Sibelius Ultimate 2019 Essential Training: Beyond the Basics

Course details

Learn advanced techniques in Sibelius Ultimate, the powerful and flexible music notation software used around the world by music professionals, educators, and hobbyists. In a course designed for Sibelius users who are ready to take their printed music to the next level, instructor Jenny Amaya covers advanced techniques including additional note input methods, chord symbols, and playback capabilities, with the goal of producing a quality lead sheet. Learn instrument definitions in-depth, explore drum mapping and notation, and discover a wealth of time-saving shortcuts. Work along with Jenny to create and transform your music and to prepare your score and parts for printing.

Learning objectives
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

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - How to use the exercise files
03 - Challenge overview

1. The Jump Start

04 - Setting course preferences
05 - Interface reminders and tips, part 1
06 - Interface reminders and tips, part 2
07 - Additional navigation options
08 - Creating and adjusting a new score
09 - Adding important system text styles
10 - Understanding system object positions

2. Note Input and Editing

11 - Note input review
12 - Using the Keyboard panel
13 - Using the Fretboard panel
14 - Inputting notes into a tablature staff
15 - Flexi-time options and latency
16 - Flexi-time note input
17 - Using sticky tuplets
18 - Inputting lines during note input
19 - Noteheads and rhythm slashes
20 - Multi-copying and pasting

3. More about Chord Symbols

21 - Chord symbols and engraving rules - Review
22 - MIDI keyboard input of chord symbols
23 - Chord symbol text
24 - Creating keyboard shortcuts
25 - Additional chord symbol features

4. More about Lyrics

26 - Understanding lyric engraving rules
27 - Additional lyric text styles
28 - Pasting lyrics into Sibelius
29 - Importing lyrics into Sibelius
30 - Editing lyric mistakes
31 - Selecting and editing lines of lyrics

5. Repeats and Playback Mapping

32 - Working with the repeat text style
33 - Indenting and adding gaps before bars
34 - Using repeat barlines and endings
35 - Adjusting the playback map

6. Challenge and Solution 1

36 - Challenge 1 - Creating a lead sheet
37 - Solution 1 - Creating a lead sheet

7. Multiple Voices and Hidden Objects

38 - Overview of multiple voices
39 - Adding and navigating through four voices
40 - All voice and assigning text to voices
41 - Filtering multiple voices
42 - Swap, copy, paste, and assign voices
43 - Combining and separating notes into voices
44 - Hiding and showing

8. Adding Bars and Additional Objects

45 - Inserting bars and adding irregular bars
46 - Exploring keypad layouts
47 - Inputting appoggiaturas and acciaccaturas
48 - Setting and adjusting beaming
49 - Rolls and tremolos
50 - Repeat bar symbols
51 - The Symbols gallery

9. Working with Instruments

52 - Editing instruments and staff types
53 - Instrument changes
54 - Graphic notations

10. Drum Mapping and Notation

55 - Unpitched percussion and drum mapping
56 - Drum set notation theory
57 - Drum set notation - Alphanumeric
58 - Drum set notation - Step-time

11. Putting It All Together

59 - Final Challenge - A creative arrangement
60 - Solution - Accessing and navigating Worksheet Creator
61 - Solution - Finding repertoire in the Worksheet Creator
62 - Solution - Preparing your file
63 - Solution - Doubling note values
64 - Solution - Transformations, part 1
65 - Solution - Transformations, part 2
66 - Solution - Transformations, part 3
67 - Solution - Retrograde and Invert features
68 - Solution - Additional ways to transform
69 - Solution - Composing tools add harmony
70 - Solution - Composing tools add drum pattern
71 - Solution - Getting to know the Ideas panel
72 - Solution - Document setup and justification
73 - Solution - Formatting and printing parts
74 - Solution - Conclusion

Conclusion

75 - Next steps