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Music Composition Starts Here
Create and share scores quickly with the same tools used by the world's top composers and songwriters.
Get the tools of the masters
Sibelius makes it easy for anyone to compose music. Sibelius is powerful enough to create professional scores, yet simple enough for beginners, enthusiasts, and musicians to use. Get time-saving new features and hundreds of improvements to drive your creativity—without sacrificing the ease you love about Sibelius.
Write music easily
Wish you could turn the ideas in your head into fully realized compositions? It’s easy with Sibelius | First. From the task-oriented interface, which guides you through the creative process, to features that keep your score looking pitch-perfect, you get just the core Sibelius tools you need to focus on your music writing—without the bell-and-whistle distractions.
Express yourself
With Espressivo 2 now in charge of playback, you can hear your score expressed in the way you intended it to be heard. You can also apply presets to change up the rhythmic feel of an instrument’s timing and dynamics to make each part sound more realistic, as if played by an actual human.
Affordable
Sibelius is now available in more ways than ever, offering many of the same tools used by top composers—at prices anyone can afford. Get everything you need to start writing your masterpiece for less than the cost of a single burger (or salad for you vegetarians) with a monthly or annual subscription. Or purchase and own Sibelius. The choice is yours.
What’s new in Sibelius 2020
Auto-Optimize staff spacing - Sibelius will automatically optimize the space between the staves in your score to fit the music you’re writing.
New Dashed and Dotted and Tie-into Ties - Improvements to ties with three new styles of ties: Dashed, Dotted and Tie-into.
Dashed and Dotted - Commonly used in choral work to indicate a difference in verses within a repeated structure, or to suggest an editorial tie.
Tie-into - Useful across a repeat structure where the last note before 1st-time repeat is also tied into the first beat of the 2nd repeat.
House Styles and Manuscript Papers - Brand new House Styles in Sibelius to give your scores an elegant, contemporary or casual handwritten appearance.
Accessibility – significant improvements, that not only provide more rich feedback from the score and Sibelius’s UI, but also controls for choosing the verbosity of what’s sent to the screen reader.
Large film score time signatures - A new style of Time Signature, which is common in film and TV scores.
What's included?
Sibelius software—Download required (includes software installers and user guides)
Sound library—10 GB of professional-quality samples
Additional software—AudioScore Lite audio transcribing software, PhotoScore and NotateMe Lite music scanning and handwriting recognition software
Support—Sibelius Software Updates + Support Plan, which includes access to all new product updates and Standard Support for the duration of your subscription
_________________________________________ System Requirements
Windows
64-bit Windows 7 (SP1 or later), Windows 8.1 (not Windows RT) or Windows 10
1+ GB of RAM
1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only
Internet connection required for software download and activation
Mac
macOS 10.12 or 10.13, 10.14, 10.15
1+ GB of RAM 1 GB hard disk space for Sibelius software only
10 GB additional hard disk space for the Sibelius Sounds library (optional installation)
NOTE: the following storage device format is not supported
APFS (Case-sensitive)
APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)
Internet connection required for software download and activation
Recommendations for the Sibelius Sounds library*:
Windows
4+ GB of RAM
36 GB hard disk space (SSD preferred)
ASIO compatible audio interface or sound card
Mac
4+ GB of RAM
36 GB hard disk space (SSD preferred)
NOTE: the following storage device format is not supported
APFS (Case-sensitive)
APFS (Case-sensitive, Encrypted)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled)
Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled, Encrypted)
Using 3rd Party Virtual Instruments or hardware MIDI playback devices with Sibelius:
If you have a Virtual Instrument or hardware MIDI playback device that you wish to use, please check that a compatible sound set is available. See the list of sound sets supplied with Sibelius.
*You can use Sibelius Sounds if your computer doesn't meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot use as many sounds simultaneously, and that sounds take a long time to load.
