keeping music files safe
MOLA 2022: Advancements in music notation software
The scoring expressway
Flutronix: Allison Loggins-Hull and Nathalie Joachim
Upgrade your desk — and what’s on (and around) it
What’s next for the podcast
Lyrics and vocal music, part 2
Lyrics and vocal music, part 1
Where in the world is…? [encore]
Recapping the latest Dorico and Finale updates
Darcy James Argue jazzes up Finale with “style”
Cleo Huggins, the designer of the first music font
The rights stuff
Michael Good, the inventor of MusicXML [encore]
Pressing all the right buttons
Print perfect
Back to the future of music notation on computers
Dorico 4: Supercharged
StaffPad audio update, Graphical MIDI Tools, and software licensing
22 in ’22 in 22’
Partying with parts, part 2
Partying with parts, part 1
Black Friday deals, discounts, and determination
Nicole Jordan, Philadelphia Orchestra librarian [encore]
Marie Chupeau and the human side of Newzik’s artificial intelligence
A Notion of the future
“Playing” with notation software, part 2 of 2
“Playing” with notation software, part 1 of 2
How to upgrade your computer and live to tell about it [encore]
Jonathan Newman, part 2 of 2
Jonathan Newman, part 1 of 2
Completing teaching assignments within music notation software
Creating worksheets that score top marks
The [COMPRESSED] history of mastering
Darcy James Argue, part 2
Darcy James Argue, part 1
The history and future of Sibelius for iPad
The history and future of Dorico for iPad
Dorico and Sibelius come to the iPad
Katie Wardrobe on music tech in education [encore]
The elements of (house) style [encore]
Getting the notes in
How to charge for music preparation (encore)
Learning how to use music notation software
Finale v27 and the SMuFL shuffle
Jason Wick on Finale development
On deadline
Sample rate, bit depth, bit rate, and you(r ears)
Comparing the major music notation software applications
Daniel Ray “muses” about Audacity and StaffPad
Get organized with music notation files
The “s” word: Subscription
Dave Metzger, part 2: Workflow and tech
Dave Metzger, part 1: Arranging and orchestrating
Documenting the documenter: Lillie Harris
The Well-Tempered Consort
Plugged in with Bob Zawalich
Where in the world is…?
Michael Good, the inventor of MusicXML
Dan Kreider on hymnal engraving
Getting down and nerdy with Dorico and Sibelius updates
How to charge for music preparation
Nicole Jordan, Philadelphia Orchestra librarian
The “rite” way to copy old scores into new software
Teaching and teaming up with tablets and tech
Guitar notation with Doug Gibson
Scanning the music scanning apps
Conquering Finale with Jason Loffredo
Score preparation and production checklist (encore)
Emily Grishman (revival)
Music fonts and open standards with Daniel Spreadbury
Importing into Sibelius 2020.12 and Scoring Express
John Mlynczak and Noteflight
How to write for percussion
Make the most of Black Friday
How to upgrade your computer and live to tell about it
Graphical notation
Tricks and treats
File renaming and PDF batch utilities
The elements of (house) style
John Hinchey lets the music flow
From score to screen: preparing your music for digital surfaces
Music preparation tech, travails, tools, and tips
Sibelius 2020.9 update focuses on staves
Samara Ginsberg, cellist and arranger
High fidelity audio comes to Zoom
Christopher Willis, part 2: Music preparation — past, present, and future
Christopher Willis, part 1: Scoring “The Personal History of David Copperfield”
Soundslice’s Adrian Holovaty
Katie Wardrobe on music tech in education
David William Hearn and StaffPad
Justin Tokke, publishing, and Music Engraving Tips
Daniel Ray, Martin Keary, and Musescore
Sam Butler and Sibelius
Nicholas Buc and film score preparation
Newzik’s Raphaël Schumann
Emily Grishman
Dorico and Sibelius updates
Score preparation and production checklist
Hooked on music notation software
Dorico 3.5 interview with Daniel Spreadbury