Questions tagged [sibelius]
For questions related to the music notation software developed by Avid Technology. Questions may also necessitate the [notation] and/or [engraving] tags. Note that this tag is not intended for questions about the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) - use the tag [composers] instead.
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Chord symbols in staff in Sibelius
When I write guitar parts in Sibelius I currently use a slash notation (4 slashes with no stems in each measure and chord symbols above staff), but I want to make it even simpler for my guitarist and ...
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How does one create a style sheet for Sibelius?
I am new here, and pretty new to Sibelius. I am interested in creating my own individual style sheet for Sibelius, specifically to have the Composer and Lyricist BOTH right justified, header/title/...
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How to convert Sibelius score to MusiXTeX?
I want to create images of bars of notated music for use in video. Is there a way to write the score on Sibelius and then export this to some Python library in order to better create the images for ...
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Exporting video from Sibelius using ManuScript
Context: I have a role as an assistant librarian in a TTBB choir.
We export each as a video as I do this by opening each file, triple clicking on the part, going to the file export video menu, change ...
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Anyone know how to get Sibelius to playback pizzicato at a softer dynamic level without writing the dynamic ridiculously soft?
Sibelius playback of pizzicato is much louder than arco for strings. I end up making two copies of a score. One with the dynamics as they should be written for pizzicato for printing and another copy ...
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Changing the amount of bars per page in Sibelius for Composition pieces
How do I format the layout in Sibelius so that there are 4 bars per line on each page? I currently have 7 and it makes the notes too small and squished to read them clearly. How do I make the bars "...
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Adding 8va line (both high or low) in Sibelius 7 doesn't play back
I'm working with Sibelius 7 and even though I'm adding 8va lines at some parts of my score, when playing it back I get the same sound I should be getting if I didn't have them.
Any ideas why this ...
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How to insert cautionary key signature before repeat mark using Sibelius 7
I'm arranging wind parts for the following song (excerpt below). This is the end of a repeated section that starts in D major and changes to F major halfway through. So, the repeat mark at the end of ...
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Sibelius Notation for Slightly Changed Repeat Passage
I want to recreate a repeated section of music in Sibelius which I found in an online score. Here is a screenshot of the relevant bar from the repeated passage:
The passage is repeated three times, ...
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Creating a symbol to repeat the previous n bars in Sibelius
Specifically, I'm trying to create a symbol that, similar to the 'repeat the previous 4 bars' symbol, will repeat the previous n bars (6 in this example). I've tried duplicating the symbol and editing ...
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Is a tie needed into a second-time bar?
When I have a tie into a 1st-time-bar, and want to similarly tie into a 2nd-time-bar, I usually show the "end" of the tie onto the note at the beginning of the 2nd-time-bar. Is this ...
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Notating for the pianist to lift the pedal slowly?
So in various sections of a piece I want the pianist to lift the pedal slower than usual, achieving an interesting effects as the harmonics fade. In some areas the pedal lift might be slower or faster,...
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Second set of Sibelius 7 lyrics with repeat bar to midi?
In music sometimes a line is repeated with the repeat bar ||: :||. I'm using Sibelius and it doesn't seem to understand the repeat bar when it creates midi's with lyrics. It jumbles the text of the ...
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How to overlap notes from different voices to share note heads?
Voice 1 accentuates the melody that's woven through the 8th-note pattern. I want the notes on the top staff the 'blend' together. I remember this being possible in older Sibelius versions, but I ...
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difference between solid crescendo hairpin, dotted and dashed crec hairpins?
I noticed music software sibelius has 3 different types of hairpins when it comes to crescendos. Solid line, dotted and dashed. What is the difference between the 3?
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Double time swing notation
I am arranging a piece for big band, and I want a section that is being played "straight" (no swing) to immediately be followed by a section with double time swing. Is it necessary to ...
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How can I share Sibelius templates across devices?
I'm using Sibelius Ultimate on Mac. In the latest version it is really easy to set up default templates by Exporting files as Manuscript Paper. It then stores these template files in a Manuscript ...
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When to abide by Sibelius and not
In the climax of a piece I'm arranging, I want a Bb trumpet to go up to the C two 8ves above Middle C (concert pitch). This is the highest note in the piece. When I write this in Sibelius, I get a ...
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Changing from divisi to multiple parts (Sibelius)
I am currently arranging a piece which has a few divisi parts. I will use the clarinets as the example for this question. There are two of them, and at the beginning (when they are not playing) I want ...
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How to change the slot (channel) in a mixer?
How to change the slot (channel) of an instrument in a mixer in Sibelius? Now this field is inactive, it cannot be changed. Also, it changes automatically for all tracks when you select an instrument. ...
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What this is, and how can it be put into Sibelius?
If you look at the bass staff, there is one more 16th note than there should be on a 4/4 time signature. Can someone explain this to me? And what is the number of top of the barline?
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How do you change a group of notes into a tuplet in Sibelius?
I'm trying to write this (bar is 3/8):
I have entered those following notes, but I want to change their values so I can add the remaining notes:
If I select the first group, and ask for quintlet (...
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How to fix the drum part's staff in the correct form in Sibelius?
I wrote the drum part in DAW, exported the midi and imported it to Sibelius. It recognized this track in this form:
How can I quickly transform it into the correct form and remove these polyphony?
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How to enter overlapping notes in Sibelius 7
I can't manage to find a way to enter overlapping notes in Sibelius 7.
Any help?
By overlapping notes I mean notes from other voices that have a longer duration than others which are placed at the ...
