Sibelius 2.1 Music Notation Flash Cards

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Title:	Sibelius 2.1 Music Notation
Description:	Flashcards created to aid in the drill and memorization of terms, concepts, principles associated with Sibelius Music Notation Program(and its many keyboard shortcuts) as well as music and music engraving.
Number of Cards:	226
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Author:	tyrrell7
Created:	2002-03-28
Tags:	music notation sibelius
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- Question
- Answer
- Side 3

- Where should copyrights be attached and why?
- To the 1st bar of the score in case of reformatting.
- Name 2 ways in which you can prevent view menu options from printing.
- Deselect them individually from the View menu.
  
  Uncheck "Print View Menu Options" from the Print dialog.
- How do you stop playback?
- ESC
- To reverse (flip) a beam...
- Select any note in the group.
  Type "X".
- How do you adjust the arch of a tie?
- Up/Down arrows
- How do you adjust the horizontal offset of an individual note in bar?
- Select note.
  
  Adjust "X" parameter on General panel of Properties window.,
- Keystrokes to tile open scores verically, horizontally and cascade styles...
- ALT+Window(W)> V/H/C
- How do you merge the voices of a multi-voice passage into a single voice?
- Select passage.
  
  ALT+1/2/3/4
- How do you select a single staff throughout the score?
- Triple-click an empty part of any bar.
- Rules for grace note stem direction...
- Normally drawn up.
  
  Only drawn down to avoid collisions (2nd of two voices)
- Shortcut for extending the selection by one bar...
- CTRL+SHIFT+ right arrow
- Shortcut for lyric Verse 2...
- CTRL+ALT+L
- Shortcut for inserting the copyright symbol...
- CTRL+SHIFT+C
- How do you display/hide the Navigator?
- ALT+Window(W)>Navigator(a)
- How do you restore the default positions of tuplets?
- Select
  
  CTRL+SHIFT+P
  
  or
  
  ALT+Layout(L)>Reset Position
- How would you print a work copy of a score containing highlights?
- Switch on ALT+View(V)>Highlights(g)
  
  Switch off any other options you don't want printed.
  
  CTRL+P
  
  Click "Print View Menus options".
- Describe how you would split music into 2 voices after having input the music thur Flexi-time...
- Select passage
  
  CTRL+ALT+B (selects the bottom or single notes)
  
  ALT+2 (assigns all bottom notes to Voice 2)
  
  Edit note values where necessary to consolidate redundant ties.
- How do you insert a dashed barline in the middle of a measure?
- Select note/rest just before insertion point.
  
  ALT+Create(C)>Dashed(a)
- Recite the F8 Layout on the keypad.
- .= Augmentation dot
  zero = rest
  1 = 32nd note
  2 = 16th note
  3 = 8th note
  4 = quarter note
  5 = half note
  6 = whole note
  7 = natural sign
  8 = sharp sign
  9 = flat sign
  slash = accent mark
  asterisk = staccato dot
  dash = tenuto mark
  + = cycle thru keypad Layouts
  ENTER = create tie
- How do you display Word Lists?
- Right click when creating text.
- How do you input cue notes and cue rests?
- Select bar.
  F9, ENTER (on keypad)
  Re-tap F8
  Input notes as usual.
  
  (To return to normal note input, return to F9, re-tap ENTER on kpd.)
- How do copy notes in Voice 1 to notese in Voice 2 elsewhere?
- Select passage.
  
  SHIFT + V (swap Voices 1&2)
  
  CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+2 (selects only Voice 2 notes)
  
  ALT + click to new location
  
  SHIFT + V (to re-swap original voices)
- Shortcut for creating a Final Barline...
- Select barline.
  
  ALT+Create(C)>
  Barline(a)>Final(F)
- How do you enter a specific interval below a selected note?
- SHIFT + (1-9)on main kbd
- How do you create double repeat signs located between two repeated sections?
- At the end of the left bar:
  ALT+Create(C)>Barline(a)End Repeat(E)
  
  At the start of the right bar:
  ALT+Create(C)> Barline(a)Start Repeat(S)
- Shortcut for accessing key signature dialog...
- K
- Shortcut to swap Voices 1 and 2...
- Select passage.
  SHIFT+V
- Shortcut for opening File menu...
- ALT + F
- Shortcut for extract part...
- Select entire score.
  
  CTRL+SHIFT+X
- On which Layouts are accidentals located?
- F8 (1st) and F12 (5th)
- Shortcut for cross/diamond style noteheads...
- SHIFT+ALT+5
- What's the path used to rename or delete a customized Manuscript Paper?
- C: Program Files\Sibelius Software\Sibelius 2\Manuscript Paper
- How do you add a single bar mid-score?
- Select bar before the insertion point.
  
