Notes Sibelius Basics Online Part 1

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SibeliusBasicsOnlineCoursePart1&2


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Scoreset-upVersion5&6...........................................................................................................4

Scoreset-upVersion7.................................................................................................................4

Addingordeletingbars ............................................................................................................... 5Addmultiplebars .................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ 5Deletebars........................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................. ......... 5

Navigation...................................................................................................................................5 Otherwaysofmoving ...................................................... ............................................................ .................................................. 5Zoominginandout ........................................................... ............................................................ .................................................. 5PanoramaView..................................... ............................................................. ............................................................ ................... 5

Editingpartnames ...................................................................................................................... 6

Themostimportantthingyoulllearn:Escapeisyourbestfriend!...............................................6

Noteentry...................................................................................................................................6 Alphabetic(ComputerKeyboard)EntryandStep-Time(MIDIKeyboard)Entry............................................... 6Flexi-timeEntry............... ............................................................. ............................................................. ....................................... 7

Undoisyourotherfriend! ...........................................................................................................8

Fixingnote-entrymistakes ..........................................................................................................8

Selectingmusic............................................................................................................................9 Selectanote ..................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................. ......... 9Selectabar ....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................. ......... 9Selectmultiplebars .......................................................... ............................................................ .................................................. 9

Greatwaystocopyandpastemusic............................................................................................9 RforRepeat(greatforostinatos) ......................................................... ............................................................. ................... 9Alt(Option)-clickmethod ........................................................ ............................................................. ....................................... 9Multicopy(Filluplotsofbarsatonce) ............................................................ ............................................................. ......... 9CopyandPasteMaterialBetweenScores ....................................................... ............................................................. ......... 9

Re-inputpitches ..........................................................................................................................9

Adding,deletingorchangingtheorderofinstruments..............................................................10

Creatingchords ......................................................................................................................... 10Typingchordsymbols ..................................................... ............................................................. .............................................. 10

Playinginthechords ........................................................ ............................................................ ............................................... 10

Playbackofyourscore...............................................................................................................10 PlaybackinSibelius5&6 ........................................................ ............................................................. .................................... 10PlaybackinSibelius7 ...................................................... ............................................................ ............................................... 10

Adjustinginstrumentsounds.....................................................................................................11 Changingindividualinstrumentsounds:Sibelius5&6......................................................... ..................................... 11Changingindividualinstrumentsounds:Sibelius7 ....................................................... ............................................... 11

Lyrics.........................................................................................................................................11

Dynamics ..................................................................................................................................12

Barlines:repeats,double,finalandinvisible..............................................................................12

Slurs .......................................................................................................................................... 12


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Chordsymbols...........................................................................................................................12 Chorddiagrams ........................................................ ............................................................ ......................................................... 12

Filtering.....................................................................................................................................13 Example:filteringlyrics............................................................ ............................................................ ..................................... 13

Transposingmusic.....................................................................................................................13

Othertutorialsandfurtherreading ........................................................................................... 14


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SibeliusBasicsPart1&2

Generalnotes

WherethereisareferencetoVersion5&6ofSibelius,mostthingscanbedoneinearlierversionstoo Version5&6instructionsgenerallyrequireyoutoclickononeofthemenus,thenanitemwithinthatmenu Version7instructionsgenerallyrequireyoutoclickononeofthe tabsintheRibbon,thenacategory(group),

thenabutton.ForinstanceHome>Select>BarsasksyoutoclickontheHometab,thenlookforthe

categorySelect,thentheBarsbutton(seebelow):

Scoreset-upVersion5&6

TheQuickstartmenuwillappearwhenyouopenSibelius.

ChooseStartanewscoreandclickOK Youcanchooseoneofthepredefinedmanuscriptpapersin

thelist,orchooseBlankandthenclickonChangeinstruments

todefineyourownensemble.

Chooseyour instrumentsandwhenyouredone,clickOKtoreturntotheManuscriptpaperwindow

ClickNexttomoveonandfollowthroughtheremainingstepsoftheNewScorewizardtosetuptherestofyourscore

Scoreset-upVersion7

TheQuickstartmenuwillappearwhenyouopenSibelius.

