Comments on: Sharing files between Finale and Sibelius via MusicXML

By: Tom Rudolph

Tom Rudolph — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:05:00 +0000

Chris:

You would have to purchase an upgrade for Sibelius, open the Sib. 3.0 files and then save them in Sib. 4 or Sib. 5 format. Then, you would have to purchase the Dolet plug-in from http://www.recodare.com. This is a bit pricey at $125 for the plug-in.

The other option would be to save the file in MIDI format in Sibelius and then open the MIDI file in Finale. You will have to re-enter the text, graphics, articulations and other markings as they will not translate via MIDI.

Tom

By: Chris Calvert

Chris Calvert — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:18:59 +0000

I have written some clarinet and piano pieces in Sibelius 3.01, and I have a publisher who wishes to publish them but uses Finale. Do you know of any method of file conversion from Sibelius 3.01 to Finale?

By: trudolph

trudolph — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:50:47 +0000

Dr. Joe:

Nice trick! Since PhotoScore is free, this is a no-brainer. I do recommend Photoscore Ultimate as it reads so much more than the free version. Thanks for sharing this tip. I will use it and pass it along to my students.

Thanks,

Tom

By: Dr. Joseph Ruszkowski

Dr. Joseph Ruszkowski — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:50:53 +0000

Hi Tom,
Great stuff as always.

Another back door way of getting Sibelius to Finale, if you have Photoscore, is to save the Sibelius as a PDF, open it in Photoscore, save it as an .xml, then open it in Finale. Voila! It works!

Dr. Joe

By: trudolph

trudolph — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:16:47 +0000

You’re welcome, Erinn. I’m glad the post was helpful.

Tom Rudolph

By: Tom Rudolph

Tom Rudolph — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:57:29 +0000

You’re welcome. MusicXML is a wonderful thing!

By: Erinn Wrobel

Erinn Wrobel — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:23:44 +0000

Thank you for this informative post! My husband and brother-in-law were just dealing with exporting a Sibelius file to Finale this week. They came to the same solution you outlined in your post.