  CTRL+SHIFT+B
  
  Continue tapping B as needed (or hold down B for continuous insertion)
- Shortcut for creating a symbol...
- Z
- What's the difference between typing Zero vs. Delete when converting a passage to rests?
- Zero converts each note into its corresponding rest.
  
  Delete consolidates rest values into larger denominations.
- Shortcut for creating diminished chord symbol...
- Within CTRL+K:
  
  Type CTRL+O (letter)
- Shortcut for "beat" style noteheads...
- SHIFT+ALT+4
- Shortcut to access the Performance window
- SHIFT+P
- To select either end of a line...
- Select note/rest it's attached to.
  
  ALT+ right/left arrow
- Shortcut for pausing playback...
- P
- How do you create a highlight in a score?
- Select passage.
  ALT+Create(C)>Highlight(g)
- How do you move a lyric syllable or lyric line left/ right one note?
- Space (right)
  
  SHIFT+space (left)
- If there is more than one voice per staff, how are they normally arranged in register?
- Normally, Voice 1 would be the highest...Voice 4 would be the lowest in register.
- To create a new Voice...
- V
  ALT+ 1/2/3/4
- Shortcut for normal-sized noteheads...
- SHIFT+ALT+zero
- How do you extend any line rightwards?
- Select right end
  
  Hit spacebar.
- How do you enter expression text marking of "sfz"?
- CTRL+E
  CTRL+ s,f
  CTRL+SHIFT+z
  
  (If you don't press SHIFT, the command becomes Redo.)
- Selects all similar text objects in the same style attached to the same staff within that system...
- CTRL+SHIFT+A
- Shortcut for hiding a cautionary clef change...
- CTRL+SHIFT+H
- Shortcut to access the Help Menu...
- F1
- Shortcut to align objects in a column...
- CTRL+SHIFT+C
- How do you move up/down a screenful?
- Page Up/Page Down
- Shortcut for stemless noteheads...
- SHIFT+ALT+8
- Keystrokes to force a passage to fit into a system...
- Select passage
  
  SHIFT+ALT+M
  
  or
  
  ALT+Layout(L)>Format(F)>Make Into System (Y)
- To switch on the Voice Colors option...
- ALT+V
  >Note Colors (N)
  >Voice Colors (V)
- How do you move a system while retaining the spacings between adjectent staves?
- Make a one-bar system selection
  
  ALT+ Up/Down arrow
- How do you convert a passage written in normal-sized notes to cue-sized notes?
- Select notes.
  
  F9> ENTER (kpd)
- How do put a first selection on the score?
- Type TAB
- To move a rehearsal mark left or right...
- Select rehearsal mark.
  Adjust "X" parameter on General panel of Properties window.
- Keystrokes for accessing the Standard Filter Menu...
- ALT+Edit(E)>Filter(i)
- How do you edit text already in the score?
- Select it.
  
  ENTER (main kbd)
  
  BACKSPACE to delete.
- How do you independently change the gap between staves?
- Select the lower staff.
  
  SHIFT+ALT+ Up/down arrow
  
  or
  
  Click + drag
- How do you adjust the horizontal position of an inserted bar line?
- Click barline to select.
  Adjust "X" parameter on General panel of Properties window.
- How do you reset notes/lyrics to default spacing?
- Select passage
  
  CTRL+SHIFT+N
- How do you input a bracketed, or parenthesized, accidental?
- Select note.
  
  F12
  
  Accidental + ( ) on kpd
- Keystrokes to select all chord symbols in a lead sheet...
- ALT+Edit(E)>Filter(i)>Chord Symbols(m)
- Shortcut for start Flexi-time note input...
- CTRL+SHIFT+F
- How do you hide a bar number?
- Select the bar whose number is to be hidden.
  
  Create Bar Number Change in that bar.
  
  Type in bar number of current bar.
  
  CTRL+SHIFT+H
- How do you add accidentals to text?
- CTRL+accidental on F8 Layout that applies.
- Shortcut for creating half-diminished chord symbol...
- Within CTRL+K:
  
  Type CTRL+SHIFT+O
- To create a time signature change...
- Select the bar before the time change.
  Type T.
  Complete the dialog.
- Keystrokes to create Lyric verses 3/4/5...
- ALT+Create(C)>Text(x)>ENTER>Other Staff Text(o)>Lyric Verse 3/4/5
- What do the position numbers on the General panel of Properties window actually signify?
- The rhythmic position measured in quarter notes, regardless of the time signature.
- To create a time signature at the beginning of the score...
- Ensure nothing is selected.
  Type T.
  Complete the dialog.
  Click at start of score.
- Shortcut for displaying/hiding Mixer window
- M