Contents Acknowledgements... xx Introduction: Getting the Most Out of the Street Smart Guide TM to Sibelius 6...xxi SECTION 1: SCORE PREPARATION Lesson 1 Picking the Score & the Correct Size...1 Pick Your Score Template...1 Pick Your Page Size...2 Create Your Own Score Template...4 Lesson 2 Assigning the Instruments...5 Add an Instrument...5 Delete an Instrument...6 Lesson 3 Choosing the House Style...9 Choose the Style of Your Score...9 Change the Font...10 Lesson 4 Assigning the Time Signature & Tempo...11 Set Your Time Signature...12 Create a Pick-Up Bar...12 Set Your Tempo Text...13 Set a Metronome Mark...13 Lesson 5 Assigning the Key Signature...15 Lesson 6 Score Information...17 Add Title & Author Info...17 Add Additional Score Info...18
vi to SIBELIUS 6 Lesson 7 Adding More Bars to Your Score...21 Lesson 8 Allow a Cautionary Time Signature...23 Lesson 9 The Oversized Time Signature...27 Change the Size...27 Placement...28 Edit the Default Size...32 Reset Note Spacing...33 Lesson 10 Creating a Pick-Up Bar...35 Lesson 11 Bar Numbers for Film/TV Scores & Parts...39 Location of Bar Numbers in the Full Score...39 Make Bar 1 Visible...40 Display Multirest Bars...41 Position Your Bar Numbers...41 Create Boxed Bar Numbers...42 Location of Bar Numbers in Instrument Parts...43 Lesson 12 Removing Bar Numbering...47 Lesson 13 Assigning Rehearsal Letters or Numbers...49 Choose Your Format...49 Insert Your Rehearsal Mark...50 Snap to Bar Lines...51 Combine Letters & Numbers...52 Rehearsal Mark Numbering Options...53 Lesson 14 Creating & Saving a Score Template...55 Customize Your Score Template...55 Export Your Score Template...59 Rename or Delete a Score Template...60 Lesson 15 Creating a String Orchestra Sketch Pad...61 Choose Your Instruments...62 Add Additional Bars...63 Choose Bars Per System...64
CONTENTS vii Choose Systems Per Page...65 Remove Bar Rests & Numbers...67 Remove Page Numbers...69 Remove Unnecessary Pages...70 Conclusion...70 Lesson 16 Concert & Transposed Scores...71 Lesson 17 Viewing Instrument Parts...73 About Dynamic Parts...73 Switch Between Instrument Parts...73 Create Separate Windows Per Part...74 Change the Default Paper Used for Instrument Parts...75 Lesson 18 Extracting Parts...77 Lesson 19 Changing the Time Signature Size in Parts...81 Change the Size...81 Placement...84 Edit the Default Size...85 Reset Note Spacing...86 SECTION 2: SCORE INPUT Lesson 20 Inputting Notes...89 The Sibelius Keypad...89 Mouse Input...91 Repeat a Pitch...92 Input an Accidental...92 Input a Dotted Note...93 Input a Rest...93 Alphabetic & Step-time Input...94 Repeat a Pitch...94 Input an Accidental...95 Input a Dotted Note...95 Input a Rest...96 Additional Note Input Options...97
viii to SIBELIUS 6 Lesson 21 Inputting Notes Using the Keyboard or Fretboard Window...99 Input Notes Using the Keyboard Window...99 How to Input Notes Using the Virtual Keyboard...100 Input Notes Using the Fretboard Window...102 Dotted Notes & Rests...103 Dotted Notes...103 Rests...104 Display Notes During Playback...105 Keyboard Window...105 Fretboard Window...105 Lesson 22 Deleting Notes...107 Lesson 23 Correcting Notes...109 Correct a Pitch...109 Re-Input Pitches...109 Change the Enharmonic Spelling...110 Lesson 24 Inputting Tied Notes...111 Create a Single Tied Note...111 Create a Tied Chord...111 Lesson 25 Inputting Chords...113 Chords Using Mouse Input...113 Chords Using Alphabetic Input...113 Quickly Create Intervals Above or Below an Initial Note...113 Repeat a Chord...115 Input Chords with Step-Time Input Mode...115 Lesson 26 Creating Two Voices on the Same Stave...117 Lesson 27 Flipping Notes & Other Objects...121 Lesson 28 Inserting Bars in the Middle of the Score...123 Insert a Single Bar...123 Insert Multiple Bars...124
