Michele Galvagno

How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 8

Welcome back again!

Today we conclude our journey through the notational conventions that allow you to properly engrave an opera, specifically focused on doing this in Sibelius.

An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 6

Phonetic transcription (Part 1) Both Italian and English have vocals and consonants, namely: Vocals are the same, with English sporting five more consonants (J, K, W, X, Y) than Italian. That’s 5 vocals each, 16 consonants in Italian and 21 in English, total 21 letters in Italian and 26 in English. Serbian beats them both,Continue reading “An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 6”

How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 7

Welcome back! Today we continue our journey through the notational conventions that allow you to properly engrave an opera, specifically focused on doing this in Sibelius.

An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 5

Before delving deep into the next chapter, I would like to share my recent first-hand experience with the differences between _ekavski_ and _ijekavski._

How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 6

Last week, we completed all that is needed to know about setting up your opera score’s staves. Today, we delve deep into instrument-specific conventions that may be unique to opera, but may also apply to other big symphonic contexts. Let’s get started.