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| Filename: | !Sibelius7/!Help/Spacing |
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| File size: | 0614 bytes |
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CONTENTS Horizontal spacing Changing the default note spacing Vertical spacing See manual for: widening bar rests See also Formatting HORIZONTAL SPACING The horizontal spacing of music is determined by the rhythm of the notes within it. Sibelius gives notes a default spacing which depends on their note-values and other features such as accidentals to the left of them. You can ad- just this spacing manually by dragging notes, rests or barlines left and right. Additionally, you can change the default spacing Sibelius gives to notes by choosing House style�Spacing�Close/Normal/Wide notes. This only affects new notes you add, not ones already in the score. You can switch on wide note spacing before transcribing a passage of very fast music, where the notes would other- wise be rather cramped, and switch it off for subsequent bars. This saves you having to increase the spacing manually, note by note. These options also affects how parts will be spaced when they are extracted - see Part extraction. VERTICAL SPACING The vertical spacing of staves depends on how many fit on a particular page. Sibelius nor- mally fits as many systems onto a page as it can, and then spreads the staves and systems out to fill the page down to the bottom. If there are very few staves, Sibelius instead puts all the staves at the top of the page, leaving a gap at the bottom. You can adjust the vertical spacing by press- ing Select on an empty bit of a stave and dragging it up or down. $
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You can sw| 000002c0 69 74 63 68 20 6f 6e 20 77 69 64 65 0d 20 20 6e |itch on wide. n| 000002d0 6f 74 65 20 73 70 61 63 69 6e 67 20 62 65 66 6f |ote spacing befo| 000002e0 72 65 20 74 72 61 6e 73 63 72 69 62 69 6e 67 20 |re transcribing | 000002f0 61 20 70 61 73 73 61 67 65 20 6f 66 0d 20 20 76 |a passage of. v| 00000300 65 72 79 20 66 61 73 74 20 6d 75 73 69 63 2c 20 |ery fast music, | 00000310 77 68 65 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 73 20 |where the notes | 00000320 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 6f 74 68 65 72 2d 0d 20 20 77 |would other-. w| 00000330 69 73 65 20 62 65 20 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 63 72 |ise be rather cr| 00000340 61 6d 70 65 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 73 77 69 74 63 |amped, and switc| 00000350 68 20 69 74 20 6f 66 66 20 66 6f 72 0d 20 20 73 |h it off for. s| 00000360 75 62 73 65 71 75 65 6e 74 20 62 61 72 73 2e 20 |ubsequent bars. | 00000370 54 68 69 73 20 73 61 76 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 68 |This saves you h| 00000380 61 76 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 0d 20 20 69 6e 63 72 65 |aving to. incre| 00000390 61 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 61 63 69 6e 67 20 |ase the spacing | 000003a0 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 6e 6f 74 65 20 62 |manually, note b| 000003b0 79 20 6e 6f 74 65 2e 0d 0d 20 20 54 68 65 73 65 |y note... 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Sibelius | 00000490 6e 6f 72 2d 0d 20 20 6d 61 6c 6c 79 20 66 69 74 |nor-. mally fit| 000004a0 73 20 61 73 20 6d 61 6e 79 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d |s as many system| 000004b0 73 20 6f 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 70 61 67 65 20 61 73 |s onto a page as| 000004c0 20 69 74 0d 20 20 63 61 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 | it. can, and t| 000004d0 68 65 6e 20 73 70 72 65 61 64 73 20 74 68 65 20 |hen spreads the | 000004e0 73 74 61 76 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 73 79 73 74 65 |staves and syste| 000004f0 6d 73 0d 20 20 6f 75 74 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6c 6c |ms. out to fill| 00000500 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 67 65 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 74 | the page down t| 00000510 6f 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 2e 20 49 66 |o the bottom. 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Y| 000005a0 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 61 64 6a 75 73 74 20 74 68 |ou can adjust th| 000005b0 65 20 76 65 72 74 69 63 61 6c 20 73 70 61 63 69 |e vertical spaci| 000005c0 6e 67 20 62 79 20 70 72 65 73 73 2d 0d 20 20 69 |ng by press-. i| 000005d0 6e 67 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 20 |ng Select on an | 000005e0 65 6d 70 74 79 20 62 69 74 20 6f 66 20 61 20 73 |empty bit of a s| 000005f0 74 61 76 65 20 61 6e 64 0d 20 20 64 72 61 67 67 |tave and. dragg| 00000600 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 75 70 20 6f 72 20 64 6f 77 |ing it up or dow| 00000610 6e 2e 0d 24 |n..$| 00000614
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