ClickontheNewScoretab You can choose one of the predefined manuscript

papersinthelist,orclickonceontheBlankoptionatthe

toptosetupacustom-madescore

If you need to add/alter instruments, click on Changeinstrumentsbuttonontherightofthenextwindow

Chooseyour instrumentsandwhen youredone, clickOKtoreturntothesetupwindow

Scroll down through the list on the right side of thewindowtochoosetherestofyourscoreparameters(keysignature,timesignatureandsoon)

Whenfinished,clickontheCreatebutton


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Addingordeletingbars

Addbarsoneatatime

PressCtrl+B(B)Addmultiplebars

Sibelius5and6:gotoCreate>Bar>Other Sibelius7:clickonHome>Bars>Add>AddMultipleorIrregularBars

Deletebars

Sibelius5and6:selectthebar/sandgotoEdit>Deletebars.Whenaskedifyouresureyouwanttodeletethem,clickYes

Sibelius7:selectthebar/sandgotoHome>Bars>Delete .Whenaskedifyouresureyouwanttodeletethem,clickYes

Navigation

TherearemanywaystomovearoundyourscoreinSibelius:

ClickanddragthewhitesquareontheNavigator(thesquareatthebottomleftofyourscreen),whichislikeamapofyourscore

Dragthepagearoundbyclickingonanyblankpartofit,holding,andmovingthemouseOtherwaysofmoving

PageUp/PageDown moveupordownyourscore

Home/End movetowardsthestartortheendofyourscore

Ctrl+Home(Home) jumptotheveryfirstpage

Ctrl+End(End) jumptotheverylastpage

Zoominginandout

ClickthezoomdropdownmenuonthetoolbartojumptooneofmanypresetzoomsettingsorclickontheZoom

button(magnifyingglass)andclickontheareayouwouldliketozoomto.WhenintheZoommodeyoucanalsoleft-

clicktozoomin,andright-clicktozoomout.DontforgetyoucantypeEscapeatanytimetocancelZoommode.Youcanalsouse:

Ctrl+=(=) zoomin

Ctrl+-() zoomout

PanoramaView

IstronglyrecommendworkingwithyourscoreinPanoramaview(whichallowsyoutoviewyourscoreinonelong

continuousstrip)untilyouhaveenteredallthenotes,lyrics,dynamicsandothermusicalelements.Workinginthis

viewmeansthatyouarelesslikelytoworryaboutlayoutandformattingtooearly.

YoucanswitchPanoramaviewon(oroff)bypressingShift+P

Sibelius5&6:youcanclickthePanoramabuttonontheToolbar(totherightoftheZoomdropdownmenu) Sibelius7:youcanclickthePanoramabuttonatthebottomofthescreen(nexttotheZoomslider)


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Editingpartnames

Youedittheinstrumentalpartnamesinyourscorebydouble-clickingon

thenamenexttothestaveatthebeginningofyourscore.Acursorwill

showandyoucanaddtext(ie.thenumber1),ordeleteexistingtextbyback-spacing.PressEscapewhenyouvefinished.

Youmightwanttodothisifyouhavetwoflutepartsandyouwantto

makeoneofthemflute1andtheotherflute2.

Onceyouveeditedthefullpartnameatthebeginningofyourscore,youllalsoneed

toedittheshortnamesthatappearoneachsubsequentstave.Findoneanddouble-

clickonittoeditthenameasyoudidbefore.PressEscapewhenyouvefinished.

YouonlyneedtoeditoneoftheshortnamesSibeliuswillupdatealltheothersas

soonasyoupressEscape.

Themostimportantthingyoulllearn:Escapeisyourbestfriend!

TheEscapekey(locatedatthetopleftofyourcomputerskeyboard)cancelsanyactionthatyouvestartedinSibelius,

whetheryouveopenedadialogboxyoudontneed,orarerecordingmusicfromyourMIDIkeyboard,orneedto

stopinputtingnotesandeditthem.

