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Edition 6.1

September 2009

Handbook written by Tom Clarke and Daniel Spreadbury.

See the About Sibelius dialog for a full list of the software development team and other credits.

We would like to thank all those (too numerous to list) who have provided helpful comments and suggestions for Sibelius and its documentation.

Please email any suggestions for improvements to this Handbook to docs@sibelius.com (but please do not use this address for suggestions or queries about the Sibelius program itself – see the separate Latest information & technical help sheet for the correct address for your country).

This product is subject to the terms and conditions of a software license agreement.

Sibelius copyright © Avid Technology, Inc. and its licensors 1987–2009 Sibelius Handbook copyright © Avid Technology, Inc. 1992–2009

Published by Avid Technology, Inc., The Old Toy Factory, 20–23 City North, Fonthill Road, London N4 3HF, UK

All rights reserved. This Handbook may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, recording, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise – in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the publisher. Although every care has been taken in the preparation of this Reference, neither the publisher nor the authors can take responsibility for any loss or damage arising from any errors or omissions it may contain.

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About this Handbook

Warning!

However much you may dislike manuals, you must read the whole of this Start here section in order to get started with the program.

You are then very strongly advised to work through at least the first three of the five projects contained in this Handbook before embarking on any serious work of your own with Sibelius. Sibelius is easy to learn and mostly self-explanatory, but if you don’t work through these projects you will run a risk of never discovering some basic features, particularly if you are used to notation programs that work in different ways. By the time you have completed the projects – which will take you only a few hours – you will be able to input, edit, play back and print out straightforward music, and you’ll know how to get going on more complicated music too.

This Handbook assumes a basic understanding of how to use your computer (such as the mouse, keyboard, menus and files).

On-screen Reference

More advanced topics are covered one by one in the Sibelius Reference, which explains every feature in complete detail (with a Glossary of special terms). To start the onscreen Reference, click the toolbar button shown on the right, or choose Help >

Documentation > Sibelius Reference (shortcut F1 or X?).

The Reference is not meant to be read from start to finish, because most people only use quite a small proportion of music notation anyway. You can browse through relevant parts of Reference at your leisure.

The Reference is also available as a printed book as an optional extra; to buy this if you don’t already have it, go to www.sibelius.com/buy.

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American and British English

Sibelius and this Handbook use American English, but for the benefit of readers in other countries, some non-American terms such as “crotchet” are included in parentheses.

British readers may be interested to know that in America, both “bar” and “measure” are used (so for universality we’ve opted for “bar”), and “staff” means British “stave.” Any British readers who are offended by the American spelling of “center,” “color” and so on will just have to use a pen to amend the spelling in the Handbook or (less effectively) on the screen.

Suggestions

We are always happy to receive reports of errors or misprints, and suggested improvements to the Handbook and Reference. Please email them to docs@sibelius.com.

We would also like to hear your suggestions for improvements to the Sibelius program itself; please post these suggestions to the chat page on the Sibelius web site, or contact technical help.

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Installing Sibelius for Windows

Minimum hardware requirements

Minimum requirements for Sibelius 6 alone:

Windows XP 32-bit SP2 or later, Windows Vista 32-bit SP1 or later, Windows 7 32-bit or 64-bit, 512MB+ RAM, 550MB hard disk space, DVD-ROM drive

Additional recommendations for using the included Sibelius Sounds Essentials sound library:

Intel Core Duo or AMD Turion or better, 1GB+ total physical RAM (2GB recommended), 3.5GB total hard disk space, ASIO-compatible soundcard

You can use Sibelius Sounds Essentials if your computer doesn’t meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot use as many sounds simultaneously.

You must be running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later to install and run Sibelius 6. If you have Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.x, you need to purchase an upgrade to a more recent version of the Windows operating system.

How to determine if you are running Windows XP SP2 or SP3

If you have Windows XP but are unsure whether or not you have Windows XP SP2 or SP3:

*Click the Start button, then choose Run…

*Type winver in the Open box, and hit Return (on the main keyboard)

*You will see a simple window, like this:

You should see Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 at the end of the second line of text. If you don’t, then you need to update: the simplest way of doing this is to download it automatically by choosing Windows Update from the Start menu. If the computer on which you want to run Sibelius isn’t connected to the Internet, you can obtain Windows XP Service Pack 2 on CD-ROM or via a special download that can be burned to CD and deployed on another computer. See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx for more details.

