Music Notation
Sibelius Tutorial: Quick filter & delete with the Sibelius keypad
Sibelius has many powerful filters in the Edit menu that are useful for all sorts of duties. The reason to ...
Notes On Notes Mailbox: Sibelius-Drum cues in a flute part
Here's a question from an email I recently received related to my last series of blog posts. “Hi John, Thanks ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 5-Combo & Cues
With this post I’ve cover the remaining drum set notation types sited in my first post in this series. 5 ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 4 Repeat, Slash & Rhythmic
Next on the list of drum set notation 2. Repeat bars Let’s face it, most drum set parts consist of ...
Sibelius Plug-in: Make Pitches Constant-Drums
Make Pitches Constant-Drums is one of my favorite plugins related to creating drum set parts. It is a variation on ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 3-fully notated bars & plugins
Continuing on with fully notated drum parts, here are some plugins I’ve found really helpful in streamlining the process. Duplicate ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 2-fully notated bars
Fully notated drum parts are fairly straight forward if you’ve mastered the concept of inputting notes in 2 voices. If ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-sidebar 1
Before I continue, a quick comment on the different styles of fully notated drum parts. There are 3 basic styles ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Drum set notation-part 1
Many if not most of the projects I arrange for require drum set parts. A drum set part can be ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Chord Diagrams with No Staves
Using the concepts I’ve presented in the “Signal Flow and Music Notatation Software” blog posts, let’s look at an example ...