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Edition 6.1
September 2009
Reference written by Daniel Spreadbury and Ben & Jonathan Finn.
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Contents
About this Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2.30 Stems and leger lines . . . . . . . . . . . .185
2.31 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
1 Inputting 7
2.32 Ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191
1.1 Note input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2.33 Time signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
1.2 Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
2.34 Tremolos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
1.3 Keyboard window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
2.35 Triplets and other tuplets . . . . . . . . .199
1.4 Flexi-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
2.36 Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
1.5 Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
1.6 Audio input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 3 Text 209
1.7 Guitar tab input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 3.1 Working with text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
1.8 Fretboard window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 3.2 Common text styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
1.9 Selections and passages . . . . . . . . . . . .54 3.3 Lyrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
1.10 Input Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 3.4 Figured bass and Roman numerals .234
1.11 HyperControl™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 3.5 Bar numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
3.6 Page numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
2 Notations 73
3.7 Rehearsal marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
2.1 Accidentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
3.8 Instrument names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250
2.2 Arpeggios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
3.9 Edit Text Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .254
2.3 Articulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
3.10 Wildcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260
2.4 Barlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
3.11 Font equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264
2.5 Bars and bar rests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
2.6 Beam groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 4 Playback & video 265
2.7 Beam positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 4.1 Working with playback . . . . . . . . . . .267
2.8 Beamed rests and stemlets . . . . . . . . .103 4.2 Interpretation of your score . . . . . . . .269
2.9 Brackets and braces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 4.3 Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
2.10 Chord symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 4.4 Sibelius Sounds Essentials . . . . . . . . .284
2.11 Clefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 4.5 Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292
2.12 Cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 4.6 Repeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
2.13 Free rhythm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 4.7 Live Tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
2.14 Grace notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 4.8 Live Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
2.15 Guitar notation and tab . . . . . . . . . .129 4.9 Playback dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314
2.16 Guitar scale diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . .135 4.10 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324
2.17 Hairpins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 4.11 Timecode and hit points . . . . . . . . .329
2.18 Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 4.12 Playback Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334
2.19 Jazz articulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 4.13 MIDI for beginners . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
2.20 Key signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 4.14 Virtual instruments for beginners .350
2.21 Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 4.15 Working with virtual instruments .357
2.22 Lute tablature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 4.16 ReWire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
2.23 Manuscript paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 4.17 MIDI messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
2.24 Multirests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 4.18 SoundWorld™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
2.25 Noteheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
5 Power tools 377
2.26 Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
5.1 Arrange™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
2.27 Repeat bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
5.2 Edit Arrange Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
2.28 Slurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
5.3 Classroom Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
2.29 Staves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
5.4 Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
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Contents
5.5 Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 7.3 Multiple Part Appearance . . . . . . . . . .563
5.6 Display settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 7.4 Extracting parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567
5.7 Filters and Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
8 Layout & engraving 571
5.8 Focus on Staves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
8.1 Layout and formatting . . . . . . . . . . . .573
5.9 Hiding objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
8.2 Magnetic Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577
5.10 Highlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
8.3 Music engraving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .583
5.11 Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
8.4 Auto Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .588
5.12 Menus and shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
8.5 Breaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .592
5.13 Panorama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
8.6 Document Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597