Connecting MIDI devices

Before you install Sibelius, you might want to connect any external MIDI devices you plan to use – or see b MIDI setup for Windows on page 26.

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*After a few more seconds, a window appears that says Welcome to the Sibelius 6 Installation Wizard. Click Next.

*You are given the opportunity to read the Sibelius license agreement, which is also at the end of Reference. Choose the I accept the license agreement radio button, then click Next.

*The installer suggests a folder to install Sibelius into. Unless you have strong feelings about where you want Sibelius to go and you know how to alter it, leave this set to the default. You’re asked if you want to install Sibelius for Anyone who uses this computer or Only for me, which determines whether everybody who uses your computer will see a shortcut to Sibelius on the Desktop, or just you. We recommend you leave it on Anyone who uses this computer. Click Next.

*It tells you you’re now ready to install Sibelius. Click Next.

*Things flash and zoom past on the screen as Sibelius is installed. This may take several minutes.

*When the installer has completed, click Finish to return to the window that first appeared when you inserted the DVD-ROM.

Before you run Sibelius 6 for the first time, you should now consider whether to install any other applications from the Sibelius 6 DVD-ROM.

Installing Sibelius Sounds Essentials

Sibelius Sounds Essentials is a high-quality library of sounds for use with Sibelius. To install it:

*In the main installation window, click Install Sibelius Sounds Essentials

*After a few moments, the installer will start.

*On Windows Vista or Windows 7, your screen may now go dark and a window titled User Account Control will appear. Click Continue to tell Windows that you are happy for the installation to proceed.

*A window appears that says Welcome to the Sibelius Sounds Essentials for Sibelius 6 Installation Wizard. Click Next.

*You are given the opportunity to read the license agreement. Choose the I accept the agreement radio button, then click Next.

*The installer suggests a folder to install the sounds into. Unless you have strong feelings about where you want the sounds to go and you know how to alter the location, leave this set to the default. Click Next.

*It tells you you’re now ready to install Sibelius Sounds Essentials. Click Install.

*Things flash and zoom past on the screen as the sounds are installed. This will take several minutes, so please be patient.

*When the installer has completed, click Finish.

Installing PhotoScore Lite

PhotoScore Lite is an application from Neuratron that allows you to scan printed music, or PDF files downloaded from the Internet, into Sibelius and edit, transpose and print them as if you had inputted them yourself.

Unless you have purchased PhotoScore Ultimate, you should now install PhotoScore Lite from your Sibelius 6 DVD-ROM:

Installing AudioScore Lite

AudioScore Lite is an application that automatically transcribes music that you sing or play an acoustic instrument into a microphone, so that you can send it to Sibelius for further editing.

Unless you have purchased AudioScore Ultimate, you should now install AudioScore Lite from your Sibelius 6 DVD-ROM:

*In the main installation window, click Install AudioScore Lite

*On Windows Vista or Windows 7, your screen may now go dark and a window titled User Account Control will appear. Click Continue to tell Windows that you are happy for the installation to proceed.

*Click Next to see the license agreement for AudioScore Lite. Read it and click Next

*You’re asked to fill in a few details: type in your Name; the Product ID field is filled in for you. When you’ve filled in the form, click Next.

*AudioScore Lite tells you where it will be installed; again, you can change this if you have strong feelings about it. Otherwise, click Next.

*Click Next once more and AudioScore Lite will be installed, then click Finish.

Installing Sibelius Scorch

You should now install Scorch, the free web browser plug-in for viewing, playing, transposing and printing Sibelius scores on the Internet:

*First, quit any web browsers that are running.

*In the main installation window, click Install Scorch

*It may take up to a minute or longer for the Scorch installer to start: please be patient. Eventually, a window appears that says Welcome to the Sibelius Scorch (all browsers) Setup Wizard. Click Next.

*You are given the opportunity to read the Scorch license agreement. Read it, choose the I Agree radio button, then click Next.

*You are prompted to choose an installation folder for Scorch. Again, simply click Next.

*It tells you you’re now ready to install Scorch. Click Next.

*On Windows Vista or Windows 7, your screen may now go dark and a window titled User Account Control will appear. Click Continue to tell Windows that you are happy for the installation to proceed.

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*Things flash and whizz across the screen as Scorch is installed. This only takes a few moments.

*When the installer has completed, click Close.

