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From: Eric Dannewitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:30 AM
To: finale@shsu.edu
Subject: Re: AW: [Finale] Sibelius 5 - Second impressions
>>John Howell wrote:
>> Nor if you decide you want to change an instrument on a score.
>>
>> I assume that you mean same staff, change to a different instrument,
>> perhaps change clef or transposition, rather than the scenario David
>> explained. I know it can be done, but not how because I haven't had
>> to learn it yet.
> Either way. Seems like you can't do it easily in Sibelius. You have to
create a new staff and then
> copy all the stuff over? You can't just click the ?
> staff and change it? Seems non-intuitive to me.
Actually it is quite simple. And no you don't have to go through any
Gymnastics etc.
Ref the below entry from the Sib v5.x help file.
Instrument changes
Sibelius makes it easy to change instruments at any point along a staff
using Create > Other >
Instrument Change. First consider whether you want the instrument change
to take effect up
until the end of the score (or up to an existing instrument change later
in the score), or only temporarily
for a specific passage.
* To change instrument temporarily, first select the passage for which
you want the instrument
change to take effect; Sibelius will automatically revert to the
original instrument at the end of
the selection.
* To change instrument permanently, select a single note after which you
want the instrument
change to take effect, or make no selection (in which case you can click
to place the instrument
change in a moment).
* Once you have selected where you want the instrument change to begin,
and optionally where
you want it to end, choose Create > Other > Instrument Change. The
dialog shown below
appears.
<screen shot removed for brevity>
* Choose the instrument you want to change to from the list. The two
extra options you can set
are as follows:
* If Add clef (if necessary) is switched on, Sibelius will create a clef
change at the point where
the instrument change occurs, if the clef of the new instrument is
different to that of the original
instrument
* If Announce at last note of previous instrument is switched on,
Sibelius will create a
warning, "To [instrument]", at the start of the rests preceding the
change.
Now click OK. If you didn't have a selection before you opened the
dialog, your mouse pointer
will now be blue, and you can click in the score to place your
instrument change; otherwise,
Sibelius automatically creates the instrument change (or changes) at the
selection.
Sibelius always does the following for you when you create an instrument
change:
* Changes the playback sound of the staff as appropriate
* Changes the instrument name on subsequent systems (which you can edit
if you wish). If you
don't want the instrument name to change, choose House Style > Engraving
Rules (shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+E or xXE), go to the Instruments page, and switch on Don't
change instrument
names at start of system after instrument changes.
* Writes the name of the new instrument above the top of the staff where
it starts playing (you
can edit this if you wish)
* Changes the transposition of the staff, if appropriate (e.g. if
switching from a Bb to A clarinet),
showing an appropriate change of key signature if Notes > Transposing
Score is switched on
* Changes the staff type, if appropriate (e.g. number of staff lines,
tab or normal notation, etc.).
So with just a few mouse clicks or shortcuts it has happened..
What is difficult about that?
I have done it and it is a breeze What's more.. it works <grin>
Steve Currington
Composition/Musicology Student
New Zealand School of Music
Wellington, New Zealand
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