CONTENTS ix Lesson 29 Deleting a Bar(s)...127 Delete a Single Bar...127 Delete Multiple Bars...128 Lesson 30 Transposing Up & Down an Octave (8ve)...129 Transpose Using the Notes Menu...129 Quick Octave Transpose...130 Lesson 31 Transposing a Melody...131 Transpose by Key...131 Transpose by Interval...132 Lesson 32 Selecting Single & Multiple Objects...133 Single Selections (Just One Object Is Selected)...133 Multiple Selections (Several Separate Objects Are Selected)...134 Lesson 33 Selecting a Passage of Music...137 Two Kinds of Passages...137 Copying...137 Deleting...137 Select a Normal Passage...138 Select a System Passage...140 Lesson 34 Multi-Copying Objects & Passages...143 Multi-Copy a Single Object...143 Multi-Copy a Multiple Selection...143 Multi-Copy a Passage Selection...143 Repeat a Selection...144 Lesson 35 Creating Triplets & Tuplets...145 Create a Triplet...145 Quick Triplet Creation...146 Create a Tuplet...147 Quick Tuplet Creation...148 Adding Brackets to Tuplets...150 Brackets & Ratios...151 Tuplet Table...152
x to SIBELIUS 6 Lesson 36 Clef Change in the Middle of a Line...153 Insert a Clef Change Using the Create Menu...153 Insert a Clef Change Using the Mouse...155 Change Clef Throughout Instrument...155 Copy a Clef Change...155 Delete a Clef Change...155 Lesson 37 Creating a Key Change in the Score...157 Insert a Key Change Using the Create Menu...157 Insert a Key Change Using the Mouse...158 Transpose Music With Key Changes...159 Return to Original Key...159 Move a Key Change...159 Remove a Key Change...159 Lesson 38 Adding Expression Marks (Dynamics)...161 Add an Expression Mark...161 Placement...163 Edit an Expression Mark...163 Remove an Expression Mark...163 Copy an Expression Mark...163 Lesson 39 Adding Hairpins for Dynamic Changes...165 Placement...165 Create a Hairpin...165 Quick Hairpin Creation...165 Reposition a Hairpin...166 Remove a Hairpin...166 Copy a Hairpin...166 Lesson 40 Technique Instructions Like Pizz, Divisi, etc....167 Create a Technique Instruction...167 Reposition a Technique Instruction...168 Edit a Technique Instruction...168 Remove a Technique Instruction...169 Copy a Technique Instruction...169
CONTENTS xi Lesson 41 Adding Articulations Like Staccato, etc....171 Add an Articulation to a Single Note or Chord...171 Add an Articulation to Multiple Notes or Chords...172 Reposition an Articulation...172 Remove an Articulation...172 Jazz Articulations...173 Lesson 42 Creating a Fermata (Bird s Eye)...175 Add a Fermata...175 Reposition a Fermata...176 Remove a Fermata...177 Add a Fermata Above or Below a Bar Line...178 Lesson 43 Adding Slurs, Phrase Marks, Trills, etc....181 Snap to Notes...181 Create a Slur...181 Edit a Slur...182 Use Handles 1 or 2 to Lengthen or Shorten a Slur...182 Use Handles 1, 2 or 3 to Vertically Adjust a Slur...182 Use Handles 4, 5 or 6 to Change the Shape of a Slur...182 Copy a Slur...183 Remove a Slur...183 Create a Trill, Octave, Glissando, or Other Special Line...183 Quickly Create a Special Line...184 Edit a Special Line...184 Copy a Special Line...185 Remove a Special Line...185 Lesson 44 Adding Bar Lines, Repeat Marks, etc....187 Create a Special Bar Line...187 Copy a Special Bar Line...188 Remove a Special Bar Line...188 Lesson 45 Adding Words Like Accelerando, Ritenuto, etc.... 189 Create a System Line...189 Hide the Dotted Line...190 Position the System Lines...190 Adjust the Vertical Position...191
xii to SIBELIUS 6 Adjust the Horizontal Position...191 Copy a System Line...192 Remove a System Line...192 Create a Custom System Line...192 Change the Line Style...194 Lesson 46 Adding Text to Your Score...195 Choose Your Text Style...195 Create and Insert a Text Style...196 Case Study: How to Insert a Tempo Text & Metronome Mark...196 Edit Appearance of Selected Text...198 Create a New Text Style by Editing an Existing Style...199 Edit an Existing Text Style...200 Create a New Text Style...201 Lesson 47 Adding Comments to Your Score...205 Add a Comment...205 Edit a Comment...206 Re-Size or Re-Position a Comment Box...207 Change the Comment Header Name...208 Change the Comment Box Colour...208 Delete a Comment...209 Show Hidden Comments...209 Print Comments...210 SECTION 3: LEAD SHEETS, PIANO/VOCAL/GUITAR (PVG), HYMNS Lesson 48 Choosing the Lead Sheet Template...213 Choose Your Lead Sheet Template...213 Change the House Style Font...214 Set Score Parameters...214 Change Default Stave Name & Sound...215 Add or Remove Initial Bar Line...217 Want to See a Different Look?...218 Lesson 49 Inputting a Song...219
