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Sibelius 7

John Hinchey teaches Sibelius techniques at Sweetwater

January 15, 2014 By John Hinchey 2 Comments

Sibelius 7 workshop at Sweetwater Jan. 18, 2014

Hi all just a quick note. I will be doing a free Sibelius 7 workshop at Sweetwater in Ft. Wayne Indiana saturday January 18, 2014 from 10am to noon. Topics …

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December 21, 2013 By John Hinchey 3 Comments

Sibelius 7 Playback Tips: Tweaking ritard and accelerando lines

In my last blog post in this series Sibelius 7 Playback tips: Tweaking Gliss lines we looked at using the Inspector to tweak gliss lines. In this post we'll use …

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December 14, 2013 By John Hinchey

Sibelius 7 Playback tips: Tweaking Gliss lines

This is the first in a series on tutorials on tweaking  Sibelius 7 playback. The ways to tweak playback in Sibelius 7 can go pretty deep if you really want to …

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December 14, 2013 By John Hinchey 4 Comments

Hi It’s Me I’m Back

Hi it's me I'm back. 2013 is almost over and you may have noticed I took a hiatus from blogging. No worries all is well! I've been producing, arranging, and, …

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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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    John Hinchey helps his clients' projects sound beautiful with the notes he puts on paper.

    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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