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Info/Fun
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Try doing some of the following things: CHANGING SPACING Select a note or rest and drag it left or right instead of up and down. This is how you can adjust the spacing if you think you can do it bettervthan Sibelius 7. EXTRACTING PARTS Load a score such as Narnia, select one of the staves and then choose Edit->Extract part. The part will be extracted, transposed, respaced and rests will be grouped together except where they have to be split by a rehearsal mark, tempo mark etc. EXTRACTING SEVERAL PARTS You can select several instruments from the Instruments menu by clicking Adjust on each in turn, but choosing the last one with Select. Then choose Edit->Extract part, and all the instruments will be extracted togther, and respaced according to the music within them. This is very useful for making different arrangements: you could compose a piece for choir and instruments, then extract the choir parts together and add a keyboard reduction instead. REFORMATTING Load a score and choose Score->Score format... Change the page size and/or the stave size, then click on Set. The whole score will be instantly reformatted to suit the new shape. You can use this to make different versions of the same score, or by making tiny adjustments to the size of the staves you can force a score to fit into any desired number of pages. This is very useful if your piano piece takes up 1 1/2 pages instead of 2. LOTS OF INSTRUMENTS You can have up to 128 staves, even 128 different instruments. Select a stave and click Adjust below it to copy it repeatedly. You'll notice that Sibelius 7 hardly slows down no matter how much music there is. With lots of staves you need to use the Score->Score format dialogure box to set either very large paper or very small staves!
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The p| 00000150 61 72 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 78 74 72 |art will be extr| 00000160 61 63 74 65 64 2c 20 74 72 61 6e 73 70 6f 73 65 |acted, transpose| 00000170 64 2c 20 72 65 73 70 61 63 65 64 20 61 6e 64 0a |d, respaced and.| 00000180 72 65 73 74 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 67 72 |rests will be gr| 00000190 6f 75 70 65 64 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 65 |ouped together e| 000001a0 78 63 65 70 74 20 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 79 |xcept where they| 000001b0 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 70 6c 69 | have to be spli| 000001c0 74 20 62 79 20 61 0a 72 65 68 65 61 72 73 61 6c |t by a.rehearsal| 000001d0 20 6d 61 72 6b 2c 20 74 65 6d 70 6f 20 6d 61 72 | mark, tempo mar| 000001e0 6b 20 65 74 63 2e 0a 0a 0a 45 58 54 52 41 43 54 |k etc....EXTRACT| 000001f0 49 4e 47 20 53 45 56 45 52 41 4c 20 50 41 52 54 |ING SEVERAL PART| 00000200 53 0a 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 |S.You can select| 00000210 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6c 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 6d | several instrum| 00000220 65 6e 74 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e |ents from the In| 00000230 73 74 72 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 62 |struments menu b| 00000240 79 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 0a 41 64 6a 75 73 |y clicking.Adjus| 00000250 74 20 6f 6e 20 65 61 63 68 20 69 6e 20 74 75 72 |t on each in tur| 00000260 6e 2c 20 62 75 74 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 69 6e 67 20 |n, but choosing | 00000270 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 69 74 |the last one wit| 00000280 68 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 2e 20 54 68 65 6e 20 63 |h Select. Then c| 00000290 68 6f 6f 73 65 0a 45 64 69 74 2d 3e 45 78 74 72 |hoose.Edit->Extr| 000002a0 61 63 74 20 70 61 72 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c |act part, and al| 000002b0 6c 20 74 68 65 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 6d 65 6e 74 |l the instrument| 000002c0 73 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 65 78 74 72 61 63 |s will be extrac| 000002d0 74 65 64 20 74 6f 67 74 68 65 72 2c 20 61 6e 64 |ted togther, and| 000002e0 0a 72 65 73 70 61 63 65 64 20 61 63 63 6f 72 64 |.respaced accord| 000002f0 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d 75 73 69 63 |ing to the music| 00000300 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 74 68 65 6d 2e 20 54 68 | within them. Th| 00000310 69 73 20 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 |is is very usefu| 00000320 6c 20 66 6f 72 20 6d 61 6b 69 6e 67 0a 64 69 66 |l for making.dif| 00000330 66 65 72 65 6e 74 20 61 72 72 61 6e 67 65 6d 65 |ferent arrangeme| 00000340 6e 74 73 3a 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 63 |nts: you could c| 00000350 6f 6d 70 6f 73 65 20 61 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 66 |ompose a piece f| 00000360 6f 72 20 63 68 6f 69 72 20 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 73 |or choir and ins| 00000370 74 72 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 