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November 4, 2012 By John Hinchey 9 Comments

Sibelius Tutorial: Working with Large Scores Part 3: Extra staves, now you see them now you don’t!

In the last post I showed you how to use plug-ins to quickly voice 4 horns and setup staves for the score (Horns 1&2 and Horns 3&4) and also separate …

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September 15, 2012 By John Hinchey 7 Comments

Sibelius Tutorial: Working with Large Scores Part 2: How do you eat an elephant?

In my first post in this series I introduced you to the Focus Family and Focus Set plug-ins, which I find indispensable when working with large scores.  Let’s …

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September 13, 2012 By John Hinchey

Sibelius Tutorial: Working With Large Scores: Part 1 Focus Family Plug-ins

In this series of blog posts I'm going to share some tips on working with large scores in Sibelius. Some scores are just plain BIG! When working on a …

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September 6, 2012 By John Hinchey 2 Comments

Sibelius: Yeah, there’s a plugin for that: ‘Run Plugins By Name’ and a follow up to Keyboard Shortcuts

One of the the great things about writing a blog like this is, I learn new things all the time.  Master plug-in programmer Bob Zawalich left a comment on my …

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September 4, 2012 By John Hinchey 8 Comments

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, memorizing and creating your own keyboard …

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September 3, 2012 By John Hinchey 4 Comments

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.  In this post I'll walk you …

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August 31, 2012 By John Hinchey 3 Comments

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 your mouse, track ball or trackpad is not the most …

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August 29, 2012 By John Hinchey 8 Comments

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, Digital Performer is my DAW of choice.  But a lot people do use …

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August 28, 2012 By John Hinchey Leave a Comment

The "Save Sibelius" Campaign

If you are a Sibelius user and spend any time looking around the internet, by now you know that there is a "Save Sibelius" campaign a foot.  There are a lot of …

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July 14, 2012 By John Hinchey 4 Comments

AVID Closes Sibelius UK Office

If you read my blog it's pretty clear what my notation software of choice is, Sibelius.  The big reason, it just works for me.  The way my mind views music …

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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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