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Sibelius 6 Essential Training

Sibelius 6 Essential Training

with Jenny Amaya



In Sibelius 6 Essential Training, author Jenny Amaya covers the ins and outs of creating, arranging, and publishing professional-looking scores using Avid's popular music notation software. Beginning with the basics of score creation and note entry, the course explains how to interface with a MIDI keyboard; edit note durations and pitches; and incorporate lyrics, tempo markings, and other text elements. Also included are tutorials on formatting your score and dynamic parts. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
  • Navigating the Sibelius interface
  • Setting essential preferences
  • Controlling basic score playback
  • Performing contiguous and non-contiguous selections
  • Ensuring score readability and organization
  • Creating a new score
  • Adding time signatures and key signatures
  • Entering notes, rests, accidentals, and chords
  • Inputting notation with a MIDI keyboard
  • Creating and extending slurs and phrase marks
  • Saving time with quick key shortcuts
  • Printing and exporting a completed project
  • Sharing scores via the Scorch plug-in

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author
Jenny Amaya
subject
Audio, Scoring + Composition
software
Sibelius 6
level
Beginner
duration
5h 30m
released
May 11, 2011

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