The fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music.

Create beautiful, captivating scores more quickly than ever before with Avid Sibelius, the world’s best selling notation software. Write music with up to 16 instruments—great for smaller ensembles.

From concert halls to classrooms, more composers, arrangers, and educators rely on Sibelius to write, share, and publish music. Sibelius powers today’s professional music industry with sophisticated features like AI-powered accelerators, advanced options for markup and layout, Cloud Publishing, and the ability to work across any device. With Sibelius, you can create and collaborate with musicians around the world and be confident that your work translates into something you can be proud of.

 

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CHOOSE A VERSION

Sibelius First Write music with up to 4 staves- great for smaller ensembles For more casual creators: Create scores up to 4 staves General MIDI included Includes desktop + mobile

Sibelius Artist Write music with up to 16 staves-great for smaller ensembles For more casual creators: Create scores up to 16 staves 10GB sound library included Includes desktop + mobile

Sibelius Ultimate Enjoy a full toolset to compose, arrange, and engrave without limits For Pro Musicians: Create scores with unlimited staves 36GB sound library includes Includes desktop + mobile

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Connect and collaborate

Use Sibelius On Any Device

Sibelius brings professional music notation to iPad and iPhone, putting the workflows used by countless composers, orchestrators, and arrangers at your fingertips. Seamlessly move between iPad, iPhone, Android and desktop, and from studio to coffeeshop to scoring stage, and write anywhere inspiration strikes.

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Collaborate, share, and transform

View, share, publish, and collaborate around the world or across the room with Cloud Publishing, allowing you to work without missing a beat

Composition

Quick note entry

Enter notes from the onscreen notation Keypad, a MIDI keyboard, your computer keyboard, or using an Apple Pencil or tablet stylus

Chord Symbol entry, assisted by AI

Allows you to quickly embellish your music, saving you time in the composition process

Magnetic Layout and Auto Optimize

Avoid collisions and overlaps in your score with a layout that auto adjusts to the needs of your score so you don’t have to spend time formatting

Panorama view

Allows you to write without the constraints of the score layout

Sound library support

Use your preferred third-party libraries alongside 24GB of factory content with VST and AU plugin support for ultra-realistic playback

Collaborate, share, and transform

View, share, publish, and collaborate around the world or across the room with Cloud Sharing

Arranging & Engravi