Item: Sibelius
Rating: 9
Author: sam heminger

Overall Satisfaction with Sibelius

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Sibelius to write out music charts for classes. The software makes it easy to write, save, and print music, from the simplest to the most complicated. It's the most widely used music writing software that I know of and it works great for me.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Once you get the hang of it, it will be faster than writing by hand.
Very easy to transpose and write out band arrangements.
"search" tool is very useful for figuring out what tool you need in each specific situation.

Cons

Barrier to entry could be a bit lower.
Options for types of arrangements are somewhat limited and the interface is a bit convoluted.

Support Rating

Key Insights

Do you think Sibelius delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Sibelius's feature set?

Yes

Did Sibelius live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Sibelius go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Sibelius again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Google Classroom, Google Hangouts (Classic), PowerSchool Unified Classroom, Flipgrid

Likelihood to Recommend

It is simply easy to use and serves the function that it needs to serve. Once you get the hang of the basic functionality and a few of the keyboard shortcuts, it will be extremely easy and quick to write out music. The option to go back and transpose to another key without writing the whole thing out again is crucial.

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