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November 22, 2010 By John Hinchey 11 Comments

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 music down!

When Sibelius boots up it plays a short snippet from Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 6 Op. 104 as performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Many mornings it’s like my wake up call, “Welcome to Sibelius time to get to work!” I kind of like it.

But I run into many Sibelius users who say, “I love Sibelius but that start up music is really annoying!”  What they don’t realize is, there is a simple way to turn that rousing melody off.

Go to the menu Sibelius> Preferences>Other (which is the last option in the list on the left). In the lower right quarter of this window you’ll see this:

 

Uncheck “Play music” and you won’t hear those lovely strains again, until the next time you drop in on the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and they happen to have Sibelius Symphony No. 6 on the program.

BTW: This subject was most recently brought to my attention by Tyler Summers a wonderful multi instrumentalist/singer/songwriter here in Nashville, who I had the pleasure of working with for the first time this past weekend.  Click on his name here and check out his website, he is doing some pretty unique stuff!

Hinch

Filed Under: Learning software, Music Notation, Sibelius, Trouble Shooting Software, Tutorials, Uncategorized Tagged With: Music Prep, Sibelius, Trouble Shooting Software

John Hinchey

John Hinchey is a Producer, Composer and Arranger and expert in digital notation software. He has produced, written, and/or arranged thousands of professional charts and shows for musicians, singers, songwriters, cruise lines, theme parks, high schools, colleges, etc. As a speaker, he presents to groups and organizations on using the Avid Sibelius software. In the online world, he provides tutoring on the Sibelius notation software and helps musicians adapt to the changing needs of the digital world as it applies to music.

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  1. Chris says

    January 31, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Thanks, man! It’s a nice little piece of music, but it often interrupts my musical thoughts and/or plays while I’m already listening to something, so this really helped.

    Reply
    • John Hinchey says

      January 31, 2012 at 5:13 pm

      You’re welcome, glad it helped!

  2. Andy says

    July 16, 2012 at 4:58 pm

    Ditto on that. Thanks for the tip.

    Reply
    • John Hinchey says

      July 16, 2012 at 6:50 pm

      Glad I can help!

  3. Symon Michael says

    October 10, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Yes – very helpful info. Thanks! The Sibelius menus are very similar to Windows Office v10, and a year later, I’m still in the learning curve on that one also,

    Cheers,

    –>S.

    Reply
  4. John Douglas says

    December 21, 2012 at 1:47 am

    John: Thanks for the heads up – I love Jean Sibelius’ music, but the start up fanfare is wearing thin, and it’s always way too loud. John Douglas

    Reply
    • John Hinchey says

      January 9, 2013 at 11:33 pm

      Hi John, You are welcome, this is a very popular post! Thanks for reading my blog! Hinch

  5. Josh Markham says

    December 30, 2013 at 9:31 pm

    Thanks for the info. Sometimes the start-up music seems to drag on and on, especially if I am already listening to something when starting the program.

    Reply
  6. ask says

    April 13, 2015 at 6:51 am

    Aw, this was an incredibly good post. Taking a few minutes and
    actual effort to generate a very good article… but what can I say… I procrastinate a lot and don’t seem to get anything done.

    Reply
  7. Ted David says

    August 4, 2021 at 11:41 am

    Looks like I’m having the opposite issue. Sibelius Ultimate has stopped playing the music upon opening, even though the “Play music” is checked. Could it be because I am using a HDMI connection to a large screen monitor as my video and audio?

    Reply
    • John Hinchey says

      August 5, 2021 at 10:16 am

      I’m not sure exactly why that happened but that may be the issue if this is a recent change to your setup. I have notice that the startup music plays through the computer system audio but no necessarily through the audio interface chosen in the Sibelius playback setup.

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