Sibelius

Sibelius is a powerful music notation tool. Sibelius represents a giant leap forward for notation software, with three ground-breaking, unique features that will change the way you work with instrumental parts, compose for film and TV, and teach music with technology. Create beautiful, captivating scores more quickly than ever before with the world's best-selling notation software.

Create custom staff sizes
Thanks to popular demand, you now have a more flexible layout and composition possibilities to best present your score. Change the individual staff sizes of independent instruments and groups of instruments to create a clear and perfect-looking score. And gain fine control of the new staff sizes in Engraving Rules.

Make music easier to learn
Music doesn't have to be so black and white. With the latest Sibelius, you can now color individual notes and/or chords, giving students a more enhanced and visual way of learning to read and write music notation.

Get better rest
Inserting rests into your score is now easier and more intuitive. Whenever you add one, Magnetic Layout automatically repositions the rest to align optimally with the phrasing of preceding notes— no manual fixes are required. Create easy-to-read scores faster than ever. Plus, you can now move rests and notes horizontally in your score.

Re-spell and repeat with ease
It's now possible to have the same pitched note display a different accidental in any part compared to the rest of the score. You can also create concise first, second, and third-time bars that appear and play back exactly like you'd expect them to, eliminating manual correction. Plus, all-time signature changes now appear after the barline but before repeat barlines by default.

Share your score
Want to share your composition with a colleague, client, or friend? You can now export your composition as an MP3 audio file for faster file transfer that won't hit email size limits.

Add notes and comments
Sometimes you have a great idea, but you forget to write it down. Then the next thing you know, your idea is gone. The new Annotate feature allows you to add notes directly on the score— you can create reminders for yourself as you’re composing, or communicate edits and feedback to others.

Note: 30-day trial version and nag screen.

Also Available: Download Sibelius for Mac