5.14 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
8.7 Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .601
5.15 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
8.8 House Style™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604
5.16 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
8.9 Note spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .608
5.17 Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
8.10 Staff spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .612
5.18 SibeliusEducation.com . . . . . . . . . . 457
8.11 Music fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .617
5.19 SibeliusMusic.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
8.12 Default Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621
5.20 Transposing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
8.13 Edit Chord Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . .625
5.21 Undo and Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
8.14 Edit Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .633
5.22 Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
8.15 Edit Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .644
5.23 View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
8.16 Edit Noteheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .646
5.24 Window menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
8.17 Edit Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .648
5.25 Worksheet Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
8.18 Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .650
5.26 Adding your own worksheets . . . . . 487
9 Files 653
6 Plug-ins 493
9.1 Working with files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .655
6.1 Working with plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
9.2 Sharing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .658
6.2 Accidentals plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
9.3 Splitting and joining scores . . . . . . . .660
6.3 Analysis plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
9.4 Importing graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .662
6.4 Batch Processing plug-ins . . . . . . . . . 499
9.5 Opening MIDI files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .664
6.5 Chord Symbols plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . 503
9.6 Opening MusicXML files . . . . . . . . . .669
6.6 Composing Tools plug-ins . . . . . . . . 507
9.7 Opening files from previous versions 673
6.7 Notes and Rests plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . 514
9.8 Exporting graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676
6.8 Other plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
9.9 Exporting MIDI files . . . . . . . . . . . . . .682
6.9 Playback plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
9.10 Exporting audio files . . . . . . . . . . . . .684
6.10 Proof-reading plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . 526
9.11 Exporting Scorch web pages . . . . . .686
6.11 Simplify Notation plug-ins . . . . . . . 532
9.12 Exporting to previous versions . . . .691
6.12 Text plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
6.13 Transformations plug-ins . . . . . . . . 544 Glossary 695
6.14 Tuplets plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Visual index 707
7 Parts 551
Index 717
7.1 Working with parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .743
7.2 Editing parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
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About this Reference
About this Reference
This Reference is a comprehensive guide to all of Sibelius’s features. For explanations of Sibelius’s
more basic features, and when familiarizing yourself with the program, you will probably find it
easier to refer to your Handbook, or your Upgrading to Sibelius 6 booklet if you have upgraded
from a previous version of Sibelius.
The Reference comes both on-screen, and as an optional printed book, which you can buy from
Sibelius or your country’s distributor (www.sibelius.com/buy). Both forms of the Reference are
identical.
Chapters and topics
Sibelius’s Reference is divided into nine chapters containing smaller topics. You will find a list of all
these topics in the Contents, though you will probably find the Index even more useful for find-
ing information on specific areas of the program. Check the Visual index if you know how you
want something to look, but you don’t know what it’s called. The Glossary explains musical and
technical terms.
On-screen reference
To start the on-screen Reference, click the toolbar button shown on the right, or choose
Help Documentation Sibelius Reference (shortcut F1 or ?).
Whichever application your computer uses to view PDF files will open – on Windows this is nor-
mally Adobe Reader, and on Mac it is normally Preview – and the on-screen Reference will appear.
To navigate the on-screen Reference, you can use the bookmarks and Edit Find features built in
to Adobe Reader and Preview.
Bookmarks are like a table of contents that you can have open beside the document you’re reading,
allowing you to jump to any chapter, topic, or even sub-heading in the Reference. To show book-
marks:
 In Adobe Reader, choose View Navigation Panels Bookmarks; a panel like that shown
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To search within the on-screen Reference, use the Edit Find feature, or alternatively:
 In Adobe Reader, you can simply type into the Find box on the toolbar shown below left, then
use the next and previous result buttons to skip forwards and backwards
 In Preview on Mac, you can type into the Search box in the drawer, shown below right, then
click in the list of results to skip forwards and backwards.
Cross-references
4.3 Mixer means “see the Mixer topic within chapter 4 of Reference.”
Refer to the separate Handbook for details of other typography and terminology used.
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1. Inputting
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1.1 Note input
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window,2.1Accidentals, 2.3Articulations, 2.6Beam groups, 2.14Grace notes,
2.25Noteheads, 2.30Stems and leger lines, 2.34Tremolos, 2.35Triplets and
other tuplets, 2.36Voices, 8.9Note spacing.
There are six ways of creating and editing notes, chords and rests:
 Mouse input – see below
 Alphabetic and step-time input – see below
 Flexi-time input – 1.4Flexi-time
 Importing files from other music programs (e.g. MIDI files and MusicXML files) –
9.5Opening MIDI files, 9.6Opening MusicXML files
 Scanning printed music – 1.5Scanning.
