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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Find all and replace function in Sibelius
How can I do this operation? I have an issue here: I exported MusicXML file from Guitar Pro 6, opened it in Sibelius and I saw a tab word on the end of every bar
It will take too long to remove them ...
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How to link instruments in a Sibelius arrangement to instruments in a soundfont file for playback?
I have some arrangements of handbell music in Sibelius 7 that I'd like to play back into a track for my handbell choir to practice to.
I purchased a high-quality soundfont (sf2) file of handbells with ...
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Sharing or exporting music with Sibelius First
I've just finished a composition and I am trying to share the score as a video. When I open the export tab, I cannot export the score as a video; the button is grey and will not let me click it. I ...
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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 voices/ offset noteheads
How is it possible to offset a note in a second or third voice that shares a stem direction and is more than the interval of a second apart, but that must display each stem separately?
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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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Create pickup bar for one instrument only (example provided)
we got an assignment in class to create a Sibelius score from PDF file.
Now I was wondering how I can create a pickup bar only for the "Continuo" instrument. And how it's possible to shift the barline ...
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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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How can I combine my guitar playing, compositions in Sibelius and an music maker software together
To begin I feel I have to mention that, while I did get information regarding recording and composition, I feel as if they did not answer my case entirely.
So here goes:
I have been playing classical ...
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Making bars longer and replacing rests in Sibelius
1) I am using Sibelius version 7.5. My first aim is to transform every 4/4's bar into a 4/2's bar with a whole note rest at the end of every measure in the score.
2) My second aim is to replace every ...
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PhotoScore and AudioScore is grayed out.
I've installed trial version of Sibelius software for OS X in order to transcribe some audio tracks.
However when I'm on Import tab (in Quick Start), PhotoScore and AudioScore are disabled, so I can'...
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Keyboard shortcut for selecting a whole chord in Sibelius
I have a Sibelius score with chords all in voice 1.
If I mouse click a single note in a chord, that single note is selected.
If I double-click a note in a chord, the entire chord is selected.
What ...
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How to select custom bars using Sibelius?
How could every bar be selected, excluding every 5th bar? I only know how to select from bar __ to bar __ (Select > Select bars) but not how to make a custom selection. Is it possible for this type of ...
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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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How to select the first beat in bar using Sibelius?
I know it is possible to select a position on bar or a note value in advanced filters. The note i want to select is the first beat in bar. How could you select it without interrupting the whole score?
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Selecting bars vertically in Sibelius
I have made a layout of auto system breaks in Sibelius by every 7 bars (layout-> breaks-> auto breaks). Now I want to select bars vertically, but if I press shift key and select bars by column, it ...
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Short way to indicate pedaling every bar
I am writing a piano score in Sibelius, and I need to hold and lift the pedal every bar. But writing it explicitly makes the score heavy so I need a quick notation that means the same thing.
Here I ...
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Unwanted bar line in Sibelius 7.5
I've been adding lyrics to a composition in Sibelius 7.5, and it's shuffling around a lot of stuff in the piece - most of which I can go and fix easily enough.
In this particular part, it's moved ...
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Sibelius allow to play along like synthesia?
I am looking for a software that you can play along a score and it can wait for you to enter notes like synthesia does. The problem with synthesia is that it's not really focused on the score and more ...
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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}
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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 7 overlapping notes hiding each other
Using Sibelius 7 how do I resolve overlapping notes so both parts can be read. For example in a two stave score for SATB, sopranos have a dotted minim and one crotchet in a bar, altos have four ...
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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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Half step mordent in Sibelius
Is there a way I can do the mordent that is shown in the pictures below in Sibelius? When I try to just put a sharp sign below the mordent, it doesn't play it correctly.
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Bar width in Sibelius
I'm using Sibelius 7.5 and I want to have some lines with 4 measures and others with 3 measures. When I try to do this, I end up with both lines having the same width. I would like to the 3 measure ...
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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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Photoscore rhythm problems
Photoscore is having trouble importing Enough by Chris Tomlin into Sibelius for me. It is giving rhythm errors that look like this:
"This score contains bars that do not add up to the time signature ...
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Sibelius midi export makes things complex
I have a simple song that when I export to midi becomes very complex. Could someone tell me what is causing Sibelius to do this?
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Midi Export:
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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 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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What is the idea of "transposing by perfect unison"?
As far as I understand, a "perfect unison" refer to two notes sounding the same pitch. Why both MuseScore and Sibelius 7 (I work with these two programs) offer a feature to transpose the up or down by ...
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Text above a stave in Sibelius sheet music. What does it mean? (~C 1, 64)
I keep seeing this text '~C 1, 64' or something similar above a stave, what does it mean?
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What is *cuivre* for a trumpet
Cuivre in French means copper, I think.
In music it seems to be the name of the family of Brass instruments. Correct me in this if it is wrong.
In Sibelius, the trumpet has a property (regulated by ...
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Can Sibelius house styles be edited selectively?
I can export house styles from Sibelius 6, but I end up with a binary .lib file of around 100 KB, of which the only recognisable characters are SIBELIUS a couple of times at the start.
Is there any ...
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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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Reverberation in a recording to play with big speakers in a hall
I am writing a piece in Sibelius and export the audio and play it in some room for people. I suppose the geometry of the room produces some reverberation of the sound coming from the speakers, ...
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How many bars can a clarinet sustain?
Apologies if the question is too silly (my profile might explain why I don't know the answer).
I am writing a piece and at some point I want a clarinet to hold a note until the performer runs out of ...
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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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Notating tenor vocal parts with 8va G-clef in Sibelius 6
I might be slightly off-topic here, but this is the closest StackExchange site I could find to my topic, so here goes...
I recieved a sibelius file with a choir arrangement from a friend. Now, I want ...
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How to write guitar tremolo with Sibelius software?
I'm trying to create the music sheet of "Recuerdos de La Alhambra" with Sibelius music notation software.
How to create tremolos in Sibelius?
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