Reinstalling Sibelius

If you need to reinstall Sibelius, simply insert the DVD-ROM into your computer and proceed as if you were installing Sibelius for the first time. The installer will detect that Sibelius is already installed on your computer and show a dialog with three options: choose Repair and click Next, then Next again to confirm your choice. Wait while the application is reinstalled, then click Finish.

Uninstalling Sibelius

Uninstalling means taking your copy of Sibelius off your computer, probably so that you can install it on another computer. If your copy of Sibelius becomes corrupted for some reason, you can normally just install it again in the same place without uninstalling it first – see Reinstalling Sibelius above.

Do not attempt to move or rename the Sibelius program folder or the folder of any other program, as the operating system doesn’t like this.

*Open Control Panel from the Start menu. Double-click Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Programs and Features (Windows Vista or Windows 7).

*If you have installed PhotoScore Lite, uninstall it first. It’s listed as Neuratron PhotoScore Lite; select it, click Add/Remove (Windows XP) or Uninstall (Windows Vista or Windows 7), then follow the instructions on the screen.

*If you have installed AudioScore Lite, uninstall it next. It’s listed as Neuratron AudioScore Lite; select it, click Add/Remove (Windows XP) or Uninstall (Windows Vista or Windows 7), then follow the instructions on the screen.

*If you have installed Sibelius Sounds Essentials, uninstall it next. It’s listed as Sibelius Sounds Essentials for Sibelius 6; select it, click Add/Remove (Windows XP) or Uninstall (Windows Vista or Windows 7), then follow the instructions on the screen.

*You don’t need to uninstall Scorch.

*To uninstall Sibelius itself, select Sibelius 6 in the list, and click Add/Remove (Windows XP) or Uninstall (Windows Vista or Windows 7). Then follow the instructions on the screen.

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Administrator privileges

In order to correctly install and register Sibelius, you must be able to provide an administrator password when prompted.

After having registered the software, we recommend that you run Sibelius (like all other applications) as a non-privileged user, to increase the security of your system.

If you’re the only person who uses your computer, or you don’t know anything about user accounts or administrator privileges on your computer, you can safely ignore the above and install the software as usual.

Installing Sibelius

*Take the Sibelius DVD-ROM out of its case, put it (labeled side up) in the DVD-ROM drive of the computer, and close the drive slot.

*Wait for a few seconds. An icon for the DVD, labeled Sibelius 6, should appear on your desktop, and a window should open automatically; if it doesn’t, double-click the Sibelius 6 icon.

*To install your upgrade, double-click the Install Sibelius 6 icon, which will start the installation process.

*A window appears, titled Welcome to the Sibelius 6 Installer. Click Continue.

*You are given the opportunity to read the Sibelius license agreement, which is also at the end of Reference. Read it, click Continue, then Agree.

*You are told how much space on your computer will be used by installing Sibelius 6. (If you are reinstalling Sibelius 6, you may be told that the installation will take up almost no space on your computer.) You have to install Sibelius on your Mac’s boot disk, so don’t click Change Install Location: simply click Install.

*You are prompted for your administrator password: type it and click OK.

*A progress bar appears as the software is installed. This may take several minutes.

*Eventually, you will be informed that installation was successful. Click Close.

Before you run Sibelius 6 for the first time, you should now consider whether to install any other applications from the Sibelius 6 DVD-ROM.

Installing Sibelius Sounds Essentials

Sibelius Sounds Essentials is a high-quality library of sounds for use with Sibelius. To install it:

*Double-click Install Sibelius Sounds Essentials to start the installation.

*A window appears, titled Welcome to the Sibelius Sounds Essentials for Sibelius 6 Installer. Click Continue.

*You are given the opportunity to read the license agreement. Read it, click Continue, then

Agree.

*Sibelius Sounds Essentials must be installed on your Mac’s boot disk (you can move it later, if you want – see Moving Sibelius Sounds Essentials below), so don’t click Change Install Location: simply click Install.

*You are prompted for your administrator password: type it and click OK.

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*You are shown AudioScore Lite’s license agreement; read it, click Continue, then Agree

*On the next screen, choose your Mac’s boot disk, then click Continue

*You are told how much disk space the installation will use: click Install.

*You are prompted to type your computer’s administrator password. Type it, and click OK.

*A progress bar zooms across the screen, and you’re then told that installation was successful. Click Close.

