SIBELIUS MUSIC NOTATION SOFTWARE | BASICS FOR MUSICIANS | Sibelius Tutorial

[@4444ssmith]

I used Sibelius almost 20 years ago and it took a lot of frustrating work to figure out the basics. I've since forgotten, and your tutorial reminded me of the bajillion tabs and shortcuts I never mastered. I would love a slow and basic review, as my brain is not as fast as it used to be. Thank you for putting out these videos! They are a terrific resource!

[@johnkorn6698]

another person mentioned that you should show the screen full-sized. That's a good suggestion. I will add that I think you should start with something simple, not in an odd time, and not with unusual instruments. Pick something we can all relate to. I get that you want to show us that "anything's possible" but since you are clearly really good at this, your "for beginners" video should really be "for beginners". I hope that you'll do more because I can see that you're very good at this and could make even better "beginner" videos.

[@carmenridiche7984]

Good evening !!! I recently use Sibelius 8.2 and it take some time to understand , but thanks to your usefull tutorial , I will write quiquier !!!

[@kukaman49]

Hey Horn Hippie, I've been using Sibelius for several years, so I do know the basics. You can answer my question with an outline of the steps of what I need to do. You mentioned "don't get me started on capos", which of course is what I need to do. I have a piece for flute and finger-style guitar where the guitar needs to play with a capo on the 5th fret. I need to transpose the flute part up a 4th to make this work. How do I get Sibelius to play this back as it should sound? I am currently running Sibelius Ultimate 2023.6 Build 2480 on my MacBook Pro running macOS Ventura 13.5. Thanks

[@HornHippieMedia]

The easiest way is to notate what you know for the guitar, write in stave text indicating the capo use and ignore playback…but it sounds like you need this plugin: www.sibelius.com/download/plugins/index.html?plugin=542 I haven’t experimented with it yet, but lmk if this works!

[@jakehanegan9258]

You’re such a pro! I’m currently using Musescore, and I’m wondering if you think Sibelius would be a big improvement? Thanks!

[@HornHippieMedia]

Jake Hanegan JAAAAKE!! Haha thx man! Tbh, I think Sibelius has more functionality, and I find musescore really frustrating... I would def recommend switching👍

[@jakehanegan9258]

Horn Hippie Media thank you!!!

[@HornHippieMedia]

Anytime, m’dewd! 🤠

[@yt12394]

thanks for this. I have never used software for music notation so this was a good intro.

[@damienleigh9943]

Hey thanks for the video it was really helpful. I was wondering do you know if I can add distortion to a guitar in Sibelius? Couldn't seem to work my head around that.

[@HornHippieMedia]

I know this is super late, but have you tried writing “distort” above the music with technique text? (Command+E) above the note u want it to start?

[@swspeaks49]

It was a very good presentation. Thank you.

[@AlanJField]

Wonderful presentation! Can we email you questions about the software not covered here?

[@HornHippieMedia]

Absolutely! [e-mail]

[@vikramsubramaniam6699]

I have a question- in the editing parts section, when the parts were chosen and deleted, why did the parts on the page not get deleted? I did not understand the purpose of that deletion-creation.

[@HornHippieMedia]

sometimes sibelius will generate extra parts randomly, its not a perfect program by any means! just make sure you delete the extras!

[@vikramsubramaniam6699]

@ thank you!

[@MrTimGJ]

It would be a tremendous help, if you had Sibelius fill the desktop, and then we could read all the menu items (full screen starts to pixelate)

[@HornHippieMedia]

A remake of this vid with zooms-in is in the works🙏

[@brianchristianmeagher8328]

Hi, love your style. Do you have a tutorial for a singer songwriter. Just a basic lead sheet , chords, lyrics, and notes. First and second endings and that kind of stuff

[@atekle1382]

how do you add notes and names in alphabets

[@alapalvideo]

Is it possible to sing a part into a selected instrument?

[@luccalawson8715]

is it possible to use custom instruments like say a Qanun for an Arabic piece

[@hasupatelsitar]

Namaste!! How can I repeat barlines? I am a musician and playing Sitar. I compose my compositions on SIbelius 8.5. Your Little help will be Greatly appreciated

[@predicationst405cp]

I had my first try this afternoon. Playing from my midi synth. But the problem is the delay in recording and play-back. The sound comes later out of sibelius than what I play. Any solutions for that ?

[@lawrenceburnett8286]

Very helpful generally, but the Sibelius screen part was too small for me (age 72) to read text easily. Thanks

[@sheskimusic]

Thank you!

[@rawansinger77]

Im so annoyed when i keep getting unwanted rests within brs

[@BeckyBaldwinBass]

Do you know how to add multirests on this version of Sibelius? I'm stuck!

[@HornHippieMedia]

Select all of the measures and hit the “delete” key 🥰

[@shadowsofdissonance4805]

how do you bring the keypad up after you close it?

[@HornHippieMedia]

in the "View" tab, there will be a bunch of checkboxes, one of them will say "keypad." simply select that and it will reappear :)

[@shadowsofdissonance4805]

@@HornHippieMedia word...thank you!

[@kevinmendoza8579]

Thanks for the tips. On a side note, where did you get your bookcase from?

[@Martinbeef]

probably Ikea

[@JonathanC-fe3vv]

probably Ikea

[@toonytouchstone]

Question. When you add a dynamic mark, such as "ppp", does that actually change the velocity of the notes at that point?...or is the "ppp" purely ornamental, like lyrics?

[@HornHippieMedia]

That is correct, triple-p and triple-f are purely ornamental as far as playback in Sibelius is concerned

[@toonytouchstone]

Thank you! Is the same true of Crescendo and Decrescendo marks? Are they also purely ornamental?

[@HornHippieMedia]

@@toonytouchstone those actually should work in Sibelius playback

[@news_ted]

@@HornHippieMedia Thanks!

[@mikeduckworth1413]

You lost me on the multiple wind instruments at the 3 00 mark...why not just go with a piano score

[@transcriber2340]

Sibelius represents the worst service I have ever experienced.

[@karzanshameed4467]

I'll block you because you've put on your butterfly flag❌❌❌❌🏳️‍🌈❌