CONTENTS xiii Lesson 50 Inputting Lyrics...221 Direct Type Method...221 Case Study: Input Lyrics from Psalm 23 Using the Direct Type Method...222 Copy from External Document Method...223 Import Single Words...223 Import Sentences or Paragraphs...223 Edit a Lyric...224 Delete a Lyric...224 Check Lyric Hyphenation...224 Lesson 51 Adding Chord Progression Symbols...227 Set Chord Symbol Parameters...227 Create Chord Progression Symbols by Typing...228 Suffix Elements for Complex Chord Symbols...229 Create Chord Progression Symbols by Playing...230 Make Changes to an Existing Chord Progression Symbol...230 Edit a Chord Symbol...230 Re-Position a Chord Symbol...231 Copy a Chord Symbol...232 Delete a Chord Symbol...232 Legacy Chord Symbol Input...232 Mix New & Legacy Chords...234 Conclusion...235 Lesson 52 Adding Guitar Finger Charts...237 Set Chord Diagram Parameters...237 Input a Chord Diagram...238 Edit an Existing Chord Diagram...238 Edit Chord Diagrams by Type...241 Re-Position a Chord Diagram...245 Copy a Chord Diagram...245 Delete a Chord Diagram...245 Conclusion...246 Lesson 53 Hymns & Chorales...247 Choose Your Chorale Template...247 Replace Brackets With a Brace...249 Re-Position Name of Stave...250
xiv to SIBELIUS 6 Add Extra Bars to the Template...250 Delete Name of Stave...250 Save Your Template...251 Lesson 54 Inputting a Bach Chorale...253 Lesson 55 Adding Figured Bass for School...255 About Figured Bass...255 Input Figured Bass...256 Make Changes to Figured Bass...258 Edit Figured Bass...258 Re-Position Figured Bass...258 Copy Figured Bass...258 Delete Figured Bass...258 SECTION 4: YOUR SCORE AS DOCUMENT Lesson 56 Document Setup...261 Change Unit of Measurement...262 Change Page Size...262 Change Page Margins...263 Change Stave Margins...264 Page Preview...264 Implement Changes...265 Lesson 57 System & Page Breaks...267 Lesson 58 Using Auto Breaks for Instrument Parts...269 How to Use Auto Breaks...269 Change Page Layout for Instrument Parts...269 Set Up Auto Breaks...270 System Breaks:...271 Page Breaks:...271 Multirests:...272 Suppress a System or Page Break...273 View Layout Marks...274 Change Layout of Multiple Parts...274
CONTENTS xv Lesson 59 Adding a Title Page to Your Score...277 Lesson 60 Adding a Blank Page in the Middle of a Score...279 Lesson 61 Useful Formatting Commands...281 Keep Bars Together...282 Make Into System or Page...282 Make Layout Uniform...284 Lock & Unlock Format...285 Lesson 62 Magnetic Layout...287 About Magnetic Layout...287 Intelligent Grouping...287 Objects That Can Be Grouped...288 Remove an Object from a Group...289 Temporarily Disable Magnetic Layout...289 Find Colliding Objects...290 Resolve Collisions...291 Collision Avoidance Override...292 View Magnetic Layout Status by Object...292 Disable Magnetic Layout...294 Freeze Object Positions...294 Re-Enable Magnetic Layout...295 Magnetic Layout in Panorama View Mode...295 Lesson 63 Aligning Objects in a Row/Column...297 Align in a Row...297 Align in a Column...298 Lesson 64 Focus on Staves...299 Lesson 65 Hide & Show Empty Staves...301 Hide Selected Empty Staves...301 Hide All Empty Staves...302 Show Previously Hidden Staves...302 Lesson 66 Adding/Removing Instruments & Staves...303 How Sibelius Defines Instruments...303
