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Getting Started
1. Launch Sibelius and open a new file by clicking this icon:
2. The default format is Letter but you can choose a pre-made template such as String Quartet, Jazz Combo, etc. (Tabloid is larger and A3, A4 are European standard sizes)
3. After you choose Letter or another non-template size, it will ask you to add instruments and you must choose at least one.
4. Choose the necessary instruments for your score
5. Make sure that you set the “Play using this device” choice to the correct setting.
-For Windows computers without a MIDI Keyboard choose: SB Live! MidiSynth
-For Windows computers with a MIDI Keyboard choose: SB Live! MIDI UART to hear sounds through the Kurzweil or use SB Live! MIDI Synth for soundcard sounds
6. Adding more bars is done by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping the B key
7. To set the Time Signature type ‘t’ and Key Signature type ‘k’ or they can be set by going to the Create menu in the top of the screen:
8. An easy way to maneuver between sections is place your cursor on the section of the page you want to view in the navigator screen (located in the lower left hand corner of the score).
9. To change any text just double-click on it
Entering Notes
(NumLock Key should be selected on the keypad)
With the Mouse
1. To enter notes with the mouse just click the correct note value (to make a rest also click the rest sign [0 key]) and then click on the place where you want to place it in the score
2. You should hear the note as you enter it and if you want to change it to a different note, just drag the notehead to the correct pitch
3. You can make chords by clicking another staff location above or below the note you just entered
4. To clear notehead selections press Esc key twice
With the Keypad
1. Using the number keypad to the right of the computer keyboard and the arrow keys you can enter most notes and rests.
2. The layout of the keypad corresponds to that of the onscreen accidentals, notes, and rests. It starts with the seven and goes down to the . (period)
3. Experiment with pressing these keypad buttons and watch the onscreen keypad light-up and see what combinations are possible.
4. The side arrows are used to move from note to note and measure to measure
5. The up and down arrows are used to move the note up or down on the staff
6. Another way to enter note names is by using the alphabetical letter on the keyboard
You can use both note entry types together.
Step-time input
(for computers with MIDI Keyboards only)
1. Select a note duration from the keyboard
2. Start playing notes on the MIDI keyboard, the space bar is a rest
3. Use the articulation, note-value, and other settings as you did with the Keypad input
4. Change note duration using the keypad as necessary
5. Chords can be input easier using this method
Flexi-Time input
(you need a MIDI Keyboard to use this feature)
1. Click the specific bar that you want to start recording from.
2. Click the Flexi-time button with the red dot:
3. It will click for two measures at the metronome marking you have set to let you get ready, then it starts recording the notes you play on the MIDI keyboard in almost real-time
4. The flexible aspect of this input is that the metronome will attempt to follow you if you slow down or speed up.
Playback
-By pressing the triangle-shaped Play button or p, the piece
will start from the point of the cursor (if the cursor is not in the score playback begins from the first measure).Getting Help
The easiest way to get information about Sibelius is to go to the Help Menu by clicking on the question mark icon:
