Sibelius 7/8 Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts for a Faster Workflow

Equipment involved 1:13 Numeric keypad - where to buy 2:18 How to find any window in Sibelius 2:35 Introduction to the ribbon 2:55 Note input introduction 3:12 Cancel button 4:26 Adding articulations 5:00 Adding slurs 5:13 Two modes of selection 5:55 Adding crescendos and diminuendos 7:18 Regarding playback 8:30 How to hide markings 9:10 Adding lyrics 9:32 Magnetic Layout 11:16 Lyric hyphenator 12:34 Adding melismas 13:45 Adding dynamics 14:42 Adding an extra line of lyrics 16:15 How to delete reiteration markings on parts 16:55 Adding rests 17:20 How to add a pickup measure 17:48 Shortcut keys for zooming in Sibelius 18:45 How to beam notes 18:50 Transposing score function 22:10 How to view and edit individual parts 24:28 Show multicasts function 25:51 How to view groups of parts e:g the brass section 26:15 How to add measures 27:15 How to duplicate sections of music 27:47 How to re-input pitches 29:02 How to enharmonically respell notes 29:42 When you should use the atonal key signature 30:42 Ossia staff 31:42 How to change the font of the lyrics ( mini lecture on workflow efficiency) 32:27 How to improve the appearance of dynamic markings 35:30 How to input triplets (or any value tuplets) 37:07 How to add ties 37:45 How to make ‘Full Score’ appear 38:10 How to cross between staffs in a piano figuration ( panoramic view) 39:04 How to double or halve note values in a section of music 41:11 Two ways of entering things on Sibelius 42:23 Adding pedal markings 43:15 Symbols and ossia notes 45:26 How to add note names 48:25 Beaming over a rest in stemlets 49:01 Grace notes 51:22 How to change voicing quickly and use explode function 52:28 Expression and technique shortcut 54:24 Reduce function 55:20 Adding a metronome marking 56:25 Adding metric modulations 57:05 Copyright symbol shortcut 57:30 Adding chord notation 57:50 Adding rehearsal marks 59:44 Configuration and mixer 1:01:26 Live tempo feature 1:02:19 Adding harp pedal diagrams 1:04:03 How to hide empty staves 1:05:35 Page breaks, adjusting staff size, and adding a title page 1:07:27 Adding a system break 1:08:00 How to hide or show elements 1:08:40 How to change the texture of the background 1:09:09 Important note about where to put page breaks 1:09:45 Unlock or Lock format feature 1:10:09 Review feature 1:10:24 Creating separate voices on one staff 1:11:17 Adjusting note and voice colors 1:13:00 Coloring in notes (useful for analysis e:g indicating where the melody is) 1:13:40 To get in touch with me for Zoom composition or piano lessons, commissions, collaborations, or just a friendly chat, you can use the email jjayberthume@