Tutorials
Sibelius: Advanced Filter Tips part 2
Here’s another example of using the Advanced Filter. This one involves text. Filtering lyrics This is a situation I run ...
Sibelius: Advanced Filter Tips part 1
Have you ever been working in Sibelius and come across a procedure that seems to take a lot of steps ...
Sibelius, Finale & PDFs: How to view your PDF parts in score order and using “Name Those Files” to keep them that way
Have you ever had a problem, then you find the solution and the next thing the sound you utter resembles ...
Music Prep Tutorial: How to keep your PDF scores and parts from printing with wide margins (the dreaded PDF “shrinkage!”)
The great majority of charts I deliver to clients are now attached to an email and sent as PDFs. No ...
Finale to Sibelius Translation: Part 2 Tools-Articulation & Chord
This post is part 2 in my series of posts translating Sibelius 6 for Finale users. Remember I’m using Finale ...
Sibelius: How to turn off the startup music
Note: There is another installment of “Finale to Sibelius Translation” coming soon. In the meantime: Can’t you boys turn that ...
Finale to Sibelius Translation: Part 1 Learning and Semantics
Many composers, arrangers, orchestrators and music prep professionals who are long time Finale users are finding that if pays to ...
Sibelius Tutorial: Non consecutive rehearsal letters “ A B A1 B1 C A2 B2 D-outro”
When it comes to rehearsal marks my personal preference is using bar numbers. But many arrangers use rehearsal letters A, ...
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 ...