John Hinchey

Nashville Music Producer, Composer and Arranger

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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 ...
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Sibelius, Finale & PDFs: How to view your PDF parts in score order and using “Name Those Files” to keep them that way

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 ...
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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 ...
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Finale to Sibelius Translation: Part 2 Tools-Articulation & Chord

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 ...
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Sibelius: How to turn off the startup music

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 ...
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Finale to Sibelius Translation: Part 1 Learning and Semantics

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 ...
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Sibelius Tutorial: Non consecutive rehearsal letters “ A B A1 B1 C A2 B2 D-outro”

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, ...
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Sibelius Tutorial: Quick filter & delete with the Sibelius keypad

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 ...
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Notes On Notes Mailbox: Sibelius-Drum cues in a flute part

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 ...
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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 ...
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