Sibelius Tips For Big Band

[@paulbaker3522]

Re: Making Pitches Constant - Drums: That plug-in creates notation for background figures or figures you want the drummer to be aware of, but he still has the option to not play them if he so chooses. It does not create the emphatic "Play This Figure!" notation like you'd use for a shout section figure. To create that type of notation, use the regular Make Pitches Constant plug-in and then change the notehead to type 4.

[@FelixRigg]

Absolutely terrific. Thank you.

[@AlexaMorales]

MY JAW DROPPED when I saw the "fill selection with slash notes" plug in! I use Sibelius First but I think most plugins work (downloading now; we shall see). Thanks a million!!!

[@visingteoh8393]

Cool tips! Thanks for sharing

[@leonli7394]

This is so useful!!!! Why didn’t I find this earlier?

[@paulbaker3522]

Custom key command for filtering chord symbols - I use Cntrl+Shft+K to Filter Chord Symbols so that I can select a range of bars, Cntrl+Shft+K, Cntrl+C and then paste to new location. Very quick and easy and saves having to sort through the Filter dialogue every time.

[@pramikentertainment]

HI David, Please explain your steps of creating cool brackets... do we need to use Opus Text?

[@adamecomp]

Yeah all I get are Parenthesis. New Version of Sibeilus...now the plug in is just called bracket text.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Great video David, thanks! I am learning Sib. and am about to start my first big-band chart. I struggle to follow your directions though as I am on PC.

[@armthealiens]

I agree with all the praise! I spent a lot of time on some of your subjects (without figuring out how to do it) - thanks again, you are awesome!

[@paulbaker3522]

David - check out the Rhythm Section Assistant plug-in. It will blow your mind when doing drum parts.

[@JayPmare]

Thanks David. Great tips!

[@sttrumpet]

Great stuff, David!!! I'm on a PC. One of my favorite short cuts is highlighting a part that you want to put some where else, hold down the Alt key and left click where you want it.

[@brickhithouse1]

That's a great one, Stan!

[@sttrumpet]

I still can't find the pugin that numbers your score and parts

[@hbiancardi]

Great stuff David ! And congrats about the big band project ! Looking forward for that "how arrange that" video :) Hernán from Argentina

[@serjbondjazz]

Thank you! Great job!

[@AlexaMorales]

Love the "hit escape" to select tip too!

[@Freddie3487]

Thank you so much for this video!!!

[@ZeroesandOnes]

Fantastic!

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Instead of having the song number in the top left hand corner of each part, can you have it in the other side of page-1? So the printer would have to print on both sides of the first page.

[@sensejazz]

Thanks for these very useful tips !!!:)

[@richnichols2137]

Very useful tips, thanks! (I think I played a gig with you on Ludlow St. in '94. Did you have a song called 'Get Up- This is your life'?)

[@brickhithouse1]

Hey Rich, Those sound like my titles. lol. How funny. Give me a shout through my website.

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Thank you for sharing. This will be very helpful to me. I'm trying to add repeat signs with a number on top for the drum solo section of a score. Can you tell me how I can do this? thank you

[@brickhithouse1]

Hey Nelson, If I'm understanding you correctly, I would probably use Boxed System Text to indicate how many times to repeat. Since it's system text, you only need to add it to the top staff but it will apear in each part.

[@TianChi_Zhang]

Can you tell us which font are you useing？

[@danpoolemusic]

you literally saved me hours of work

[@Daniel-xc6oc]

What does this software retail for?

[@johnyaomusic]

Thanks for this David. What version of Sibelius are you using? I'm not able to find the Make Pitches constant Drums plug-in. Found the regular Make pitches constant, but not the one that creates layers and saves you a TON of time. Do I need to download it somewhere? I'm on v. 7.5. Thanks for your help

[@brickhithouse1]

Hey John, Thanks for saying hi. I'm using 8.5 now but was on 7.something when I made that video. I just did a quick search and found it. www.sibelius.com/download/plugins/index.html?plugin=320 In version 8.5 you can access and load all the plug-ins I mention right from the plug-in dialog page. For version 7 I think you may need to either install it or put it in a folder. I forgot the exact procedure but the info is out there.

[@GothiaMusic]

Wow! Thanks! Keep up the good work! :-)

[@mattsbass9681]

Why is the Bari sax in bass clef

[@brickhithouse1]

That's how I like it when I'm arranging. In the finished (transposed) score/parts, it will be in treble clef and transposed. Some people do the same thing with the tenors too.