In this video, let's take a look at the various types of text styles that…Sibelius makes available to us.…Sibelius organizes text styles into one of four categories.…The easiest way to see this organization and all of the text styles available to…us is by visiting the Create menu. So up to Create and down to Text and this is…our Create > Text menu.…You can also get to the Create menu by right-clicking or if you're on Mac…Ctrl+Clicking with your mouse anywhere blank on the score page, like this, and down to Text.…
So you can see here in the Text area that there are four divisions of the text menu here.…Up here we have some staff text.…Staff text is any text that you would insert on a single staff on a score and…that you would only want to have show up on that single part if that part were…extracted from the score.…Examples of staff text include Expressions like dynamic markings,…Techniques like performance indications above the staff, such as arco and…pizzicato, and Lyrics.…
If you're not sure what other text styles fit into the staff text category, you…
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5/11/2011- 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
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 3s
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1. Getting Started
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Setting up a MIDI keyboard1m 18s
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2. Navigating the Interface
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Understanding the menus3m 35s
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Zooming2m 51s
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Introducing Magnetic Layout3m 10s
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3. Selection
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Bar and staff selection4m 10s
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System selection3m 15s
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Contiguous/range selection2m 10s
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4. Creating a New Score
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Creating a new score6m 26s
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Initial score layout8m 30s
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Creating objects3m 23s
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Key signatures5m 10s
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Time signatures6m 10s
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5. Note Entry
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Entering tuplets3m 57s
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6. Editing Notes
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Editing notes6m 50s
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Transposing notes5m 17s
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Editing beams3m 16s
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7. Adding Lines and Symbols to Your Score
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The Lines menu5m 42s
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8. Important Quick Keys and Themes
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The Sibelius ABCs6m 5s
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9. Working with Text
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Understanding text styles4m 42s
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Creating expression text4m 48s
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Creating lyrics5m 18s
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Creating repeat text6m 35s
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Adding rehearsal marks3m 30s
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Editing instrument names3m 15s
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Creating chord symbols7m 57s
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Creating a new text style5m 32s
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10. Engraving and Formatting
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Adjusting vertical spacing6m 21s
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Adjusting horizontal spacing4m 43s
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Adjusting bar numbers2m 36s
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Using Magnetic Layout3m 46s
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11. Working with Parts
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12. Printing, Saving, Exporting, and Sharing
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Printing3m 3s
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Saving1m 46s
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Sharing a score using Scorch3m 40s
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Conclusion
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Additional resources2m 59s
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