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Sibelius 3 Quick-Starts Starting a Score in Sibelius .......................................................................... 2 Entering Notes ............................................................................................... 3 Adding Text & Markings ............................................................................. 4 Formatting and Layout of Your Score ...................................................... 7 Creating Worksheets, Hand-Outs and Tests............................................ 10 Music Scanning Tips and Hints ................................................................. 13 Downloading MIDI Files From The Web................................................. 15 Basic Shortcuts ............................................................................................ 17 Creating Scores for the Internet Using Scorch ........................................ 19 Using Kontakt to burn CDs/rehearsal versions of your scores…………21 Robin Hodson, Eastern Region Manager, Sibelius USA robin@sibelius.com, or 201 370 0936 Contact me about free in-service training. Starting a Score in Sibelius v3 (Mac shortcuts in italics) 1 Launch Sibelius, and click NEW to start a new score - follow the various steps in the set up wizard to create a score 2 If you choose “Blank” as your choice of paper and click NEXT, Sibelius will ask you to add instruments, and a list appears. Choose what instruments you want. You can choose any number of instruments by selecting the FAMILY, then the INSTRUMENT, and then clicking ADD. Keep choosing instruments until you have what you need, then click OK. Follow the remaining pages to complete the score setup wizard. 3 Once your score appears on the screen, you can add more blank measures if you need, by hitting Control + b (Command + b) 4 If you have forgotten to add a Time signature, Hit T to choose a time signature (4/4 is the default already chosen). Click on the first measure of your score to add the time signature. 5 If you have forgotten to add a Key signature, Hit K to add a key signature in the score (C major is the default). Once you have a key signature, you can see your score as a transposing score by clicking the ICON at the top of the screen with two flats on it. Click the same icon again to revert to a non-transposing score. 6 If you have forgotten to add a Title or other kinds of text, you can find these in the CREATE menu. Add a tempo marking by selecting the first measure of the score, typing Control +Alt T (Command +Option T), then right clicking (Control +click) to get a sub- menu of all you need. 7 You can drag the score around by pressing and holding the mouse inside the gray box in the BOTTOM LEFT of the computer screen (the NAVIGATOR). You can also press and hold the mouse on …