Noteentry

TherearenumerousmethodsofnoteentryinSibelius.Thefourmainmethodsare:

Mouseinput(clicknotesintoyourscore-notthebestmethod) Alphabeticinput(usingthecomputerkeyboard) Step-timeinput(usingthecomputerkeyboardandMIDIkeyboard) Flexi-timeinput(liverecordingusingaMIDIkeyboard)

SibeliussKeypad(right)iswhereyoullselectrhythmicvaluesofnotes,articulationsandother

musicalelements.

Alphabetic(ComputerKeyboard)EntryandStep-Time(MIDIKeyboard)Entry

NotethatthenumerickeypadonyourcomputerkeyboardmapsexactlytoSibeliusson-screenKeypad(seeimage

below).

Thesetwonote-entrymethodsuseacomputerkeyboard,oracombinationofcomputerandMIDIkeyboards.


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Thepictorialversionoftheinstructions:

Writtensteps:

Selecttherestinthescorewhereyoudliketostartenteringnotes. PressN(fornoteentry).AcursorwillappeartellingyouthatSibeliusisnowinnoteentrymode Selectarhythmicvaluebypressinganumberonyournumerickeypad(ie.4=crotchet) Optional:chooseadditionalmarkingsfromtheKeypad(accidentals,articulationsandsoon) Thendooneofthefollowing:

o ComputerKeyboard:Typetheletternameofthenoteyouwant,usingthelettersA-Go MIDIKeyboard:playthenotepitch

PressEscapetwicewhenyourefinished

Flexi-timeEntry

Flexi-time allowsyou to record yourplaying to ametronomebeat. Toget themostoutof Flexi-time, choose

appropriatesettingsfirstintheFlexi-timeOptionsdialogue:

Sibelius5and6:gotoNotes>Flexi-timeOptionsfirstandchooseyoursettings(mysuggestedsettingsarebelow)

Sibelius7:gotoNoteInput>Flexi-timeandclickonthesmallarrowwhichopenstheFlexi-timeOptionsdialogue.Chooseyoursettings(mysuggestedsettingsarebelow)


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Whenyourereadytorecord:

Selecttherestinthescorewhereyoudliketostartenteringnotes ClickontheRecordbuttonortypetheshortcutCtrl+Shift+ForF Ametronomewillstartstraightaway,givingyoua1one-barintroduction StartplayingonyourMIDIkeyboardaftertheone-barintro HitEscape(orpresstheSpacebar)tostoprecording

Undoisyourotherfriend!

Ifmakeamistake,youcansimplytypeCtrl+ZorZtoundoit.

ThisappliestoalloperationsinSibeliusandisinfact,auniversalshortcutthatyoucanuseinanysoftwareprogram.

Fixingnote-entrymistakesSelectawrongnotebyclickingonitandthen:

Usetheupanddownarrowstochangethepitchofthenote PressCtrl(or)andtheupanddownarrowstomovebyanoctave Change the rhythmic value by pressing the correct value on Sibeliuss

Keypad

MakethenotearestbypressingtheRestkey(0)onSibeliussKeypad PresstheDeletekeytodeletethenote


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Selectingmusic

Selectanote

Clickonthenotewiththemouse(itwillturnblue)Selectabar

Clicksomewhereinthebar,butnotonanoteorrest(ie.clickonastaveline).Youshouldendupwithablueboxaroundthebar

Selectmultiplebars

Clickinthefirstbar,thenshift-clickonthelastbar.Yourblueboxshouldextendaroundallthebars

Greatwaystocopyandpastemusic

RforRepeat(greatforostinatos)

Selectanote,barorgroupofnotesandpressR

Alt(Option)-clickmethod

Selectabar,groupofnotesormultiplebars HolddownAlt(OptiononMac)andclickatthebeginningofwhereyoudlikethematerialtoappear

Multicopy(Filluplotsofbarsatonce)

Selectabarofmusic(orgroupofbars) PressCtrl+C(C) Selectallofthedestinationbars(selectthefirstoneandshift-clickonthelastone) PressCtrl+V(V) YoucanalsouseMulticopyforotherthingslikedynamicsorlyrics(Filterthedynamicsorlyricsfirst)

CopyandPasteMaterialBetweenScores

Selectanote,barorgroupofnotesinthefirstscore PressCtrl+C(C) Selectthedestinationbar/sinthesecondscore(selectthefirstoneandshift-clickonthelastone) PressCtrl+V(V)

Re-inputpitches

Ifyoufindthatyouneedtowriteapassageofmusicforseveralinstrumentsthathavethesamerhythm,butdifferent

pitches,youcanmakeuseoftheRe-inputPitchesfeature.

