Overview

• - Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 - Book
• - 79 Lessons to Proficiency
• - With Screen Shots on Most Every Page
• - Exclusive! Mini Workbook with homework examples to apply the concepts hands-on you learned from Max!
• by Massimo Tofone
• Ill., approximately 450 pps

Max Tofone's Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 is an 79-lesson blockbuster organized in a bite-sized step-by-step progression that takes you from beginner to master. Start at the beginning or dip-in where you have a specific need. Nearly every software step has a screen shot to illustrate it.

Composers will appreciate the lessons on over sized time signatures, adding cautionary time signatures, and how to number each bar with the number centered.

Songwriters learn how to create a lead sheet, input the lyric, add chord symbols and guitar fingering charts.

Graphic and MIDI exports also covered.

Sibelius is an easy program to learn. But the Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 makes it even easier!

Organized by six sections:

• Section 1 - Score Preparation
• Section 2 - Score Input
• Section 3 - For Songwriters: Lead Sheets, Piano/Vocal/Guitar & More
• Section 4 - Your Score As Document
• Section 5 - Score Playback
• Section 6 - Mini Workbook

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments & Dedication

Section 1 - Score Preparation
Lesson 1 - Picking the Score and the Correct Size
Lesson 2 - Assigning the Instruments
Lesson 3 - Choosing the House Style
Lesson 4 - Assigning the Time Signature and Tempo
Lesson 5 - Assigning the Key Signature
Lesson 6 - Score Information
Lesson 7 - Adding More Bars to Your Score
Lesson 8 - Allow a Cautionary Time Signature
Lesson 9 - The Oversized Time Signature
Lesson 10 - How to Create a Pick-up Bar
Lesson 11 - Bar Numbers for Film/TV Scores and Parts
Lesson 12 - Removing Bar Numbering
Lesson 13 - Assigning Rehearsal Letters or Numbers
Lesson 14 - Creating and Saving a Score Template
Lesson 15 – How to Create a String Orchestra Sketch Pad
Lesson 16 - Concert and Transposed Scores
Lesson 17 - Viewing Instrument Parts
Lesson 18 - Extracting Parts
Lesson 19 - Changing the Time Signature Size in Parts

Section 2 - Score Input
Lesson 20 - Inputting Notes
Lesson 21 - Inputting Notes Using the Keyboard or Fretboard Window
Lesson 22 - Deleting Notes
Lesson 23 - Correcting Notes
Lesson 24 - Inputting Tied Notes
Lesson 25 - Inputting Chords
Lesson 26 - Creating Two Voices on the Same Stave
Lesson 27 - Flipping Notes & Other Objects
Lesson 28 - Inserting Bars in the Middle of the Score
Lesson 29 - Deleting a Bar(s)
Lesson 30 - Transposing Up & Down an Octave (8ve)
Lesson 31 - Transposing a Melody
Lesson 32 - How to Select Single and Multiple Objects
Lesson 33 - How to Select a Music Passage
Lesson 34 - Multi-copying Objects and Passages
Lesson 35 - How to Create Triplets and Tuplets
Lesson 36 - Clef Changes in the Middle of a Line
Lesson 37 – Creating a Key Change in the Score
Lesson 38 - Adding Expression Marks (Dynamics)
Lesson 39 - Adding Hairpins for Dynamic Changes
Lesson 40 - Technique Instructions Like Pizz, Divisi, etc.
Lesson 41 - Adding Articulations Like Staccato, etc.
Lesson 42 - Creating a Fermata (Bird’s Eye)
Lesson 43 - Adding Slurs, Phrase Marks, Trills, etc.
Lesson 44 - Adding Bar Lines, Repeat Marks, etc.
Lesson 45 - Adding Words Like Accelerando, Ritenuto, etc.
Lesson 46 - Adding Text to Your Score
Lesson 47 - Adding Comments to Your Score

Section 3 - Lead Sheets, Piano/Vocal/Guitar (PVG), Hymns
Lesson 48 - Choosing the Lead Sheet Template
Lesson 49 - Inputting a Song
Lesson 50 - Inputting Lyrics
Lesson 51 - Adding Chord Progression Symbols
Lesson 52 - Adding Guitar Finger Charts
Lesson 53 - Choosing the Chorale Template
Lesson 54 - Inputting a Bach Chorale
Lesson 55 - Keying German Lyrics Into a Bach Chorale
Lesson 56 - Adding Figured Bass for School

Section 4 - Your Score As Document
Lesson 57 - Document Setup
Lesson 58 - System and Page Breaks
Lesson 59 - Using Auto Breaks for Instrument Parts
Lesson 60 - Adding a Title Page to Your Score
Lesson 61 - Adding a Blank Page in the Middle of a Score
Lesson 62 - Useful Formatting Commands
Lesson 63 – Magnetic Layout
Lesson 64 - Align Objects in a Row/Column
Lesson 65 - Focus on Staves
Lesson 66 - Hide and Show Empty Staves
Lesson 67 - Adding/Removing Instruments and Staves
Lesson 68 - Panorama View
Lesson 69 - Moving Around Your Score
Lesson 70 - Saving and Backing Up Your Score
Lesson 71 - Saving Multiple Versions
Lesson 72 - Exporting As a Graphic
Lesson 73 - Exporting and Importing a MIDI File
Lesson 74 - Exporting As Audio
Lesson 75 - Creating a PDF of Your Music
Lesson 76 - Printing Scores on a Desktop Printer
Lesson 77 - Printing Out Multiple Instrument Parts
Lesson 78 - Printing Out Multiple Copies With a Plug-In

Section 5 – Score Playback
Lesson 79 – Playing Back Your Score
Lesson 80 – Using Virtual Instruments

About the Author

MASSIMO TOFONE
Max Tofone is a Sibelius master. He's done score preparation for Scottish opera composer Sally Beamish. In 2006 he edited How Ravel Orchestrated: Mother Goose Suite. In 2009, Max produced From Piano to Strings book and Workbook, and recorded the audio for all the book and workbook's examples using Sibelius 5.