Reinstalling Sibelius

If you need to reinstall Sibelius for any reason:

*First, drag the existing Sibelius 6 application icon from your Applications folder to the Trash

*You may also want to trash the Sibelius 6 preferences file, which is in both Users/username/

Library/Preferences and /Library/Preferences, called com.sibelius.sibelius6.plist

*Insert the Sibelius 6 DVD-ROM into your computer, then follow the instructions for Installing Sibelius above.

Uninstalling Sibelius

Uninstalling means taking your copy of Sibelius off your computer, probably so that you can install it on another computer. If your copy of Sibelius becomes corrupted for some reason, you can normally just install it again in the same place – see Reinstalling Sibelius above.

To uninstall Sibelius for Mac, simply drag the Sibelius 6 icon from your Applications folder to the trash. Likewise, to uninstall PhotoScore Lite or AudioScore Lite, just drag the PhotoScore Lite or AudioScore Lite icon to the trash.

What next?

Now turn to Registering Sibelius on page 21.

Moving Sibelius Sounds Essentials

To move Sibelius Sounds Essentials to another volume, e.g. an external hard disk, after installation:

*Quit Sibelius, if it is running.

*In the Finder, go to /Library/Application Support/Sibelius Software/Sibelius Sounds.

*You will see at least two folders: Essentials for Sibelius 6 and Libraries.

*Drag the Essentials for Sibelius 6 folder to your preferred location. Do not move the Libraries folder.

*Run Sibelius again: you will be told that Sibelius is unable to find the Essentials sound library. Click Yes to choose the new location, then click Choose. You will be prompted for your administrator password, so provide it and click OK.

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*Now you are asked to enter your Sibelius serial number. You will find this printed on a label on the CD case that your copy of Sibelius came in; it’s the number beginning with S. Type it in, then click OK.

*You will then be prompted to register Sibelius. You can either use the Internet connection on the computer on which Sibelius is installed (the quickest and easiest of all), or a web browser on another computer (see Registering using a web browser below).

*Choose the Register using this computer’s Internet connection radio button and click Next.

*If your computer isn’t already connected to the Internet, Sibelius will now prompt you to connect; click Connect

*If you are using a firewall, make sure that you allow Sibelius access to the Internet, otherwise registration will fail. Most firewalls will warn you when a program is trying to access the Internet for the first time. The precise message that appears will depend on the firewall (if any) you are using, but when asked if you want to give Sibelius access to the Internet, choose the appropriate option to allow it.

*Once it has established a connection, Sibelius will check the registration status of your copy; if it has been registered before (e.g. if you are registering further copies of a multi-user license, or installing a second copy for your own personal use, or reinstalling an existing copy) it will give you a further message. Click Yes to proceed.

*You will next be prompted to enter your contact details. We need your name and address details to enable you to get technical help, future upgrades, etc. We are committed to your privacy – see

Privacy policy below.

*If this copy of Sibelius is owned by you personally, enter your home address and leave Organization blank. If it’s owned by your school, college, university, church, business or other organization, enter the organization’s address (including the Organization field). Then type in your details, making sure to fill in all required fields; click Next.

*Next you’re asked to fill in some details about your musical interests, how you heard about Sibelius, and so on. When choosing from the Activity list, if you are a professor, school, college or university, choose one of the Teacher options. If you are a student yourself, choose one of the Student options.

*You are also shown some basic information about your computer setup that you can choose to send to us so that we can more easily assist you if you require technical help; you are not obliged to send this information, but it may save you time later if you send it now.

Fill out all the fields, and click Finish.

*If you are registering an educational copy bought in North/South/Central America, you may be asked to confirm your eligibility. See Educational copies in North/Central/South America below for eligibility requirements.

*Click Finish. A few seconds later you will be told that Sibelius has been successfully registered.

Registering using a web browser

If the computer on which Sibelius is installed does not have an Internet connection, choose Help >

Register Sibelius, choose the Register using a web browser on this or another computer radio button, and click Next.

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Educational copies in North/Central/South America

If you purchased an educational copy of Sibelius in North/South/Central America, you may only use it if you are eligible to do so. When you register Sibelius, you will be asked whether you are eligible; we may require you to provide proof of status.

To be eligible, you must live in North/South/Central America, and also one of the following must be true:

*You are currently an educator or full-time student at a fully accredited, non-profit educational institution, or

*This copy is installed for staff/student use in a fully accredited, non-profit educational institution, or

*You are currently an official music ministry representative of a church or other religious institution, or

*You are a private music teacher and also a current member of MTNA, MENC or an MTNA/ MENC allied group.