xvi to SIBELIUS 6 Add an Instrument...303 Change Order of Instruments...304 Remove an Instrument...305 Lesson 67 Panorama View...307 Enable Panorama View...307 Disable Panorama View...308 Use Panorama View With Focus on Staves...309 Default Open to Panorama View...309 Limitations in Panorama View...310 Lesson 68 Moving Around Your Score...311 Change Score Page Layout...311 Navigate Your Score...312 Useful Navigation Tips...314 Go to Bar/Go to Page...314 Zoom Level...315 Lesson 69 Saving & Backing Up Your Score...317 How to Save Your Score...317 About Auto-Save...319 How to Back Up Your Score...320 Use the Backup Scores Folder to Retrieve Earlier Saved Files...320 Good File Saving Practices...320 Lesson 70 Saving Multiple Versions...321 Automatically Save a New Version...321 Manually Save a New Version...322 Viewing Versions...323 Managing & Editing Versions...324 Lesson 71 Exporting As a Graphic...327 About Graphic File Formats...327 Export a Graphic File...328 Export a Specific Area of Your Score...330 Export to Subfolder...331 Export Options...332 Export to Clipboard...334
CONTENTS xvii Lesson 72 Exporting & Importing a MIDI File...337 About MIDI...337 Export a MIDI file...338 MIDI Export Options...338 Target Device:...339 MIDI File Type:...339 Instruments:...339 Save Your MIDI File...340 Import a MIDI File...340 MIDI Import Options...341 MIDI File...341 Instruments:...341 Timecode and Hit Points:...342 Transcription:...342 Document Setup:...343 Notation...343 Note Values:...344 Keyboard Staves:...344 Tuplets:...344 MIDI Messages:...344 Notation Tab Settings Guide...345 Conclusion...345 Lesson 73 Exporting as Audio...347 What Will Be Exported...347 Export Audio...347 Stop Audio Export...349 After Audio Export...349 Lesson 74 Creating a PDF of Your Music...351 About the Portable Document Format (PDF)...351 Mac Platform...351 Windows Platform...351 Export Your Score as a PDF File...352 Export Options...353 View Your PDF File...355
xviii to SIBELIUS 6 Lesson 75 Printing Scores on a Desktop Printer...357 Choose Your Printer...357 Paper Sizes...357 International Standard...357 North American Standard...357 Check Your Printer Settings...358 Print Your Score...358 Print Options...360 Printer:...360 Page Range:...360 Add:...360 Copies:...360 Substitute:...361 Format:...362 Lesson 76 Printing Out Multiple Instrument Parts...365 Lesson 77 Printing Out Multiple Copies With a Plug-in...369 SECTION 5: SCORE PLAYBACK Lesson 78 Playing Back Your Score...373 Sibelius Sound Libraries...373 System Memory Requirements for Playback Channels...373 Playback of Large Scores...374 Playback Devices...375 Playback Controls...376 Score Position & the Playback Line...376 During Play & Flexi-time Options...378 Sound Selection With SoundWorld TM...378 Change Your Sounds Using the Mixer Window...379 Performance Style Options...382 Espressivo...384 Rubato...384 Rhythmic Feel...385 Reverb...387
CONTENTS xix Lesson 79 Using Virtual Instruments...389 About Virtual Instruments...389 Load Your Virtual Instrument Into Sibelius...389 Virtual Instrument Setup...392 Sound Sets...394 Set Up Your Mixer...399 Add a Second Instance of a Virtual Instrument...402 Playback Configuration Saved With Score...403 Final Thoughts...404 Biography: About Max Tofone...405 SECTION 6: MINI WORKBOOK God Save the Queen...410 Sinfonia 15, by J.S. Bach...411 First Arabesque, by C. Debussy...414 Pièce Héroïque, by C. Franck...414 Arietta, by E. Grieg...415 Le Polichinelle, by H. Villa-Lobos...414 Sonata, No. 5, by W. A. Mozart...416 Siegfried Idyll, by R. Wagner...418 Mother Goose Suite, II., by M. Ravel...419 Mother Goose Suite, III., by M. Ravel...420
Lesson 10 Creating a Pick-Up Bar The easiest way to create a pick-up bar (or anacrusis) is when you are in the Time Signature and Tempo window during the initial score setup process (m Refer back to Lesson 4 for more details), but in the event you forgot or you changed your mind, you can still add a pick-up bar in the following way: HOT KEY! Go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose Create>Time Signature or type the letter T on your computer keyboard.
