Sibelius Ultimate 2019 Essential Training: Beyond the Basics

Introduction

• Welcome
• How to use the exercise files
• Challenge overview

1. The Jump Start

• Setting course preferences
• Interface reminders and tips, part 1
• Interface reminders and tips, part 2
• Additional navigation options
• Creating and adjusting a new score
• Adding important system text styles
• Understanding system object positions

2. Note Input and Editing

• Note input review
• Using the Keyboard panel
• Using the Fretboard panel
• Inputting notes into a tablature staff
• Flexi-time options and latency
• Flexi-time note input
• Using sticky tuplets
• Inputting lines during note input
• Noteheads and rhythm slashes
• Multi-copying and pasting

3. More about Chord Symbols

• Chord symbols and engraving rules: Review
• MIDI keyboard input of chord symbols
• Chord symbol text
• Creating keyboard shortcuts
• Additional chord symbol features

4. More about Lyrics

• Understanding lyric engraving rules
• Additional lyric text styles
• Pasting lyrics into Sibelius
• Importing lyrics into Sibelius
• Editing lyric mistakes
• Selecting and editing lines of lyrics

5. Repeats and Playback Mapping

• Working with the repeat text style
• Indenting and adding gaps before bars
• Using repeat barlines and endings
• Adjusting the playback map

6. Challenge and Solution 1

• Challenge 1: Creating a lead sheet
• Solution 1: Creating a lead sheet

7. Multiple Voices and Hidden Objects

• Overview of multiple voices
• Adding and navigating through four voices
• All voice and assigning text to voices
• Filtering multiple voices
• Swap, copy, paste, and assign voices
• Combining and separating notes into voices
• Hiding and showing

8. Adding Bars and Additional Objects

• Inserting bars and adding irregular bars
• Exploring keypad layouts
• Inputting appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas
• Setting and adjusting beaming
• Rolls and tremolos
• Repeat bar symbols
• The Symbols gallery

9. Working with Instruments

• Editing instruments and staff types
• Instrument changes
• Graphic notations

10. Drum Mapping and Notation

• Unpitched percussion and drum mapping
• Drum set notation theory
• Drum set notation: Alphanumeric
• Drum set notation: Step-time

11. Putting It All Together

• Final Challenge: A creative arrangement
• Solution: Accessing and navigating Worksheet Creator
• Solution: Finding repertoire in the Worksheet Creator
• Solution: Preparing your file
• Solution: Doubling note values
• Solution: Transformations, part 1
• Solution: Transformations, part 2
• Solution: Transformations, part 3
• Solution: Retrograde and Invert features
• Solution: Additional ways to transform
• Solution: Composing tools – add harmony
• Solution: Composing tools – add drum pattern
• Solution: Getting to know the Ideas panel
• Solution: Document setup and justification
• Solution: Formatting and printing parts
• Solution: Conclusion

Conclusion

• Next steps