If you are not eligible, then do not register or use Sibelius, but instead please return it to the dealer you bought it from within 14 days of purchase for a refund. You can instead purchase a professional copy of Sibelius, or if you live outside North/South/Central America, you may be eligible to purchase an educational copy from a dealer in your country.

Reinstalling and re-registering Sibelius

If, for any reason, you need to reinstall Sibelius and you find it is no longer registered, you can reregister it automatically over the Internet provided you are reinstalling on the same computer on which you previously had Sibelius installed.

To re-register, simply use the Help > Register Sibelius dialog, in exactly the same way as registering for the first time. Sibelius will know that this copy has been registered before.

If you have a single-user license and are reinstalling Sibelius on a different computer, then it will be assumed that you are in fact installing a second copy of Sibelius (see Running Sibelius on more than one computer above).

Moving Sibelius to another computer

If you need to move a registered copy of Sibelius from one computer to another, you can use Help > Unregister Sibelius, provided both computers can connect to the Internet.

When you choose this option, your copy of Sibelius contacts our server and informs it that the copy running on that machine is no longer registered, and disables the saving feature. You can then install Sibelius on another computer and use Help > Register Sibelius to register Sibelius over the Internet in the normal way.

This method requires that both computers (the one on which you are unregistering Sibelius, and the one on which you are subsequently registering Sibelius) be able to connect to the Internet. If either or both of the computers are unable to connect to the Internet, you should contact technical help for assistance.

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MIDI setup for Windows

If you are using Sibelius Sounds Essentials for playback, b 4.4 Sibelius Sounds Essentials in Reference for how to set it up.

There are three steps to setting up your MIDI devices: connecting the hardware, installing the necessary software, and then setting up MIDI in Sibelius. This topic takes you through the first two steps; if you need more information, see b 1.10 Input Devices in Reference.

Connecting MIDI devices to your computer

MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. It is a standard, not a thing – the universal standard for connecting electronic musical instruments together. MIDI keyboards, synthesizers, sound modules, samplers and other electronic music gadgets can all be plugged into one another with MIDI cables, and can also be plugged into your computer. Soundcards and software synthesizers are also MIDI compatible, and as they’re already in your computer you don’t need to attach cables at all in order to play music back.

How your MIDI devices connect to your computer depends on a number of factors, including the model of your computer, the model of your MIDI devices, and which other hardware you already have connected; but in general there are three kinds of connection:

*Many MIDI devices such as keyboards have USB connections, enabling you to connect your MIDI keyboard directly to your computer using only one USB cable

*You can connect a separate MIDI interface to a USB port on the back of your computer, and plug your MIDI controller into the MIDI interface using MIDI cables

*You can connect an external MIDI device directly to the “gameport” (or joystick port) on your computer’s soundcard with a special cable.

Most Windows computers are supplied with a soundcard that is capable both of General MIDI playback, and also of connecting your computer to external MIDI devices via the gameport. Many computers have both a gameport and a USB port – neither option is more preferable than the other, however if you want to upgrade your system in the future, you should probably opt for a MIDI interface or a keyboard that can connect directly to one of your system’s USB sockets.

Connecting MIDI devices directly via USB

Most new MIDI keyboards and other devices can connect directly to your computer’s USB sockets without the need for a separate MIDI interface. To install one of these devices, simply connect a USB cable (which may be provided with your device) to your computer, and follow the on-screen instructions to install the necessary driver software.

Once the drivers are correctly installed, you can set up input and playback in Sibelius – b 1.10 Input devices in Reference.

You should switch on the power on your USB-connected MIDI devices before running Sibelius. Failure to do so may result in Sibelius not correctly detecting your MIDI device when it loads.

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Using your soundcard’s gameport also has the advantage of not requiring any further driver software – you can just plug in your MIDI device, and away you go.

The gameport is usually found next to the sockets used to connect speakers and microphones to your computer. Typically, it will be on the soundcard, which looks something like this:

The gameport is the rectangular-ish connector, shown here at the far left. To connect this to an external MIDI device, you’ll need a “Y-shaped” MIDI-to-gameport cable, which looks something like this:

Note how the two MIDI plugs are labeled “In” and “Out.” To connect this cable to, say, a MIDI keyboard, you should connect the plug labeled “In” to the socket on the back of the keyboard marked “Out,” and the plug labeled “Out” to the socket on the keyboard marked “In.”