36 to SIBELIUS 6 In the Time Signature window tick the box Start with bar of length and choose the desired bar length from the drop down list, then deselect the box where it says Rewrite bars up to the next time signature and click OK. Next point-click on your score at the beginning of the first full bar
Lesson 10: CREATING A PICK-UP BAR 37 and Sibelius will insert the pick-up bar. Now select the time signature in the first full bar of your score and type Delete on your computer keyboard.
38 to SIBELIUS 6 I would like to make you aware of the fact that if you are creating a pick-up bar on a score that already has music written on it, as soon as you type Delete, a warning message will appear on the screen saying: Do you want to rewrite the following bars? ; answer No and move on. Notice that Sibelius automatically numbers pick-up bars as bar 0 and the first complete bar as bar 1, rather than bar 2 as it would otherwise be in a normal situation.
Lesson 27 Flipping Notes & Other Objects HOT KEY! If you find yourself in a situation where you need to reverse a note(s) stem(s) to improve the look of your score, select the note(s) in question then go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose Edit>Flip or type the letter X on your computer keyboard.
122 to SIBELIUS 6 HOT KEY! Besides being able to flip notes stems, you can also use the Flip function to reverse the position of other musical elements such as slurs, ties, staccato marks, tenuto marks and other articulations attached to a note(s); simply select the object in question and type the letter X to reverse its position. Be aware that some articulation marks (e.g. up/down bow, marcato, ordinary fermata, etc.) are not allowed to be flipped because by default they are set to always be positioned above the notes, regardless of their stem direction. HOT KEY! To change the articulations default positioning behaviour, go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose House Style>Engraving Rules (Ctrl+Shift+E or Cmd+Shift+E on the Mac). In the Engraving Rules window select the Articulation page, then from the Always above row, deselect the articulation(s) that you want to be able to flip (e.g. ordinary fermata).
Lesson 35 Creating Triplets & Tuplets DEFINITION: A tuplet in Sibelius is referred to as a rhythm that is played at a fraction of its normal speed, such as a triplet. It is drawn as a single number or a ratio above or below the notes, often with a bracket to show which notes it applies to. The word tuplet is actually a music software jargon, in the real music world tuplets are usually called irrational rhythms or irregular divisions and occasionally referred to as poly-rhythms or counter-metric rhythms (definition taken from the glossary section of the Sibelius 6 manual). CREATE A TRIPLET To create a triplet, start by inputting or selecting only the first note then go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose Create>Tuplet.
146 to SIBELIUS 6 For example, if you want a triplet with a total length of a dotted quarter note (dotted crotchet), the first note to input should be an eighth note (quaver). In the Tuplet window type the number 3 and choose from the left-hand side column whether you would like the triplet to be shown with a number (3), ratio (3:2), ratio+note or nothing at all; use the right-hand side column to choose the desired bracket option. By default Sibelius creates triplets and tuplets with the Auto-bracket option switched on; this means that when you create a triplet the bracket disappears if there is a beam joining exactly the same notes as the bracket would. In the case of a tuplet, the bracket will disappear if it is at the beam end of the notes. Click OK and the triplet will be created with the correct number of rests; add the other notes as normal (m Refer back to Lessons 20 & 21 for more details on how to input notes). QUICK TRIPLET CREATION HOT KEY! The quickest way to create a triplet is to input or select the first note then type Ctrl+3 on your computer keyboard (Cmd+3 on the Mac).