2c 0a 74 68 65 6e 20 65 |truments,.then e| 00000380 78 74 72 61 63 74 20 74 68 65 20 63 68 6f 69 72 |xtract the choir| 00000390 20 70 61 72 74 73 20 74 6f 67 65 74 68 65 72 20 | parts together | 000003a0 61 6e 64 20 61 64 64 20 61 20 6b 65 79 62 6f 61 |and add a keyboa| 000003b0 72 64 20 72 65 64 75 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 73 |rd reduction ins| 000003c0 74 65 61 64 2e 0a 0a 0a 52 45 46 4f 52 4d 41 54 |tead....REFORMAT| 000003d0 54 49 4e 47 0a 4c 6f 61 64 20 61 20 73 63 6f 72 |TING.Load a scor| 000003e0 65 20 61 6e 64 20 63 68 6f 6f 73 65 20 53 63 6f |e and choose Sco| 000003f0 72 65 2d 3e 53 63 6f 72 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 |re->Score format| 00000400 2e 2e 2e 20 43 68 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 70 |... Change the p| 00000410 61 67 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 61 6e 64 2f 6f 72 0a |age size and/or.| 00000420 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 76 65 20 73 69 7a 65 2c 20 |the stave size, | 00000430 74 68 65 6e 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 53 65 |then click on Se| 00000440 74 2e 20 54 68 65 20 77 68 6f 6c 65 20 73 63 6f |t. The whole sco| 00000450 72 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 69 6e 73 74 61 |re will be insta| 00000460 6e 74 6c 79 0a 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 74 65 64 |ntly.reformatted| 00000470 20 74 6f 20 73 75 69 74 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 | to suit the new| 00000480 20 73 68 61 70 65 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 | shape. You can | 00000490 75 73 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 |use this to make| 000004a0 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 0a 76 65 72 73 69 | different.versi| 000004b0 6f 6e 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 |ons of the same | 000004c0 73 63 6f 72 65 2c 20 6f 72 20 62 79 20 6d 61 6b |score, or by mak| 000004d0 69 6e 67 20 74 69 6e 79 20 61 64 6a 75 73 74 6d |ing tiny adjustm| 000004e0 65 6e 74 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a 65 |ents to the size| 000004f0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0a 73 74 61 76 65 73 20 79 | of the.staves y| 00000500 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 66 6f 72 63 65 20 61 20 73 |ou can force a s| 00000510 63 6f 72 65 20 74 6f 20 66 69 74 20 69 6e 74 6f |core to fit into| 00000520 20 61 6e 79 20 64 65 73 69 72 65 64 20 6e 75 6d | any desired num| 00000530 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 70 61 67 65 73 2e 20 54 68 |ber of pages. Th| 00000540 69 73 0a 69 73 20 76 65 72 79 20 75 73 65 66 75 |is.is very usefu| 00000550 6c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 70 69 61 6e 6f 20 |l if your piano | 00000560 70 69 65 63 65 20 74 61 6b 65 73 20 75 70 20 31 |piece takes up 1| 00000570 20 31 2f 32 20 70 61 67 65 73 20 69 6e 73 74 65 | 1/2 pages inste| 00000580 61 64 20 6f 66 20 32 2e 0a 0a 0a 4c 4f 54 53 20 |ad of 2....LOTS | 00000590 4f 46 20 49 4e 53 54 52 55 4d 45 4e 54 53 0a 59 |OF INSTRUMENTS.Y| 000005a0 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 68 61 76 65 20 75 70 20 74 |ou can have up t| 000005b0 6f 20 31 32 38 20 73 74 61 76 65 73 2c 20 65 76 |o 128 staves, ev| 000005c0 65 6e 20 31 32 38 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 74 |en 128 different| 000005d0 20 69 6e 73 74 72 75 6d 65 6e 74 73 2e 20 53 65 | instruments. Se| 000005e0 6c 65 63 74 20 61 0a 73 74 61 76 65 20 61 6e 64 |lect a.stave and| 000005f0 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 62 65 | click Adjust be| 00000600 6c 6f 77 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 70 79 20 69 |low it to copy i| 00000610 74 20 72 65 70 65 61 74 65 64 6c 79 2e 20 59 6f |t repeatedly. Yo| 00000620 75 27 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 20 74 68 61 74 |u'll notice that| 00000630 0a 53 69 62 65 6c 69 75 73 20 37 20 68 61 72 64 |.Sibelius 7 hard| 00000640 6c 79 20 73 6c 6f 77 73 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 6e 6f |ly slows down no| 00000650 20 6d 61 74 74 65 72 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 75 63 68 | matter how much| 00000660 20 6d 75 73 69 63 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 2e | music there is.| 00000670 20 57 69 74 68 20 6c 6f 74 73 20 6f 66 0a 73 74 | With lots of.st| 00000680 61 76 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 65 64 20 74 6f |aves you need to| 00000690 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 53 63 6f 72 65 2d 3e | use the Score->| 000006a0 53 63 6f 72 65 20 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 64 69 61 |Score format dia| 000006b0 6c 6f 67 75 72 65 20 62 6f 78 20 74 6f 20 73 65 |logure box to se| 000006c0 74 20 65 69 74 68 65 72 0a 76 65 72 79 20 6c 61 |t either.very la| 000006d0 72 67 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 20 6f 72 20 76 65 72 |rge paper or ver| 000006e0 79 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 73 74 61 76 65 73 21 0a |y small staves!.| 000006f0
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