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Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 3:Key Of The Day and A Cousin Named "Key Tips"

Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 3:Key Of The Day and A Cousin Named "Key Tips"

In part 1 of this series we looked at Sibelius's built in keyboard shortcuts, in part 2 we explored organizing, ...
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Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 2: Have A Plan, Why 'W' = 'We'-duce and Finale Schema

Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 2: Have A Plan, Why ‘W’ = ‘We’-duce and Finale Schema

In my last blog post, I talked about learning the keyboard shortcuts built into Sibelius and how this can boost your productivity ...
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Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 1:The Key To Productivity!

Sibelius:Keyboard Shortcuts Part 1:The Key To Productivity!

Weather it's pulling down a menu in Sibelius 6 or pointing and clicking on the ribbon in Sibelius 7, using ...
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ProTools: Change Grand Staff to Single Staff in Score Editor

ProTools: Change Grand Staff to Single Staff in Score Editor

Well here's a first, a blog post with a ProTools tip!  To be honest I don't use ProTools a lot, ...
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Sibelius: Small Stave In Part Only

Sibelius: Small Stave In Part Only

Here’s a quick tip that you might not use every day but could come in very handy. The situation is ...
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Sibelius tutorial: Installing Plugins in Sibelius 7

Sibelius tutorial: Installing Plugins in Sibelius 7

Yeah, there's an easier way to install plugins With all these recent blog posts on plugins, I thought it might ...
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Sibelius tutorial: "HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL MY PAGE TEXT!" or How to safely add or delete bars to the top of your score.

Sibelius tutorial: "HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL MY PAGE TEXT!" or How to safely add or delete bars to the top of your score.

Yeah there’s a plugin for that: Move System Objects For Delete Bar plugin and Add Pickup Bar plugin Continuing with ...
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Highwire plugin

Sibelius: Yeah, there’s a plug-in for that: Line Between Notes

In my previous blog post in this series I talked a bit about plug-ins.  I’d like to continue by introducing you ...
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Sibelius and Finale

Sibelius & Finale: File sharing amongst and between part 1

Surprisingly, I run into many Sibelius users who are under the impression that once you upgrade to Sibelius 7 you ...
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Swiss army knife

Sibelius: Advanced Filter Tips part 3

In this installment of “Advanced Filtering Tips” I am going to combine several filtering elements and take advantage of an ...
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    John Hinchey is a producer, arranger/composer and speaker. He helps musical artists (such as Martina McBride), production companies (for cruise lines and theme parks), and independent singer/songwriters with musical arrangements, composition, music prep and trombone. In addition to arranging for Sting's Rainforest Benefit Concerts, he has also produced, arranged and/or composed music for the 2004 Democratic Convention, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, the critically acclaimed CD "Rewiring Genesis: A Tribute To 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" and more.

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