Here’s a one-stop shop for engraving resources. If you have any links to add, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Books

• Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide to Music Notation – Elaine Gould
• Music Notation: A Manual of Modern Practice – Gardner Read
• The Art of Music Engraving and Processing – Ted Ross
• The Art of Music Copying – Clint Roemer
• Music Notation in the Twentieth Century: A Practical Guidebook – Kurt Stone

Websites

• Scoring Notes – (formerly Sibelius Blog) Philip Rothman’s blog about all sorts of engraving-related topics
• Making Notes – Daniel Spreadbury’s blog about Dorico development
• Of Note – Robert Puff’s blog about music engraving
• DeBreved – Tim Davies’s blog about music engraving in the film and session world
• Finale Blog – company-ran blog about Finale and it’s use in the industry

Desktop Software

• Sibelius (Avid)
• Finale (MakeMusic)
• Dorico (Steinberg)
• LilyPond
• MuseScore
• Notion (PreSonus)
• Overture
• SCORE

Tablet Software

• StaffPad (Microsoft Surface)
• Kawai Touch Notation (iPad)