That’s all there is to it. Provided you have the “In” and “Out” plugs in the right sockets on your MIDI keyboard (or sound module), you can now finish setting things up – b 1.10 Input Devices in Reference.

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Connecting MIDI devices via a MIDI interface

A MIDI interface is a small box that connects MIDI devices to your Mac via its USB port.

Connect a sound module using a MIDI interface like this:

The MIDI cable is connected from the “Out” socket on the MIDI interface to the “In” socket on the sound module.

To add a MIDI keyboard or other input device, you should connect your devices as shown below:

The second MIDI cable goes from the “Out” socket on the keyboard to the “In” socket on the MIDI interface.

MIDI interfaces often require additional driver software, which will be supplied by your device’s manufacturer.

Audio MIDI Setup

Once you have connected up your external MIDI equipment, you need to use the Mac OS X utility Audio MIDI Setup to tell the operating system what each of the devices are:

*Run Audio MIDI Setup by double-clicking its icon, which is in the Utilities folder inside the

Applications folder

*Click the MIDI Devices tab

*Provided your MIDI device is correctly installed, it should appear in the large white window

*If the attached MIDI device is a sound module, you don’t need to do anything else – just quit Audio MIDI Setup and refer to b 4.11 Playback Devices in Reference for what to do next

*If the attached device is a MIDI interface, you should click the Add Device button to add a new external device

*Double-click the new external device icon. In the dialog that appears, change its Name (to match the name of the device, e.g. Roland JV-1080), then choose the most appropriate avail-

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About the projects

The remainder of this Handbook is taken up with five projects, which will take you roughly eight hours to work through from start to finish. You are recommended to work through at least the first three projects, as these explain all of the key concepts and features that you will use every day in Sibelius. The fourth and fifth projects are more tightly focused on specific features, but you should work through them as well if you can make the time.

Project 1 (2 hours)

This project shows you how to open a score, introduces the concepts of navigating around them using both the Navigator window and various keyboard and mouse shortcuts, making selections, and copying and pasting. Using an arrangement of the folk song Scarborough Fair, you will learn how to edit and input notes using your mouse, computer keyboard and MIDI keyboard, and how to input lyrics. You will be introduced to playback, and to marking up your score with text and dynamics.

Project 2 (2 hours)

In this project, you will learn to recreate an excerpt from Elgar’s String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 by scanning the four instrumental parts using PhotoScore Lite, then copying and pasting them into a newly-created score. You will learn how to create clef and key signature changes, more advanced note input including tuplets, and explore the different kinds of objects – including articulations, lines, ties, slurs and text – commonly used to mark up scores. You will also be introduced to dynamic parts, and exporting graphics from Sibelius.

Project 3 (2 hours)

This project teaches you the basics of writing for keyboard, guitar and drums, together with an introduction to creating chord symbols and repeat structures (including 1st and 2nd ending lines, and D.S. al Coda). You will also explore adjusting playback using the Mixer window, and learn how to use Sibelius’s Ideas window to store and re-use snippets of music.

Project 4 (1 hour)

This project is especially useful if you are planning to produce learning materials for students or teach with Sibelius in the classroom, but it should also be of interest if you want to learn some of the more advanced techniques for laying out and formatting music. In this project you will create a worksheet of scales, and learn how to indent staves, hide empty staves, change text fonts, and more.

Project 5 (1 hour)

This project introduces the Video window, and explores techniques for writing to picture, including working with timecode, hit points, and a plug-in for adujsting the duration of a section of music. Using a video from the animated series Mr. Bean, you will also learn how to export an audio track from Sibelius in order to add it as a soundtrack to a video in an editing package such as Pinnacle Studio.

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Moving around the score

There are a number of ways to move around the score, but the simplest of these is by dragging the paper on the screen with your mouse. To do this, click a blank part of the paper and drag the page. As you do so, you should notice that the display on the gray rectangle in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen moves around too. This rectangle is called the Navigator; it shows a miniature view of some of the pages. The white rectangle on the Navigator shows which portion of the music is shown on the screen.

If the Navigator isn’t open, switch it on by choosing Window > Navigator (shortcut Ctrl+Alt+N or zXN) – see Hiding and showing tool windows below.

Click anywhere on the Navigator, and the view will instantly jump to that part of the score.

