You might use this, for instance, to adjust the end point of an individual multirest to avoid a collision with a clef change at the end of the multirest. In Finale, you can also change the start or end point of any individual multirest. It’s pretty easy to experiment with different widths and come up with something you like the look of. (adding “s” after the number enters the value in spaces regardless of view settings) Typically, these will be equal amounts, shown here, 1.5 spaces: At the top of the pane, you will see two numeric entry fields “Adjust Start Point” and “Adjust End Point”. In Finale (as far back as at least 2010) , Go to Document > Document Options > Multimeasure Rests. This distance setting is equally controllable in both programs. How these are set is largely a matter of personal taste, and even a small adjustment can make a big difference in the look of your parts. You can see that the Finale and Sibelius defaults are slightly different from one another. One way to subtly give your parts look a distinctive look is to adjust the distance between the ends of the multimeasure rests and the barlines, or the “white space”. The defaults for Finale and Sibelius are nearly identical. In modern charts, the standard type of multimeasure rest is called an “H-bar”. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to control multirest settings and also, how add a unique touch to your charts in Finale and Sibelius with custom multirests. You may not have given them much thought, but Multimeasure Rests play a key role in how your parts look. More Advanced Filter tips in a future blog post.Let’s talk about rests. Using keyboard shortcuts I completed the entire procedure I’ve described in less than 2 minutes. You can significantly speed up this process if you learn the keyboard shortcuts for advanced filter, reset position, etc. The lyrics should still all be highlighted. Open the Text panel and click on the text styles pane select “Lyrics.” Next open the properties panel which is in the Windows menu. This filters all the lyrics no matter what verse. In Sibelius 6: go to the menu Edit>Filter>Lyrics. Go to the tab Appearance and click on “Reset postion.” Now all your lyrics should be lined up. Next go to the tab Text you’ll notice on the far left the pane for text style is blank.Ĭlick on it select “Lyrics line 1.” Now the text style for all the lyrics is the same. In Sibelius 7: go to the tab Home>Filter>Lyrics. So I select all the bars with lyrics in them and then: Next I’ve got to get all those lyrics in the correct position. When I’m done I have something like this: So for verse 2 select Lyrics line 1, 3 and 4 to filter and delete, etc. Then I repeat this process for all the other verses. I click the select button in the lower right corner and I’ve just the lyrics for verses 2-4 highlight. Here I’ll select Lyrics lines 2, 3 and 4 by shift clicking on them. Click “None” and now I scroll down the list to “Lyrics line 1, Lyrics line 2,” etc. There are 2 buttons at the bottom of that list, none and all. Notice in the middle the where it says, “Specific text styles” all of the text styles are highlighted in dark blue. In the Find: column I check “Text.” In the View window I select “Text.” I select the bars of the first verse, in this case bars 2 and 3 and open the advanced filter. I have the form of the song but I need to delete some on these lyrics. Next, I just tap the ‘R’ key on my keyboard for ‘repeat’ as many times as needed. (Note: This example is from Sibelius 7, in Sibelius 6 you’ll see a double purple line around the system selection) So in this example I do a system selection of bars 2 and 3. I want to keep the intro and the ending and end up with 4 copies of the verse. Next I do a system selection of all the bars I want to repeat. Now I change each of those barlines into a double barline. Then do the same with the end repeat barline. Click on the start repeat barline to select it and hit the delete key. This is quick and easy to do.įirst, I need to get rid of the repeat barlines. To make the orchestration build, I need to lay out the song out in long form with no repeats. The piano vocal score uses repeated bars with lyrics for multiple verses written under the notes, like the example below. I’m given a piano vocal arrangement in Sibelius that a client would like me to orchestrate. Here’s another example of using the Advanced Filter.
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