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Available

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Feb 11th, 2010

Learn how to score music like a pro with Sibelius 6. Produced by veteran educator Gary Atkins, this tutorial shows you the way!

Sibelius is an amazing application for any musician that needs to create custom scores and lead sheets. In this new 3 hour tutorial by veteran educator Gary Atkins, you'll learn how to quickly and efficiently create complex scores and musical arrangements using Sibelius.

Entering notes, creating chords, navigating your arrangement and printing lead sheets are topics that are covered in fine detail. You'll also learn how to format your lead sheets so they look as professional as the content you buy off the shelf at your favourite music store.

For a full list of the topics covered, see the Tutorial Outline
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• Chapter 1: Intro to Sibelius 6
• 1: The Quick Start Menu
• 03:37
  01. Welcome to Sibelius 6 101
• 00:49
  02. Starting Sibelius
• 02:30
  03. Quick Start Menu Options
• 02:32
  04. New Score - Manuscript Paper
• 03:32
  05. New Score - Time Signature & Tempo
• 03:24
  06. New Score - Key Signature & Score Info
• 02:22
  07. Saving your Sibelius Document
• 2: About Sibelius 6 - Menu
• 00:54
  08. Checking the Sibelius Version
• 01:37
  09. Updating Sibelius
• 02:03
  10. Quit & Restart Sibelius
• Chapter 2: Creating Lead Sheet I
• 3: Entering Notes
• 01:30
  11. Turning on the Keypad Window
• 01:49
  12. Note Entry with Mouse
• 02:29
  13. Typing Notes In
• 03:23
  14. Keyboard window
• 02:50
  15. Computer keyboard and the Keyboard window
• 05:34
  16. Entering Notes with the Fretboard
• 01:17
  17. Viewing Guitar Chord Shapes
• 01:24
  18. MIDI Step Entry
• 02:44
  19. Selecting objects, notes and measures
• 04:13
  20. Sharps, Flats & Enharmonics
• 03:14
  21. Changing a Note’s Pitch
• 01:37
  22. Changing Rhythms
• 4: Editing Notes and Bars
• 01:20
  23. The Undo & Redo buttons
• 00:59
  24. Key Commands for Undo & Redo
• 01:43
  25. The Undo-Redo Feature & Undo History
• 02:51
  26. Copy & Paste Using the Edit Menu
• 01:53
  27. Cut & Delete Using the Edit Menu
• 02:45
  28. Cut, Copy, Paste & Delete with Key Commands
• 01:40
  29. Special Copy in Sibelius
• 02:18
  30. Using Apple’s Mighty Mouse
• 02:00
  31. Repeating notes and bars
• Chapter 3: Moving Around the Score
• 5: Moving Around on the Page
• 01:48
  32. The Zoom Button
• 01:47
  33. The Zoom Preset Box
• 01:26
  34. Zoom Key Commands and Mouse Wheel
• 01:02
  35. Dragging the Page Using the Mouse
• 03:38
  36. Page Navigation using Key Commands
• 02:30
  37. Using The Navigator
• 6: Playback - Hearing your music
• 02:11
  38. The Playback Window pt. 1
• 05:49
  39. The Playback Window pt. 2
• 03:52
  40. The Playback Window pt. 3
• 02:05
  41. The Playback Window pt. 4
• 7: Chords Symbols
• 04:19
  42. Entering Chords Symbols
• 04:50
  43. Using Key Commands & Legacy Input for Chords
• 01:46
  44. Entering Chords with a MIDI keyboard
• 01:30
  45. Respelling a Chord
• 8: Formatting
• 01:36
  46. Deleting bars
• 02:15
  47. Using the Command key to Delete Bars
• 02:20
  48. Adding & Inserting Bars
• 02:12
  49. Key Commands to Add & Insert Bars
• 04:02
