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    Katie Wardrobe Midnight Music

    ASME Conference 2011

    Sibelius: Worksheets & Flashcards

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    Starting out

    To create your own custom worksheets, start a new score (File > New). In the Manuscript list, choose treble staff (or bass staff) and then work through the remaining steps to set up your score.

    Escape, Escape, Escape!

    When working in Sibelius its VERY IMPORTANT to press the Escape key twice when youve completed any action:

    Pressing Escape the first time exits whatever mode youre in (note entry mode, text editing mode

    etc)

    Pressing Escape the second time deselects whatever it was you were working on (the note, or the

    text object etc)

    So, if you get into the habit of pressing Escape early on youll be a much happier Sibelius user!

    Intervals or Name the Note Questions

    Splitting the bars up:

    Make sure there are 4 bars in the line by selecting the barline at the end of bar 4 and pressing Enter

    Next, select the barline between the 1st and 2nd bars and go to Layout > Break > Split System to

    create the break

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    Repeat for the remaining bars in that line

    Add a semibreve into each bar

    Centralising the notes:

    Select all four bars (click in the first bar and then shift-click on

    the last bar) and then go to Window > Properties

    Click on the General tab and then increase the x value with

    the up arrow until the notes are in a central position

    Adding a line for the answers

    Press L to open the Lines menu

    Select the plain horizontal line from the Staff lines box on the left

    Click in the score underneath the first bar. You

    will need to adjust the position and length of the line

    Repeat with the remaining bars

    No barlines or time signature

    In this example, students need to add in the barlines and time signature. When creating the question in Sibelius, youll need to put in both the time signature and barlines first so that Sibelius groups the notes correctly. Then you can hide them in your score so that they dont print out.

    For a 4-bar rhythm, first make sure there are only 4 bars in the line by selecting the barline at the

    end of bar 4 and pressing Enter

    Add a time signature by pressing T to access the Time signature window. Select 4/4 and be sure to

    uncheck the Allow cautionary box. Click OK (you mouse pointer will turn blue) and you can click at

    the beginning of the line to add the time signature into the score

    Create a rhythm or melody that fills the 4 bars

    Next, hide the time signature: click on it and then go to Edit > Hide or Show > Hide

    Create invisible barlines by selecting each one and going to Create > Barline > Invisible

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    Short questions (indenting staves)

    If you are working with a melody or rhythm which is only a couple of bars long, it can look strange if it is stretched across the width of a page. You can indent the left and right ends of the stave to make the bars shorter.

    Create your short rhythm or melody first. Select the barline at the end of the question and press

    Enter

    To indent the system on the left side, click at the very left hand end of

    the staff. A small purple handle will appear just next to the treble clef

    and you can click and drag it to the right

    To indent the right end, you need to locate the secret hidden handle (!)

    which is level with the middle line of the staff and positioned a few

    millimetres after the staff ends. Once youve located it, you can drag the

    right end in

    Stick notation (no stave lines; no clef)

    Create the rhythm

    Because this is a rhythmic example, I created my rhythm using only the F space

    Remove the treble (or bass) clef

    Press Escape to make sure you have nothing selected

    Press Q to open the Clefs menu

    Choose the null clef option and click OK

    Click in the score on top of the current clef

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    Remove the Stave Lines

    Press Escape to make sure nothing is selected

    Go to Create > Other > Instrument Change (Sibelius 5 and 6)

    In the Choose from box, select All instruments. In the

    Family box, select Others and in the Instrument box, select

    No instrument (barlines shown). Uncheck the two boxes at

    the bottom of the window (see image)

    Click OK (the window will close and your mouse pointer will

    be blue)

    Click just before the time signature. The staves lines will

    disappear apart from a small section under the time

    signature

    Remove residual stave lines

    Click and drag the vertical blue box to the left to completely

    remove the stave lines (if you cant see the blue box, go to View >

    Hidden Objects)

    Stick notation without noteheads

    Select the bar (or multiple bars) containing the notes you want to change

    Go to Window > Properties

    Click on the Notes tab

    Select Notehead 25 from the drop-down menu

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    Empty stave

    Select the barline at the end of the bar and press Enter

    Hide the semibreve rest by selecting it and going to Edit > Hide or Show > Hide

    Hide the time signature in the same way: select it and go to Edit > Hide or Show > Hide

    Note names inside noteheads

    Select the bar or bars containing the notes

    Go to Plug-ins > Other > Add note names to noteheads

    Note names above/below the staff (automatically!)

    Select the bar or bars containing the notes

    Go to Plug-ins > Text > Add note names

    Under Text style, choose Lyrics for note names below the staff

    (as pictured above). If youd prefer the note name above the

    staff, choose Technique

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    Text for Questions

    Add in the text that tells students what to do:

    Go to Create > Text > Other staff text > Plain text (or Boxed text). Your mouse will turn blue

    Click in the score where youd like the question to appear and type the instructions. Dont worry

    about exact positioning you can adjust that afterwards

    Press Escape once youre finished. To reposition the text, just drag it

    Using Musical Examples in Word (or Powerpoint, IWB software)

    Sibelius makes it easy to select a small (or large) part of your score and copy and paste it into another program such as Word or Powerpoint as a graphic. There are many uses for this including:

    Citing musical examples in an essay

    Creating rhythmic or melodic flashcards

    Including musical examples in Powerpoint (or Keynote) presentations or IWB software

    Step by step: Create your musical examples/questions in Sibelius and then type Alt+G

    (Opt+G on Mac). The mouse pointer will turn into a crosshair and you can

    drag a box around the bar, phrase or single note youd like to copy to Word

    Type Ctrl+C (C) to copy it, switch to Word and then type Ctrl+V (V) to

    paste. The music will appear in your Word document where the cursor was.