Writethemusicpassageinthefirstpart(say,theViolin1part) Copyandpastethispassageintothenextinstrumentstave(say,theViolin2part)


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Selectthefirstnoteofthepassageyouwanttooverwrite(Vln2inourexample) Sibelius5&6:gotoNotes>Re-inputpitches.Adottedcursorwillappearjustbefore

thenote

Sibelius7:gotoNoteInput>Re-inputpitches.Adottedcursorwillappearjustbeforethenote

Now you can re-input the pitchesby typing the new note namesusing the lettersonyour computerkeyboard,orbyplayingthepitchesonyourMIDIkeyboard

PressEscapewhenyouvefinishedAdding,deletingorchangingtheorderofinstruments

PresstheletteritoopentheInstrumentswindow

Toaddaninstrument,navigatetotheoneyouneed,selectitandclickAddtoScore Todeleteaninstrument,selectittheStavesinScorelistontherightandclickDeletefromScore Tochangetheorderofinstrumentsinyourscore,selecttheinstrumentnameinthelistontherightanduse

theMoveUporMoveDownbuttons

Creatingchords

Typingchordsymbols

Selectanoteorpassageandthen:

Usethenumbersonyour computerkeyboard(theonesabovetheletters)toaddanintervalabovetheselectednote/s.ie.selectanoteandpressnumber3toaddathirdabove,4forafourthaboveetc

PressShift+anumbertoaddanintervalbelowthenote.Ie.selectanEandpressShift+3toaddaCbelowtheE

Playinginthechords

UsingtheStep-timeorFlexitimeinputmethods,playchordsonyourMIDIkeyboard

Playbackofyourscore

PlaybackinSibelius5&6

YoucanusethecontrolsinthePlaybackwindow.IfthePlaybackwindowisntshowing,goto Window>Playback

PlaybackinSibelius7

YoucanusetheplaybackcontrolsintheRibbon.GotoPlay>Transport

Sibelius7userscanalsoturnonthePlaybackwindowfromearlierversionsbygoingto View>Panels>Transport .


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Afewusefulplaybackshortcuts:

Startorpauseplayback Spacebar

Startplaybackfromaspecificplace SelectasinglenoteinanypartandpressP

Playbackoneinstrument/stave(solo) SelectabarinthatstaveandpressP

Playbackjustafewinstruments/staves SelectabarinonestaveandCtrl-clickontheotherstaves.PressP

Adjustinginstrumentsounds

Changingindividualinstrumentsounds:Sibelius5&6

OpentheMixer(pressM) Clickonthetriangletotheleftoftheinstrumentname Clickonthetriangletotherightofthecurrentinstrumentsoundand

chooseanewsoundfromtheavailableoptions

Changingindividualinstrumentsounds:Sibelius7

OpentheMixer(pressM) ExtendtheMixerbyclicking twiceonthebuttonmarked

below:

Click on the triangle to the right of the current instrumentsoundandchooseanewsoundfromtheavailableoptions

Lyrics

Selectthenotewhereyoudlikelyricstostart PressCtrl+LorLonaMac(youcanalsogotoCreate>Text>Lyrics>LyricsLine1).Aflashingcursorwill

appearunderthenote

Starttypingthelyrics:attheendofeachword,pressthespacebar(justasyouwouldwhentypingnormally)andthecursorwill jumptothefollowingnote. Ifyouhaveawordwithmultiplesyllables,separateeach

syllablewithahyphen.Eachsyllablewillappearonseparatenoteswithahyphenbetweenthem

Whenyouvefinished,pressEscapetwice


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Dynamics

Selectthenoteunderwhichyoudlikethedynamictoappear PressCtrl+E(orE)acursorwillappearunderthenote[Note:inSibelius,dynamicsfallunderthebanner

ofExpressiontexthencetheEusedintheshortcut].Youcanalsogoto Create>Expression

HolddownCtrl()andtypethedynamic[Note:holdingdowntheCtrlkey()meansthedynamicwillcomeoutboldasiscorrectinascore]

