Episode 12 – Building the front matter (Part 3) We are almost there! Today, we will conclude the building of the front matter, covering the Commission page, the Instrumentation page, and the Prefatory Note page. Let’s dive straight in! Commission page This page may or may not be necessary but, for the sake of completion,Continue reading “How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 12”
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How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 11
Welcome back! Today we continue from where we left last time, building the front matter pages in Sibelius.
An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 9
In the Serbian language, there are two kinds of words that do not have an accent on their own; instead, they rest on the word that comes before or after them. This is, once more, a complex topic, mostly because of how confusing it is to classify these particles.
How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 10
Welcome back!
Today’s episode will be a practical one, where we will take our Sibelius template and build the front matter to our best. Please note that, since we chose to divide the acts of the opera into as many Sibelius documents, we will have front matter pages only in the first act file.
An Italian cellist’s journey into Serbian Language — Lesson 8
The next chapter in our journey puts us against a _very complex_ topic: **accents.** Every language has accents, since one needs to know what syllable to stress and what not. This determines the _musicality_ of the language, with its intonation, crescendos and diminuendos, pauses, emphases, lengthening and shortening. For a musician, this is possibly the most fascinating topic ever!
