Sibelius is the complete software for writing, playing, printing and publishing music notation.

The latest generation of the world’s best-selling music notation software, Avid Sibelius 7 is sophisticated enough to meet the demands of top composers, arrangers, and publishers, yet simple enough for beginners and students. Work quickly with the brand-new, task-oriented user interface.

Experience your scores in stunning clarity with the exclusive, professional-quality sound library. Collaborate more easily thanks to full MusicXML interchange support and other sharing options. And view beautiful, print-quality scores with advanced typography and graphics support. Designed by musicians for musicians, Sibelius 7 is the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music. You can even take your scores on the go with the Avid Scorch app for iPad.

New in v8.2

• Re-spelling of notes in parts — It’s now possible to have the same pitched note have a different accidental in a part versus the score.
• Time signatures before repeat lines — By default, time signature changes now appear after the barline, but before repeat barlines.
• Slide and move notes and rests — Notes and rests can now be moved horizontally in the score, with new keyboard shortcuts that simplify the process, eliminating time spent cutting and pasting music around staves.

New in v7.5.1

• Better support for high resolution displays on Windows; specifically, the QuickStart now displays properly.
• It's possible, once again, to install Sibelius silently on Windows.
• Reference and What's New Guide fully translated into 9 languages.
• Faster than real-time Audio and video export
• Activate Sibelius 7 and Sibelius 7.5 on the same computer (within the terms of the license).
• Bugfix for crash after the computer was woken from sleep.
• Bugfix for breath mark "comma" producing staccato playback
• Bugfix for crash that could happen if a score has more than 128 instruments.
• Bugfix for missing Rhythmic feels from the Performance dialog.
• Bugfix for crash when using a 'Jump to' and 'Marker' repeat structure.
• Bugfix for Mordents and Inverted Mordents play back.
• Bugfix for Ties play back when using Repeat Bars.
• Preferences stored by plugins are now correctly saved.
• Improved Video export and sharing to Facebook and YouTube
• Playback line is no longer a beat behind (this accuracy varies depending on your playback device).
• Bugfix for Facebook posting.
• The tempo in the score is correctly reflected in the video.
• Other bugfixes to make the connection with Sibelius and Pro Tools more reliable when using ReWire.
• Timeline improvements
• Enhanced accessibility

New in v7.5

• New timeline window to view song structure
• Redesigned Espressivo 2.0
• Improved notation interpretation
• Score sharing and social media integration
• Full Scorch app integration
• Language support for Brazil and Russia

New in v7.1.3

• This is a maintenance update that fixes various bugs
• Some minor improvements were implemented.

New in v7

• New and exclusive professional-quality sound library - Unique to Sibelius, the new professional-quality sound library delivers stunning musical realism to scores during playback. It includes the Avid Orchestra, a specially recorded full symphony orchestra, a collection of rock and pop sounds from the Avid virtual instrument team, a 27-stop church organ from leading virtual organ creator Hauptwerk, and a selection of sounds from Sample Logic Rumble and Fanfare featuring 14-time world champion Drum and Bugle Corps, The Blue Devils.
• Completely redesigned task-oriented user interface - Optmised for single-display systems, the new user interface employs a rich graphical toolbar and dockable panels that don't obscure the working area, putting all of the software's features at the user's fingertips. The redesigned mixer also allows finer control of playback than ever before, delivering more balanced mixes.
• Full MusicXML interchange - Complete MusicXML import and now export makes sharing files with hundreds of music applications, including Finale®, easier than ever.
• 64-bit performance - Sibelius 7 is the world's first native 64-bit notation software, and has been completely rewritten to take advantage of the performance of today's incredibly fast 64-bit hardware and operating systems.
• Powerful text, graphic and sharing options - Publisher-quality typography and graphics import/export capability delivers finished scores with professional-quality text and graphics. Publish and export demanding layouts and text-heavy scores with advanced finishing options, including direct PDF and EPS export. Also sync with or import notation from Pro Tools®, or export scores as Scorch® files, then share or publish them on the web or via Avid Scorch for iPad®.