User manual SIBELIUS SIBELIUS

[. . . ] Sibelius Manual Setting up Sibelius Starting a Score . 2 3 4 5 7 10 Adding Text & Markings Altering the Layout of Your Score . . Excerpts from Sibelius Quick Start Manual by: Robin Hodson, Eastern Region Manager, Sibelius USA robin@sibelius. com, or 201 370 0936 This edition: August 2005 Setting up Sibelius (Mac shortcuts in italics if needed) In this section, you'll ensure that the program is set up the way you like to use it, every time you want to turn it on. 1 MIDI settings This is all testable by going to: Play>Playback and Input devices. [. . . ] Use the spacebar to extend the length of the trill if you need. Use the properties box in Sibelius to alter the playback of trills. Ottavas, Glissandi and Pedal Markings, etc: These can all be found and added using exactly the same method as in step 7 above. Rits, Ralls, Accelerandos, etc: hit Escape key, then hit L (lines menu) and choose what you need from the right hand column. Draw them into your score by pressing and holding your mouse from left to right. Note that these markings appear at the top of systems, not on individual staffs in your score. Repeat Bars, First & Second Time Bars and Rehearsal Marks: For repeat bars, select barline, then go to Create>Barline and choose what you want. For first and second time bars (as with step 9 above), use the Lines menu and draw the first/second time bars into your score. For rehearsal marks, select a barline, then use Control + R (Command + R). These can be copied in the normal way by Alt + Clicking them (Option + click). You can adjust the style of rehearsal marks (letters or numbers etc), by going to Control + Shift + E (Command + Shift + E) and choosing the Rehearsal Marks tab. 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Adding Text and Markings 11 Coloring sections of your score: Sibelius allows you to do this. Hit Escape key, then select an object, note, passage (or anything in the score); hit Control + J (Command + J), and choose what color you'd like for your objects. To delete the coloring, select the colored object, and choose Layout>Reset Design (Control + Shift D or Command + Shift D). Symbols & Pictures: you can also insert pictures of anything in your score. Hit Z for the symbols menu, and choose/add them, or go to Create>Graphic, and insert a TIFF file of any other image in your score. These are resizable once on the screen, and we provide users with a folder called "Graphic Files" with many images already created. Chord symbols: Select a note and hit Control + K (Command + K). Right-click (Control + click) for a sub-menu if you need it. Type the chord you need, then use the spacebar to advance to the next note, and repeat the steps. There is also a plug-in in Sibelius (Plug-ins>Text) that will automatically calculate chord symbols in your score, as long as there are chords or multiple notes on the score itself. Use shift + K to add Chord diagrams (Guitar frames) too. Title, Composer Name, Lyricist Name etc: these can all be obtained by going to Create>Text and choosing the appropriate text style. [. . . ] To adjust the space between all the staffs in your score, hit Control + Shift + E (Command + Shift + E), and choose the "Staves" tab. You'll see options here for adjusting the distance between all staves and systems, and also an option concerning staff justification (see 17). To adjust Staff justification, see step 16 above. This is critical if you're finding Sibelius is creating lots of white space in the middle or bottom of your score. [. . . ]