![]() And when that day comes, Sibelius will have morphed into the same bloated frump in a housedress that Finale has become, with just as many menus, tools and palettes.įantastic! You have to hand it to the man: he can write a put-down. It might one day become a quality notation program, providing the control and tools needed to create professional-quality scores. Sibelius is that knock-out bombshell in a tight dress who can’t spell “hairpin” and still talks down to you - but who cares: she’s easy. ![]() My favourite quote in Jeffery’s essay is this: I’ve been looking forward to the day when I would be able to tick off all of the items on Jeffery’s list, and with the release of Sibelius 6, that day has arrived. The upshot of this debate was his wonderfully titled essay It Isn’t Pretty Being Easy, which I confess I still visit from time to time just to read it again. A few years ago, I engaged in some lively debate with a composer called Jeffery Cotton, who attempted to make the switch from Finale to Sibelius, but found that Sibelius at the time (which was when Sibelius 3 was the current version) didn’t offer the flexibility he required.
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