Reinvented and streamlined
In PrintMusic, expressions include dynamics, tempo markings, rehearsal marks, technique text like arco and pizzicato, and expressive text. The selection, entry, and placement of expressions is quick and intuitive. It’s also easy to move your markings around your score once they’re entered.

New in PrintMusic 2009

• Easily select expressions from categories in the new, intuitive interface. Grid display lets you see more items at a glance.
• Quickly change dynamics, tempo markings and other expressions while retaining positioning. Just double-click the expression handle and select another expression from the selection grid.
• Create new markings quickly with default settings for text, symbols, and for placement and attachment

Dynamics and Tempo Markings
In PrintMusic, expressions include dynamics, tempo markings, rehearsal marks, technique text like arco and pizzicato, and expressive text. Entering these markings is easier than ever in PrintMusic 2009 and we’ve also improved how you move them around in your score.

Drag and drop expressions
Let’s say you’ve entered an expression in your score and need to move it elsewhere in the music. In the past you needed to delete it and start over if you were doing anything but minor adjustments. Now you simply drag text items anywhere. Clear visual feedback instantly shows you what each selected expression is attached to, which changes dynamically as you drag . Drag expressions and rest assured they’ll always change playback too.

And PrintMusic continues to apply the same collision avoidance rules so you don’t have to think about it.

Lyrics
PrintMusic offers unlimited lyric verses and the following time-saving enhancements.

Automatic Lyric Placement
Lyrics space themselves and the notes they’re attached to automatically.

Easy Lyric Font Changes
Lyric fonts can be easily changed after lyrics are entered.

Automatic Word Extensions
Word extensions actually flow into the score automatically and also wrap to the next staff system. If the music expands or contracts, the extensions stretch or shrink to fit.

Smart Hyphens
Lyric hyphens wrap to the next staff system automatically.

Slurs – Improved in PrintMusic 2009
Slurs automatically snap to avoid collisions – even after transpositions that cause stems to flip.

Now they're even better. For PrintMusic 2009 we’ve fine-tuned slurs to ensure that edits made at high view percentages always produce the same results when viewed at 100% and when printed – and that on-screen appearance is consistently representative of high-resolution output so there are no surprises at the printer.

Repeats
Repeats just got easier – with smarter design, less editing, and automatic playback. Select the measures that will appear in the first ending. Select "Create first and second ending." You're done.

PrintMusic automatically does the rest of the work for you:

• All numbers and brackets are entered and lined up.
• Repeat numbers are automatically followed by periods.
• Backward Repeat Bars or Repeat Endings can be defined to find their targets automatically.

You can specify whether repeat text and brackets appear on all staves or just the top staff.

Create Codas
PrintMusic automatically creates space, text, and symbols as well as controls playback.

Tuplets
Default positioning looks great, even when the tuplet begins with rests, and tuplets automatically reposition when notes are raised or lowered on the staff.

Tuplet brackets avoid rests and staff lines. Brackets follow the angle of the stems when on stem side and follow the angle of notes when on the note side.

It’s automatic!