    Adding images (graphics)

    Sibelius is able to import images in the TIFF format. If your image is another format such as JPEG or PNG youll need to convert it first (do a Google search for online image converters).

    Its quite simple to add images to your worksheets and scores:

    Select an object (ie. a note, rest or bar) in your score where you want the graphic to appear

    Go to Create > Graphic

    Select the image and click Open

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    Kodaly tip: melody with lyrics and auto sol-fa

    Input the notes of the melody

    Lyrics: select the first note and press Ctrl+L (Cmd+L)

    Type the lyrics: use a space between words or a hyphen between syllables

    Sol-fa: select all bars (click on first bar and shift-click on last bar) and then go to Plugins > Text > Add

    Tonic Solfa

    For sol-fa that appears above the stave, click on the drop-down box next to Main Text Style and

    choose Lyrics above staff (Sibelius fills in the sol-fa for you)

    Kodaly tip: 2 ta time signature

    Setup your score with a regular time signature. We will end up hiding this time signature and placing a fake one over the top

    Hide the time signature by selecting it and going to Edit > Hide or Show > Hide

    Well create the fake 2-ta time signature in two steps.

    Step 1: Create the 2

    Go to Create > Text > Other Staff Text > Time signatures (one staff only)

    Click at the beginning of the stave and type 2

    Press Escape

    Step 2: Create the crotchet (ta)

    Open the Symbols menu by pressing Z

    Select the crotchet with the downward pointing stem (see image) and click OK

    Click in the score, just below the number 2 you created

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    If youre using Sibelius 6, the Magnetic Layout feature will prevent you from placing the crotchet

    close to the number 2. Turn Magnetic Layout off for this object by right-clicking on the crotchet and going to Magnetic Layout > Off

    You can then fine-tune the position of the 2 and the crotchet by using the arrow keys

    Kodaly tip: Creating zaa

    Create your song with a normal crotchet rest

    Hide the rest by selecting it and going to Edit > Hide or Show > Hide

    Press Escape

    Go to Create > Text > Other staff text > Plain text and type the letter Z on the stave (dont worry about the size or position at this stage)

    Press Escape once (the Z should be still selected - blue)

    Go to Window > Properties and click on the Text tab

    Change the font to Arial and increase the font size (to around 15)

    Fine-tune the position of the Z with the arrow keys

    Removing Empty (Extra) Bars

    Method 1

    Click on the first bar you want to delete

    Shift+click on the last bar you want to delete. You should have a blue box around all the bars

    Go to Edit > Delete bars

    A message will appear asking whether you want to delete these bars from the score. Click Yes

    Method 2

    Hold down the Ctrl () key and click on the first bar you want to delete. A double purple line

    should appear around the bar

    Ctrl+Shift+click (Cmd+Shift+click) on the last bar you want

    to delete

    Press Delete

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    Formatting Tips For Worksheets

    In terms of formatting, a worksheet works differently to a regular score. The staves and systems in a regular score are usually evenly-spaced on every page and Sibelius has some excellent quick ways to achieve a uniform layout.

    Tip: in a regular score, DO NOT drag the staves to create more room in your score. Formatting adjustments are best made in the House Styles > Engraving Rules > Staves menu. In a worksheet you often need varying amounts of space between each question and this is the exception to the Do not drag staves rule (see Tip above). By default, Sibelius justifies the staves on a page that is, it spreads them out evenly from top to bottom of the page. Because you often need complete control over moving staves in a worksheet or test paper, you may like to turn off justification:

    Go to House Style > Engraving Rules and click on Staves in the column on the left

    Where it says justify staves when page is at least 65% full, change that number to 100%

    As soon as you click OK, the staves on your page may squish up a little (its a good idea to turn off

    justification when you first start the worksheet), but you now have the freedom to move them up

    or down as you wish

    Fine-tuning adjustments

    If you only need to make more room for a couple of questions on your page, you may like to try this tip:

    Move a single stave freely amongst the other staves on the page by holding down shift while you

    drag the stave up or down

    The Worksheet Creator

    Sibeliuss Worksheet Creator is a little-known gold mine of over 1700 ready-made worksheets, quizzes, songs, rounds, posters and lots more. Here are some of my favourite things:

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    01 Elements of Music

    01 Notes & Rests > 01 Note Duration > 01 Match

    Notes with Names

    03 Timbre/Tone Colour > 01 Match Pictures with

    Instruments Names > 01 Match Common

    Instruments

    07 Intervals, Chords, Progressions and Cadences

    08 Score Analysis

    09 Conducting > 04 Conduct the beat in 4

    03 Selected Repertoire

    04 Songs for Teaching

    05 Rounds and Canons

    06 Poetry for Lyrics

    04 Reference

    01 Encyclopaedia of Scales and Modes > 01 Useful Scale Libraries

    02 Chord Library

    05 Posters, Flashcards and Games

    01 Posters

    Tutorial Videos

    Ive made a few Sibelius tutorial videos which can be found on Youtube. If youd like to be informed when new videos are made, you can sign up to my monthly newsletter, or subscribe to the Youtube channel. The videos include:

    Melodic flashcards

    Rhythmic flashcards

    Short worksheet questions (intervals questions)

    Copy and paste to Word

    How to create drum parts

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