  50. Changing Staff Size
• 01:19
  51. Page Margins & the View menu
• 00:55
  52. Moving A Stave
• 02:23
  53. Choosing Our Paper and Printing
• 9: Plug-ins
• 02:13
  54. Plug-ins Menu Explained
• 04:23
  55. Adding a Simple Harmony Plug-in
• 10: Chords
• 02:49
  56. Building Chords with the mouse
• 03:36
  57. Building Chords with the Computer Keyboard
• 01:30
  58. Adding Chords using a MIDI keyboard
• 02:06
  59. Editing Chords using Mouse and Arrow Keys
• 01:05
  60. Editing Chords with the Computer Keyboard
• 11: Preferences Menu
• 04:26
  61. Display & Tiling Scores
• 04:53
  62. Files
• 02:02
  63. Looking at Input Devices
• 03:28
  64. Mouse Preferences
• 05:48
  65. Other Preferences
• 12: Help Menu
• 01:46
  66. Sibelius 6 Reference (Help File)
• 02:29
  67. The Sibelius Help Center
• 02:03
  68. More Help Items
• 01:19
  69. About Sibelius Registration
• 01:57
  70. Changing & Importing House Styles
• Chapter 4: Lead Sheet II - Adding More Detail
• 13: Text
• 03:15
  71. Adding Title & Substitute Text
• 03:05
  72. Adding Composer, Lyricist & Copyright Text
• 03:42
  73. Adding & Deleting Comments
• 14: Time Signature/Key Signature
• 02:07
  74. Time Signature & Pickup Bar (Anacrusis)
• 01:37
  75. Entering a Metronome Mark
• 02:07
  76. Adding Tempo Text
• 03:44
  77. Putting in a Key Signature
• 15: Note Entry - More note entry and using the Keypad
• 02:00
  78. Creating Slurs
• 01:50
  79. Entering Ties
• 04:03
  80. Cautionary Accidentals Options
• 03:57
  81. Basic Articulations
• 01:25
  82. Changing Keypads
• 03:14
  83. More Articulations
• 01:17
  84. Adding an arpeggio symbol
• 01:50
  85. Creating Triplets
• 01:49
  86. Creating Tuplets
• 03:43
  87. The Tuplet Menu
• 02:17
  88. More Tuplets Goodness
• 16: File Access
• 01:40
  89. Key Commands to Open and Close a File
• 00:46
  90. Switching between 2 files with the Window Menu
• 01:52
  91. Working with Multiple Windows
• 02:25
  92. Copy & Paste Between Files
• 17: Versions
• 02:56
  93. Creating and Saving Versions
• 02:44
  94. Viewing Versions
• 03:56
  95. Edit Versions Dialog Box
• 01:43
  96. Copy & Paste Between Versions
• 18: Format Layout
• 02:20
  97. Adding a Repeat & Double Barline
• 02:41
  98. Adding 1st & 2nd Endings
• 02:24
  99. System Breaks (Moving Bars)
• 01:07
  100. Indenting a System - 2nd Ending
• 01:57
  101. Make a System (Grouping Bars)
• 01:52
  102. Make Into Page Key Commands
• 06:01
  103. Document Setup Window
• 19: Chord Symbols
• 01:40
  104. Filtering Chord Symbols
• 01:33
  105. Align & Move Chords with Key Commands
• 02:54
  106. Add Dynamics using Expression Text
• 02:30
  107. Technique Text
• 20: Lyrics
• 02:04
  108. Adding Lyrics to Our Lead Sheet
• 01:41
  109. Add Lyrics with Key Commands
• 02:18
  110. Filter, Align & Move Lyrics
• Chapter 5: Making our Score Look Good
• 21: Magnetic Layout
• 04:16
  111. Magnetic Layout
• 01:10
  112. Collisions
• 01:46
  113. Optimizing Staff Spacing
• 04:49
  114. Stave & System Spacing
• 05:22
  115. All About Bar Numbers
• 22: View Menu
• 03:10
  116. Layout Marks
• 01:52
  117. Page Margins
• 03:07
  118. Rulers
• 02:03
  119. Attachment Lines
• 23: Printing
• 04:56
  120. Exploring the Print Dialog Window
• 02:11
  121. Wrap-Up

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