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I was just telling with someone else that I will soon be explaining that Dorico’s new proofreading function doesn’t replace the need for a human proofreader. Of course, Dorico's proofing doesn't (and can't ) check for "wrong" notes, or missing slurs. (I'm hoping that a future version will...

Question: should I install Dorico 6 before I really do jump in (as I know I must)? My thought is that it's probably best to start with the latest available version, but… Yes, I'd start with Dorico 6. There are lots of nice improvements in the interface for new users. As a persnickety composer, I ca...

As usual, it's a lot of the little stuff that makes the biggest difference. There are loads of new Engraving and other Options; and lots of nice improvements like double-clicking on Staff Labels to edit them. That having been said, Proofreading and Cutaways are world-beaters. I suspect that cutaway ...

And there's still stuff I missed out!!

Dorico 6 has just been released, and it's an absolutely huge update, with tons of features. The headline features are Cutaway scores -- at the press of a button! -- and Proofreading. There's also Loop playback and a new View style: Fill View. There's improvements in every area -- Chord Suffixes; Con...

db322014 wrote: ↑22 Apr 2025, 18:00 She called her work as microengraving.
Does that really exist? What is it about?

Those would be questions for the person who used the term!

Perhaps they mean a portmanteau of "micro-managing" and "engraving", meaning extreme attention to tiny details?

About Finale, I use it because it is no longer being updated, so I could find the last version for free the web. Pirated versions on the internet can contain malware. It is quite unsafe to use them. If you have an old (legal) version of Finale, then you can get the crossgrade to Dorico for $149. Th...

Thank you, benwiggy. So you do agree that there is such a thing as inauthentic music editing and performing? I think it's easier to define, though I suppose logically if you know that something is inauthentic, you must be able to define what is authentic. A 19th-century approach to 16th-century key...

Editing and Performance are two separate things. I'm not sure I would ever talk about "authentic editing" -- e.g. describing the process itself as somehow being authentic. I might say that I have made adjustments/additions/revisions "in keeping with the style/period"; but even to...

When I was a chorister, we used to draw a pair of glasses into the copies as an instruction to 'watch' the conductor or otherwise pay more attention than usual. (As it happens, the Finn brothers were also in the same choir at the same time, and that's why they added a glasses glyph to the Sibelius f...