Sibelius software

[Marshall Eberly]

Does Sibelius support shaped (Aikin) notation? I currently am using MuseScore, but I am looking to upgrade to something better.

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[Lynn Martin]

Yes indeed! I’ve used Sibelius 7 for years, and it’s pretty good with shape notation. It doesn’t always flip fa correctly and it doesn’t assign noteheads to chromatics, so those need to be done manually, though there are fairly simple keyboard shortcuts for doing that.

I hear that Dorico might be the up and coming choice, however.

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