Lesson 35: HOW TO CREATE TRIPLETS & TUPLETS 147 CREATE A TUPLET To create a tuplet, input or select only the first note then go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose Create>Tuplet. In the Tuplet window type a number and choose the desired tuplet options like you did before; add the other notes as normal. Sibelius will warn you if you create a tuplet that is too long to fit into the current bar.
148 to SIBELIUS 6 QUICK TUPLET CREATION HOT KEY! The quickest way to create a tuplet is to input or select the first note then type Ctrl+2 through 9 (depending on the rhythmic value needed) on your computer keyboard (Cmd+2 through 9 on the Mac). CMD/CTRL+2 = Duple CMD/CTRL+3 = Triple CMD/CTRL+4 = Fours (often used in 3/4 time) CMD/CTRL+5 = Five CMD/CTRL+6 = Six CMD/CTRL+7 = Seven CMD/CTRL+9 = Nine HOT KEY! If after creating a tuplet you decide that you want to change its appearance on the score, first select the number or bracket then go to the toolbar at the top of the screen and click the Properties icon (Ctrl+Alt+P or Cmd+Option+P on the Mac).
Lesson 35: HOW TO CREATE TRIPLETS & TUPLETS 149 In the Edit Tuplet window select the Notes tab and then use the two drop down menus to choose the desired tuplet properties (e.g. number and no bracket, ration+note and bracket, etc.). HOT KEY! HOT KEY! HOT KEY! After creating a tuplet you can edit the bracket s inclination by selecting the left or right end and dragging it up or down with the mouse; alternatively use the computer keyboard s Up and Down ( / ) arrows. If needed, use the left and right ( / ) arrows to extend the bracket s ends to the left or to the right. Remember that you can also use the letter X on your computer keyboard to flip the bracket position above or below the notes (m Refer back to Lesson 27 for more details). To delete a tuplet, simply select the number or bracket and type Delete on your computer keyboard; this will delete the number and bracket as well as all the notes, because without the tuplet the notes would no longer add up to the correct rhythm. To copy a tuplet, select the number or bracket and copy it to the Sibelius clipboard using Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on the Mac), then select a note or rest where you want to copy the tuplet to and type Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on the Mac) to paste it from the Sibelius clipboard onto the selected note/rest. This method only copies the tuplet s number and bracket without the actual notes.
150 to SIBELIUS 6 ADDING BRACKETS TO TUPLETS Now let s look at how you can change the look or appearance of an existing or new Tuplet (when I talk about tuplets I am referring to Triplets, Quintuplets, etc. Basically irregular note groups). Now, by default Sibelius creates Tuplets with the bracket set to auto bracket, this means that depending on the tuplet duration (in notes value) the bracket may or may not appear on the Tuplet. For example any time you create a triplet which contains three eight notes, the bracket automatically disappears and only the number 3 is shown. At this point, if I want to have a triplet with the number as well as the bracket, first I need to click on the triplet number (3) then go to the Sibelius toolbar at the top of the screen and choose the Properties icon (the Properties window is the place where you can edit and change the attributes of text styles, notes, playback lines and so on. During the course of the book I refer to this window quit a bit). On the Edit Tuplet dialogue window select the Notes tab and then use the Bracket drop down menu and choose Bracket.
Lesson 35: HOW TO CREATE TRIPLETS & TUPLETS 151 Now the Triplet displays with the number as well as the bracket. Be aware that whenever you click on the Properties icon on the toolbar, the dialog window that appears on screen (see screen shot on page previous) takes the name from the score object that was selected beforehand, in other words, if I select a piece of text and then open the Properties dialogue window, this will take the name of Edit Text because a text style was selected prior to opening this window. In the case of the Triplet this window will take the name of Edit Tuplet. The Number drop down menu (see bottom left-hand side of screen shot on page previous) allows you to have just the Tuplet number or ratio or even ratio plus note. BRACKETS & RATIOS To shed some light on the ratio option: This is actually very easy to understand. The ratio gives you two numbers like 3:2 (in a eight note Triplet which equals 1 quarter note), the number 3 indicates that there are 3 eight notes within the Triplet duration while the number 2 indicates that normally within the same duration (1 quarter note) there are only 2 eight notes. Basically a 3 over 2 ratio. In this other situation I have one quarter note Quintuplet for the duration of a complete 4/4 bar: The number 5 indicates that there are 5 quarter notes within this Tuplet duration (quintuplet) while the number 4 indicates that normally within the same duration (a full 4/4 bar) there are only 4 quarter notes. Basically a 5 over 4 ratio.
