In this video, learn what the Technique text style is, what it is best used for, and how to best input it into your score.
- The technique text style is used for instrumental … and vocal technique indications … that appear in plain font above the staff. … Examples of techniques include indications … for pizzicato, arco, solo, mute, and so on. … Technique text is usually attached to a note … or it can be attached to any position within a bar. … The shortcut for technique text is Command + T on Mac … or Control + T on Windows. … The technique text style is a staff text style … so your techniques will appear only … in the part that they're attached to in the score. … To input a technique above the staff … it's best to select the musical note in the score … that you want the technique to affect. … I'm going to select a note in the violin. … So I'm going to go over here to the violin part, … I'll click on that and zoom in a little bit for us, … and Escape. … Now right now, I'm going to play this real quick. … This violin is playing arco. … (violin music) … And we're going to make it play pizzicato. … So I'm going to select a note over here …
Author
Jenny Amaya
Released
9/19/2019- Advanced navigation options
- MIDI keyboard input of chord symbols
- Importing MIDI Files
- Pasting and importing lyrics
- Multiple voices and hidden objects
- Combining and separating notes into voices
- Inputting appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas
- Graphic notation
- Drum mapping and notation
- Transforming existing music
- Laying out parts
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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1. Navigating and Understanding the Interface
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Exploring the score page2m 50s
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Using escape, undo, and redo3m 46s
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Navigating through the score6m 38s
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Zooming in and out5m 48s
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Saving your score7m 14s
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Setting essential preferences11m 36s
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2. Getting to Know the Score Window
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The single-document design3m 53s
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3. A Closer Look at the Interface
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Working with panels5m 5s
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The Timeline panel4m 50s
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Quick access to the ribbon4m 16s
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4. Playback Basics
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Playback preferences6m 27s
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Basic playback features6m 28s
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Replay and loop playback6m 2s
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The transport controls7m 46s
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The Sibelius Mixer5m 46s
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5. Selection
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Focus on staves5m 38s
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6. Creating a New Score and Inputting Score Objects
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After the score appears2m 50s
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7. Note Input
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Alphanumeric note input16m 38s
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Step-time note input4m 6s
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Re-inputting pitches4m 30s
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8. Challenge and Solution 1
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9. Editing, Copying, and Pasting
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Editing pitches3m 55s
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Editing rhythms5m 41s
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Cut, copy, paste, and repeat9m 13s
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Nudge and slide4m 48s
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Rhythms and time signatures3m 41s
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10. Additional Score Objects
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Working with tuplets6m 22s
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Creating and extending slurs8m 25s
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Exploring the Lines gallery4m 26s
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Changing barline types2m 55s
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11. Working with Text Styles
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Overview of text styles6m 16s
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Tempo text3m 59s
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Expression text4m 40s
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Technique text3m 11s
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Creating and editing lyrics7m 54s
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Positioning and editing text7m 16s
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12. Finishing, Printing, Exporting, and Sharing
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Laying out a score in portrait10m 59s
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The Print dialog4m 9s
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Score Info and exporting options11m 54s
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Sharing options5m 55s
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13. Challenge and Solution 2
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Solution: Notation exercise 234m 41s
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Conclusion
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Where to go from here2m 14s
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