 Singing or playing into a microphone – 1.6Audio input.
Most of these are introduced in the Handbook. This topic is a detailed summary of mouse, step-
time and alphabetic input.
Alphabetic and step-time input
Alphabetic (computer keyboard) and step-time (MIDI keyboard) input are perhaps the most effi-
cient ways of writing your music in Sibelius, because you can create other objects (such as time sig-
natures, key changes and text) as you go along.
To start off alphabetic or step-time input:
 Select a rest (you can also select anything else, such as a text object or a line, which will start
writing notes at that point)
 Choose Notes Input Notes (shortcut N). This makes the caret (a vertical line, colored accord-
ing to the voice in which you’re inputting) appear.
 Choose a note value from the Keypad (unless the note value you want is already selected)
 If you like, choose other markings on the Keypad:
 Accidentals from the first/sixth layout (not required for step-time input)
 Articulations from the first/fourth layout
 Ties and rhythm dots from the first/second layout (double dots are on the second layout)
 Grace notes and cue notes from the second layout
 Tremolos and beaming from the third layout
 Jazz symbols and arpeggio lines from the fifth layout
 All of these buttons stay pressed down for successive notes until you re-choose them, with the
exception of the accidentals on the first and sixth Keypad layouts. This means you can (say)
input several notes with the same articulation.
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1. Inputting
 You can choose buttons from more than one layout at once – they’ll all be applied to the note/
chord when you input it. (Cycle through the different Keypad layouts using the + key; F7 on
Windows and – on Mac returns you to the first layout.)
 Then input the note by:
 typing A–G or R (which repeats the previous note/chord, with any alterations made on the
Keypad); or
 playing a note/chord on your MIDI keyboard
 To input a rest of the selected note value, simply hit 0 on the F7 Keypad layout. (To continue cre-
ating rests of the same note value, keep hitting 0.)
 To input a complete bar rest, hit 0 on the F8 Keypad layout.
 Go back to the first step to input the next note/chord.
There are some things you can do to the note you have just input and before you create the next,
which are:
 To correct a mistake, you can adjust the pitch of a note you have input afterwards with  or ;
hold down Ctrl or  to change the pitch by an octave
 To build up a chord using alphabetic input, input one note of the chord, then add further note-
heads using one of these methods:
 hold down Shift and type the letter-name of the pitch you want to add above, so to add a G#,
first type 8 on the first Keypad layout to select the sharp, then type Shift-G to add the note; or
 type a number 1–9 (from the main keyboard, not the keypad) to add a note of that interval
above the current note, so to add a note a sixth above, type 6; Shift-1–9 adds notes below the
current note, so Shift-4 adds a note a fourth below the current note. (Usefully, this also works
for selected passages, e.g. to create octaves); or
 choose the appropriate option from the Notes Add Pitch or Notes Add Interval sub-
menus, although it’s much quicker to use the keyboard shortcuts described above
 To add a tie, hit Enter on the numeric keypad after inputting the note
 To create a tuplet, type Ctrl+2–9 or 2–9 (or choose Create Tuplet) after inputting the first
note of the tuplet
 To respell a note enharmonically (e.g. from a MIDI keyboard), choose Notes Respell Acci-
dental (shortcut Return on the main keyboard) after inputting it.
Useful keys
A number of other useful keypresses are at your fingertips when creating notes:
 If you make a mistake, hit Delete or Backspace, which deletes the note and selects the preced-
ing one.
(What exactly happens when you delete a note is subtly different depending on the context of
your music: if you delete a note, it is converted to a rest of identical duration; if you delete a rest
or a bar rest, the caret moves past it, leaving it unchanged; if you delete all the notes of a tuplet,
the tuplet bracket/number is selected – delete that, and it is replaced with a rest of the duration
of the entire tuplet.)
 You can also use / to move between notes and rests
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