Sibelius Announces Immediate Availability of G7 Guitar Tab Authoring Software

Business Wire, June 2, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003

Sibelius USA, Inc., today announces the immediate availability of its ground-breaking new guitar tab and songwriting software - G7(TM). Available for both Windows and Mac OS platforms, G7 provides an exciting tool for guitarists to create, playback and post guitar tab. Designed by guitarists for guitarists, G7 enables musicians of any level to create tab faster and easier, add lyrics and chord symbols and instantly create lead sheets or Piano-Vocal-Guitar scores.

"The perfect tool for anyone who plays guitar. It will help you capture ideas and improve your playing," said Mike Rutherford, Genesis/Mike and the Mechanics.

With the purchase of the G7 tab authoring software, musicians receive a free Web page, where they can place their photo, bio, and music making it simple to market to a worldwide audience. Musicians can also share tab through e-mails sent in G7/Scorch format, where the receiver can see it, print it and play it using their browser.

This ultimate software enables Guitarists to scan tab and instantly turn it into standard notation or scan standard notation and turn it into tab. G7's interactive fretboard allows guitarists to enter tab and see it played back, making it easy to learn new songs. G7 also contains the Guitar Guide, a complete information source for guitars, playing techniques and musical styles, with audio examples and illustrations.

"Sibelius' innovative G7 tab authoring software offers musicians of all levels an easy way to create, edit, and publish music. The software's advanced feature-set and numerous benefits clearly demonstrate that G7 is the most advanced music software technology in the industry," said Sibelius USA COO Bill Reilly.

Pricing and Availability

G7 is currently available at the suggested retail price of $149. Additional information on G7 is available at www.g7info.com or by calling toll-free 888-474-2354 (or 972-930-9552).

Benefits of Using G7

-- Fretboard entry enables the guitarist to create tab faster and

easier than ever before

-- Convert ASCII tab into a format that plays back, and can be

quickly rearranged

-- Playback everything including bends, slides, and other guitar

techniques. Hear how it sounds instantly

-- To listen to printed tab, just scan it into G7 and press Play.

Need to learn to play it fast? Watch the interactive fret

board play it and follow along

-- Get a free web page to market your music to a worldwide

audience, where you can post your music files, photo, and

biography

-- Send tab to your friends by simply emailing it in Scorch(TM)

format - they can see it, print it and play it using Scorch,

our free plug-in

-- Create lead sheets with piano, vocal, and guitar parts

-- Save in ASCII tab format

-- Create drum parts in seconds - G7's pattern generator writes

out the entire drum part for you based on the style you choose

-- Learn new guitar skills and techniques using G7's Guitar

Guide, an encyclopedia of guitars, styles, and techniques

About Sibelius

Sibelius Software Ltd., the developer of the world's leading music notation software, is based in London, England. Its U.S. subsidiary, Sibelius USA, Inc., is located at 1407 Oakland Blvd., Suite 103, Walnut Creek, Calif., 94596 and has offices in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas and Nashville. Sibelius products are available worldwide in more than 100 countries. For more information, contact Sibelius USA at phone (925) 280-0600; fax (925) 280-0008; on the Web at www.sibelius.com; or via e-mail at infoUSA@sibelius.com.

G7(TM) is a trademark of Sibelius Software Ltd. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.