Barlines:repeats,double,finalandinvisible

Selectthebarline Sibelius5&6:gotoCreate>Barlineandthenchoosetheappropriateoptionfromthemenu

Sibelius7:gotoNotations>Barlineandthenchoosetheappropriateoptionfromthemenu

Slurs

To add a slur, select the first noteand press S. A slurwill automaticallybebetweentheselectednoteandthenextone

YoucanextendtheslurtothenextnotebypressingtheSpaceBar If youd liketo flip your slur (so that it appearsabovethe stave rather than

below),pressX

PressEscapewhenyouredoneChordsymbols

Sibeliusgivesyoutheoptiontoinputchordsymbolsbytypingthemintoyourscore(allversion)orbyplayingthe

chordonyourMIDIkeyboard(Sibelius6&7only).Sibeliuswillidentifythechordyou

playedandfillintheappropriatechordsymbol.

Selectthenotewhereyouwanttostartinputtingchordsymbols PressCtrl+K(K) Nowyoucantypethechordsymbol,orplaythenotesonyourMIDIkeyboard

(Sibelius6&7only)

Pressspacetomoveontothenextnote Thetabkeyallowsyoutojumptothebeginningofthenextbar(Sibelius6&7only)

Chorddiagrams

Sometimeswhenyouenterchords,Sibeliuswillalsoshow thechorddiagramaswellasthechord

symbol.Ifyouwanttoturnoffthediagram(orturnitonifitdoesntalreadyshow)

Sibelius7:Appearance>EngravingRules>ChordSymbols Sibelius6:HouseStyle>EngravingRules>ChordSymbols ChooseyourdesiredsettingunderAppearance(seebelow)


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Filtering

Filteringistheactofselectingjustonetypeofobjectthroughoutapassageofmusic.Forexample:

Selectingjustthelyrics(andnotthenotes)fortheentiresopranoline SelectingjustthedynamicsintheViolinIpart SelectingjustthechordsymbolsinaPiano/Vocalscore

Onceyouhavefilteredobjectssuchaslyrics,dynamicsorchordsymbols,youcandothefollowing:

Copyandpastethemintoanotherpartofyourscore(ie.copythelyricsfromthesopranointothealtopart) Movethemallsimultaneously Deletethem

Example:filteringlyrics

Selectapassageofmusic(everythinginthepassageshouldbeblue,includingallnotes) Sibelius5&6:gotoEdit>Filter>Lyrics Sibelius7:gotoHome>Filters>Lyrics Thelyricswillremainselectedblueandeverythingelsewillbedeselected

HolddownAlt(OptiononMac)andclickatthebeginningofwhereyoudlikethelyricstoappear(ie.underthefirstnoteintheAltopart,forinstance)

Transposingmusic

Totransposemusicinyourscore:

Selectthemusicfirst(youcanselectafewnotes,afewbarsortheentirepiece) Sibelius7:Noteinput>Transpose (orpressShift+T) Sibelius6:gotoNotes>Transpose(orpressShift+T) Chooseyourdesiredsettings.Youcanchoosetotransposebyintervalorbykey ClickOK


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Othertutorialsandfurtherreading

TheSibeliusReferencemanualisaPDFdocumentthatisincludedwithintheprogram.ThePDFissearchabletype

yoursearchtermintheboxatthetopandpressEnter.

Sibelius7:gotoFile>Help>Sibelius7ReferenceGuide Sibelius6:gotoHelp>Documentation>Sibelius6Reference Sibelius5:gotoHelp>Sibelius5Reference

LearnSibeliusin1Hourtutorialvideos(JamesHumberstone):

http://web.me.com/aftertrace/Sibelius_in_1_hour/Sibelius_index.html

TherearesomeSibeliushow-totutorials(includingvideos)onmywebsite:http://www.midnightmusic.com.au/free-tutorials-articles/

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