Alternatively, click the Navigator’s white rectangle and drag it around, which pans the window smoothly around the score. This effect is very striking and enhances the disconcerting impression that you are moving a video camera around a real score.

In long scores, if you drag the white rectangle towards the left-hand or right-hand side of the Navigator, the view of the score will continue to move leftwards or rightwards. The further you drag, the faster it moves through the score. This allows you to move continuously across any number of pages.

By moving around the score with the Navigator, you can see that pages are laid side-by-side on a blue desk. With long scores, pages are joined in pairs as if in a score opened flat, so you can see where page-turns will occur. You can change the way pages of the score are laid out, so that they appear top-to-bottom or side-by-side, and as single pages or spreads – see b 5.23 View menu in Reference.

You can’t drag the white rectangle off the top or bottom edges of the page displayed in the Navigator, or off the left edge of the first page or the right edge of the last page. However, it is possible to click on the paper and drag the score off the edge of the screen. If you do this, click anywhere on the Navigator to show the score again.

If moving around the score is slow, try setting the paper and/or background textures of the full score and parts to plain colors. For tips on changing Sibelius’s display, b 5.6 Display settings in Reference.

If you have a mouse with a wheel button, you can also use the wheel to scroll around the score:

*Scroll the wheel up and down to move the page up and down; hold down Alt or z to move a screenful at a time

*Hold Shift and scroll the wheel to move the page left and right; hold down Alt or z as well to move a screenful at a time

*You can also use the wheel to zoom by holding down Ctrl or X – see Zooming below.

You can also move around the score using keyboard shortcuts. Sibelius is full of shortcuts that let you perform an action by typing a key rather than using the mouse. It’s a good idea to learn keyboard shortcuts at least for the most common operations – these are listed on the back cover of this Handbook, and in full detail in b 5.12 Menus and shortcuts in Reference.

Try experimenting with the following shortcuts, which are for moving around the score:

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exception of the Navigator, which doesn’t appear in Panorama (because your score isn’t laid out on pages any longer).

This kind of view is sometimes called scroll view or gallery view in other programs. Switch Panorama off again by choosing View > Panorama, or clicking the toolbar button again. You may have noticed the blue magic margin, which always displays the clef, key signature and instrument name for each staff, superimposed over the left-hand margin in Panorama view.

For more information about Panorama, b 5.13 Panorama in Reference.

Zooming

There are several ways to adjust the magnification of the score, but the quickest of these is by using the keyboard shortcuts for zooming: type Ctrl++ or X+ to zoom in, or Ctrl+– or X– to zoom out. If you have a note or other object selected then Sibelius zooms in on the thing you select. Try clicking on the first note of the vocal staff in the Scarborough Fair score and zooming in. Notice as you do this how the percentage zoom factor shown in the drop-down list on the toolbar changes. You can select a particular zoom factor preset from the list, or type in your own.

If you have a mouse with a wheel button, you can zoom in and out smoothly by holding Ctrl or X and scrolling the wheel up and down.

Try zooming out so that you can see the whole page of music on your screen. Then zoom back in to 100%, which is a convenient size for doing most things in Sibelius.

Hiding and showing tool windows

If your screen starts to get cluttered, then you can click the buttons on the toolbar to hide any of Sibelius’s tool windows, including the Navigator, which we’ve already discussed.

The Keypad at the bottom right of the screen is an indispensible tool for inputting notes, accidentals, articulations, ties and other markings, and can be shown or hidden by switching Window > Keypad on or off, or by clicking on the toolbar button (shown on the right).

You can also hide all of Sibelius’s tool windows by clicking the Hide Tool Windows button on the toolbar, shown on the left. Click the button again to show the windows you had open previously.

Versions

While you work on a piece of music, it can be very useful to save different versions of the same score – especially if you’re going to experiment, or you want to produce different arrangements of the same piece. Sibelius allows you to store all of these different versions in the same file, so that you can go backwards (or forwards) in time through the life of your score.

All of the project files you’ll be working on in this Handbook have a number of different versions, corresponding to the chapter headings, so you can easily see where to start working from.

You can quickly see which version you’re viewing – and view other versions in the file – from the drop-down list on the toolbar, shown on the right.

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1.2 Editing and inputting notes

In order to complete this section of the project, you should have already made the 2 Editing and inputting notes version into the Current version (see above). If you haven’t already done so, choose File > Versions > Edit Versions, select this version in the list, and clicking Make current.