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Weird Glitch in Sibelius: violin pizz makes my clarinet and oboe parts sound like flute
Pretty much what it says on the tin. I have been orchestrating a piece for symphony orchestra and, whenever I put "pizz." in the violin I part, all of the sudden, my clarinet part is using ...
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In Sibelius ManuScript language example, why will the Run method not run?
I am learning to write Sibelius plug-ins by working my way through the ManuScript Language Reference (see File > Plug-ins > ManuScript Language Reference). Unlike other scripting languages I use ...
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Lilypond to MusicXML to Sibelius
Is there any reliable program to convert a fully-fledge piece in Lilypond format to MusicXML, such that Sibelius can read the original Lilypond notation?
Basically, I need to edit a score which is ...
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Converting expression markings to "music character style" in Sibelius
I have a fairly long piece with a fair few dynamic markings, but I've only just realised that you can get the traditional dynamic font ("music character style") by holding down Cmd (I'm on ...
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Vertical alignment of multiple voices in Sibelius
I am creating a drum chart in Sibelius. In a particular bar, I want the kick to play two semiquavers at the same time as the first hi-hat dotted quaver. I am using Voice 1 for kick/snare notation and ...
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Drum chart standards
I'm currently notating a drum chart in Sibelius. The song is "Best to You" by Blood Orange. It's an R&B/Electropop/Afrobeat song. I am not a drummer, and I have only just figured out ...
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Playback duration of string harmonics in Sibelius
I am currently notating some string harmonics in Sibelius (2020.9), and am using the "Harmonics playback" plugin to hear the natural harmonics at their actual pitch.
One example is of a ...
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How to beam multiple voices correctly
I don't want to change the clef at the top, so I wrote the first group of notes in the bottom, but I also want the first notes (chord) of the bar to be in the second voice. But in this case, it ...
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Best way to score melodic piano lines across both hands
Having some trouble understanding the best way to score piano when a melodic pattern is played across both hands...
Here is the first bar of the section in question, arranged on separate staves, and ...
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Sibelius playback glitches
I have several files in sibelius where playback either pauses on notes (in particular an upbeat into a second section) or plays with a lurching sort of effect with the strong/weak accents of normal ...
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Sibelius 7 score key sig changes
I'm changing from F Minor to Major in a Sib 7 score. The machine just gives one flat for the new section, and I want three naturals and one sharp. How do I get it to do it? Any ideas?
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Cross-staff conflict
How can I achieve to have tied notes from the previous measure and cross-staff situation, when the notes which are in the Bass clef, technically in the Treble clef? No program (I tried Sibelius and ...
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MIDI file displays with treble staff only
I have a MIDI file, installed Sibelius intending to have Sibelius read the MIDI file and display it as sheet music. It does. But treble staff only; the lower notes are all on ledger lines. It's a ...
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Sibelius seven - adjusting the length of one bar/measure
I want to shorten the length of the final bar in the line, without any of the other bars moving. Is this possible?
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Question about cross-staff beaming, unnecessary rests, Debussy
Two questions:
1) Why in Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 the first two measures written without the rests? What's the rule?
2) If I write notes in different clefs and beam them together, what clef will ...
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What is the term in theory/notation when you have notes played over a held note in the same hand?
eg. Liebestraum no. 3, right hand, bars 1 and 2.
also Schubert Impromptu op. 90 no. 3
Lastly, any idea how this is achieved in Sibelius/Musescore?
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Learning the sounding of classical orchestra instruments with Noteperformer, Sibelius Sounds 7
This question is a follow-up of: How to distinguish between different instruments in a classical orchestra?
If I transcript some of my compositions (which are now written for piano) and make ...
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Editting Certain note in Sibelius
I have an issue in Sibelius, where I want to edit a certain note in the whole score (the same note in many octaves), for example the D note, which is highlighted in red to a B note (4 semitones down).
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Sibelius playback of triplets
I am trying to notate a basic 3 over 4 rhythm, but the playback feature is making me think I don't know what I am doing. Notation problems aside, is the following two measures, rhythmically enharmonic?...
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Second line of first verse in Sibelius
Is there any quick way to select the second line of the first verse in Sibelius 7? I'm having to go through the output of photoscore by hand and select and move that line to the second verse place for ...
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Migrating from commercial music notation software to free alternative
A friend of mine dislikes composing music on the commercial software he owns (Si..us). The main reason is that he is into modern, avant-garde music and the notation on his current system is just not ...
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In Sibelius 8 or later how do you add a staff to an instrument?
My instrument (strings) has one staff, I'd like it to be a grand staff, and later three staves. How do I do this please?
In Musescore it's just Instruments - Add staff, but I can't see anything ...
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Sibelius Time Signature notes before line
I attach a picture where I have a time signature of 2/4. As you see in the first notes there are the equivalent of 1/4 group of notes then a bar line and then the normal bars with 2/4 begin. Why are ...
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Easiest way to turn permutations into Sibelius notation
Total dummy (non-programmer) question here.
There are permutations like these, for example:
(n=9, r=2) {1,2} {1,3} {1,4} {1,5} {1,6} {1,7} {1,8} {1,9} {2,1} {2,3} {2,4}
{2,5} {2,6} {2,7} {2,8} {2,9}...
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Where do I put this expression marking?
So in this passage (for piano) I have a pianissimo part in the right hand that follows the left hand. I want the pianist to treat the notes in the right hand 'like distant resonance' (or something ...
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Sibelius is playing the acciaccatura differently
I'm writing a piece in swing feel. When I use the grace note, Sibelius plays it differently than how I think it should sound but when I notate the same thing using a dotted 32nd, it plays the same ...
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