152 to SIBELIUS 6 Triplet (3) Ctrl/Cmd+3 Quintuplet (5) Ctrl/Cmd+5 Septuplet (7) Ctrl/Cmd+7 Nontuplet (9) Ctrl/Cmd+9 TUPLET TABLE 3 3 3 3 3 Too long to fit into the bar 5 Too long to fit into the bar 7 5 5 Too long to fit into the bar Too long to fit into the bar 7 7 9 9
Lesson 65 Hide & Show Empty Staves HIDE SELECTED EMPTY STAVES Sometimes you may find yourself in situations where you have a stave(s) containing only bar rests that you want to hide from a particular system; in order to achieve this do as follows: HOT KEY! Double-click on the stave to select it (single stave system selection) then go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose Layout>Hide Empty Staves; alternatively use the computer keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H or Cmd+Shift+Option+H on the Mac. You can also do this to several staves, a passage lasting as many bars as you like or even to the whole score. The staves will be hidden only on systems where they have no music or where all the music is hidden (e.g. cue passages).
302 to SIBELIUS 6 HIDE ALL EMPTY STAVES HOT KEY! To hide empty staves throughout the score, go to the main menu and choose Edit>Select>Select All (Ctrl+A or Cmd+A on the Mac) then choose Layout>Hide Empty Staves; all the unused staves will disappear and the whole score will instantly reformat to fit on fewer pages. HOT KEY! HOT KEY! SHOW PREVIOUSLY HIDDEN STAVES To re-show a stave(s) that you have previously hidden, click on a bar where you want to show the stave(s) then go to the main menu at the top of the screen and choose Layout>Show Empty Staves; alternatively use the computer keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S or Cmd+Shift+Option+S on the Mac (refer to screen shot on page previous). In the Show Empty Staves window simply click OK to show all the hidden staves (all the staves are already selected by default) otherwise pick the desired one(s) you want to show and click OK (use Shift+click to select adjacent staves or Ctrl+click/Cmd+click for non-adjacent staves).
Mini Workbook The Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 Mini Workbook has been created to help you put to work all the concepts you ve learned from Max Tofone. Each piece selected, all engraved by Max in Sibelius, pull concepts together from the various lessons. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN This is a vocal score set up in lead sheet format. J.S. BACH SINFONIA #15 PIANO SCORE This piece builds your skill for creating a piano score, and two independent voices. But! Sometimes the second voice is in the top stave and other times it s in the lower one. FIRST ARABESQUE, BY C. DEBUSSY Piano Score builds skills for phrasing and two voices per stave. PIÈCE HÉROÏQUE, BY C. FRANCK Organ builds skills for 3-stave organ work. ARIETTA, BY E. GRIEG Piano Score two voices per stave, challenging phrasing. LE POLICHINELLE, BY H. VILLA-LOBOS Piano Score three voices per stave, piano pedaling. SONATA, NO. 5, BY W. A. MOZART String Ensemble full transcription with piano part at page bottom. SIEGFRIED IDYLL, BY R. WAGNER String Ensemble bowings for arpeggios. LITTLE TOM THUMB, BY MAURICE RAVEL Full orchestration with piano at page bottom, builds orchestral skills with bow markings and multiple time signature changes. LITTLE UGLY, EMPRESS OF THE PAGODAS, BY MAURICE RAVEL Full orchestration with piano at page bottom, builds orchestral skills, plus fingered tremolos, text in the score, and rehearsal numbers.
414 to SIBELIUS 6 Music Engraving by Max Tofone Music Engraving by Max Tofone
SECTION 6: MINI WORKBOOK 415 Music Engraving by Max Tofone Music Engraving by Max Tofone