Most of the actions you will perform in Sibelius are related to inputting notes and editing what you’ve inputted. Sibelius allows you to input music in a number of ways – by scanning sheet music, playing a MIDI keyboard or guitar, placing notes with the mouse, opening files from other programs – but the fastest way of all is by typing using your computer keyboard and editing as you go.

Escape is your best friend

Before we learn how to enter and edit notes in a score, do you remember that we looked at using the Esc key as a get-out-of-jail-free card? Well, when you’re inputting or editing your music in any of the ways Sibelius allows, Esc is of the utmost importance. It can be used in any of the following situations:

*When adding notes with the mouse, hitting Esc will stop you placing any more notes

*When typing notes with your computer keyboard, hitting Esc will stop you adding any more notes and leave the most recently-added note selected

*If you’re editing a piece of text, hitting Esc will stop you typing or deleting any text and leave the object selected

*If you have something selected, hitting Esc will deselect it

*When Sibelius is playing back your score, hitting Esc will stop it playing back.

You can also click the top left button on any Keypad layout – the one with the picture of the mouse pointer on it – to perform the same function (see The Keypad, below).

Moving between notes

While Sibelius lets you click on a note to select it (that’s why it turns blue, so that you can edit or change it), the fastest way to move between notes in Sibelius is to use your computer keyboard. You can move forwards and backwards from one note or rest to the next one by using the 0 and 1 keys; to move to the first note or rest in a bar, simply type Ctrl+0 or Ctrl+1. Did you notice? This is another example of “do this, but bigger.”

You can also use the Tab key (above Caps Lock on your computer keyboard) to move forward through every object attached to a particular stave. Tab selects the first object on the page, so you don’t need to use your mouse at all. Try this out in the Scarborough Fair score: make sure you have nothing selected (by hitting Esc) and then hit Tab. You should see the first note on the vocal staff of the score turn blue. Keep hitting Tab and you’ll advance through the notes, rests, dynamic markings, lyrics and so on. To go backward in this way, simply type Shift-Tab.

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in use, use Shift-1 to Shift-9 to enter intervals above a note – b 5.12 Menus and shortcuts in Reference.

You can also purchase a separate numeric keypad to connect to your computer via USB that will allow you to use Sibelius’s standard shortcuts.

Save your work!

Before we get down to the real business of learning how to edit and input notes, let’s take a moment to save the score. You should always save your work regularly, and keep backups, preferably on a removable device like a USB flash memory stick (sometimes called a “pen drive”) or by burning onto CD-R.

To save a score for the first time, choose File > Save (shortcut Ctrl+S or XS) or click the toolbar button shown here, find a suitable location (e.g. your Scores folder), give your score a name, then click Save. On Windows the Scores folder is inside your My Documents folder; on Mac, the Scores folder is inside your user Documents folder.

However, because we’re working on an existing score that already has a name, we should use File > Save As (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S or xXS) to save a copy of the score under a new name. Call it e.g. Scarborough and save it to your Desktop.

Sibelius also automatically saves a copy of your score into a special folder every few minutes. If your computer should suffer a power failure or crash, the next time you start Sibelius you will be given the opportunity to restore any lost work.

You can save a version of your score at any point, which you can then use to save and review drafts, to keep track of arrangements, to save a pristine copy before you make a major change or to export a log showing the development of your score. Choose File > Save Version or click the toolbar button shown here.

Furthermore, every time you save your score using File > Save, Sibelius makes a numbered backup and puts it into the Backup Scores folder inside your Scores folder. If, say, your score gets deleted by accident, or if you make a major change that you later decide you don’t want, check inside the Backup Scores folder for a recent backup.

For more information on these useful features, b 5.22 Versions and b 9. Files in Reference.

Editing notes with the Keypad

All of the Keypad keys instantly modify the currently-selected note. So to change the duration or add accidentals to a note, simply click on it to select it and choose the corresponding Keypad button. You will find that if you learn to use the numeric keys and navigate with the arrow keys, you can work much faster than by clicking on the buttons with your mouse.

Let’s try it:

*In the Scarborough Fair score, select the second note of the vocal part in bar 11, a B natural quarter note (crotchet)

*Hit 3 (on the numeric Keypad) to change this to an eighth note (quaver) – notice how Sibelius has helpfully padded out the bar with an eighth note rest after the note to ensure that the bar remains the correct length