
Overview of everything that is going to be discussed in this class.
Topics Discussed:
- Portrait or Landscape settings
- House style formatting
- Time signature
- Pick-up beats
- Tempo settings
- Key signature
- Texts (Title, Composer, Copyright, etc.)
Sibelius 7 uses a “Ribbon” instead of separate menus (like previous versions of Sibelius.)
Topics Discussed:
- Overview of Lesson 3
- Explain the “Keypad”
Topics Discussed:
- More on the “Keypad” (including voices)
- “Step-Edit” Note Entry
Topics Discussed:
- “N” to toggle note entry
- Copy/Paste ( or “Option + Click”)
Topics Discussed:
- How to Add/Change Instruments
- “Transposing Score”
Topics Discussed:
- Add/Delete Bars
Topics Discussed:
- Toggle “Input Notes”
- Write Triplets
- Input & Respell Accidentals
Topics Discussed:
- Transpose notes
- Swap voices
- Add intervals above/below
Topics Discussed:
- Plug-ins (boomwhacker note colors, color pitches, respell accidentals)
Topics Discussed:
- Change clefs and key signatures
Topics Discussed:
- Change Time Signatures & Barlines
Topics Discussed:
- Add lines (slurs, hairpins, trills, endings, octave markings, and pedaling)
Topics Discussed:
- Add symbols (segno, coda, mordents, etc.)
Topics Discussed:
- Change noteheads & add letter names to the noteheads
Topics Discussed:
- Adding lyrics & changing text formatting
Topics Discussed:
-Add expressions, technique markings, plain text, rehearsal marks, and chord symbols.
Topics Discussed:
- Configuration, mixer, and transport settings
Topics Discussed:
- Margins, orientation, size, staff size, and title page changes
Topics Discussed:
- Hide/show empty staves
- Focus on staves
Topics Discussed:
- System/page breaks
- Split multirest
Topics Discussed:
- Engraving & note spacing rules
Topics Discussed:
-Instrument names
Topics Discussed:
- Beam Groups
Topics Discussed:
- System Object Positions
- Viewing parts in tabs
- Print & extract
Topics Discussed:
- Change view from horizontal to vertical to panorama
- Zoom pages in and out
- Change invisible settings
Topics Discussed:
- Change note colors
- Show/hide panels
Topics Discussed:
- What do I do with the score when I'm done?
- Save/Print/Export
This course assumes that you are already a "musician" (ie. you already know how to read music, play an instrument or sing, and follow a score.) This course will teach you the basics of inputing music into the computer notation program, "Sibelius." I will be demonstrating using version 7.5, however, while what is displayed on the screen will look different for versions previous to 7, the basic functions and shortcuts are all the same. We will not work toward a specific project, but rather, each topic will be covered as a separate idea, because once the document is created and you start composing, there is no right or wrong order to composing (i.e. after you have notes, you could add dynamics then articulation; or you could add articulation then dynamics.) So essentially, you don't need to complete the course in order. You can jump around and watch the lessons that pertain more to what you need to learn.