What would be an opera without solo singers? Well, it would just be a massive symphony, though also this statement could be discussed at length. There are special conventions on how to prepare singers’ staves, and they are like nothing I had ever encountered before. This is because there is an extra component that a symphony doesn’t have: the stage!
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How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 3
Episode 3 – First Steps (cont’d) Instruments set-up (Part 2) Percussion In an ideal world, you will know beforehand how many instruments and players your opera will need, but let’s be realistic: when will that happen? Let’s once more play safe by respecting one single rule: the timpanist is not a percussionist! That is, giveContinue reading “How to engrave an Opera (in Sibelius) – Ep. 3”
Sibelius Tutorials – Episode 1 D
How to create trills with accidentals PART 4 – BONUS MATERIAL: trills with different intervals In the first part of this tutorial, I showed you an alternative way of notating trills that has been getting very popular in the last few decades. It consists of only showing an ordinary trill line and, in smaller size,Continue reading “Sibelius Tutorials – Episode 1 D”
Sibelius Tutorials – Episode 1 C
How to create trills with accidentals PART 3 – EXTENSION LINES Now that we have completed our array of trill symbols with accidentals, we need to create dedicated lines for each of these symbols. To do so, go to the Notations tab in the ribbon where you found the Symbols before, and tap on theContinue reading “Sibelius Tutorials – Episode 1 C”
Sibelius Tutorials – Episode 1 B
How to create trills with accidentals PART 2 – TRILLS WITH ACCIDENTALS We finally come to the core of this lesson. As stated yesterday, if nothing is specified, one would play the upper diatonic note, including any accidental from the key signature. If we want to add an accidental, we can either create a dedicatedContinue reading “Sibelius Tutorials – Episode 1 B”
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