Sibelius® and Sibelius | Ultimate Tutorials Legal Notices © 2018 Avid Technology, Inc., (“Avid”), all rights reserved. This guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the written consent of Avid. For a current and complete list of Avid trademarks visit: www.avid.com/legal/trademarks-and-other-notices Bonjour, the Bonjour logo, and the Bonjour symbol are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. This product may be protected by one or more U.S. and non-U.S. patents. Details are available at www.avid.com/patents. Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice. Guide Part Number 9329-65959-00 REV A 4/18 Contents Introduction . 1 Naming Conventions for Sibelius Software . 1 Sibelius Reference Guide . 1 Commands in the Ribbon . 1 System Requirements and Compatibility Information . 2 Conventions Used in Sibelius Documentation . 2 Resources. 3 About the Projects . 4 Part I Opening and Editing a Score Opening a Score . 6 Opening a File . 6 Introducing the Ribbon . 7 Moving Around the Score . 8 Note Input and Editing . 12 The Escape Key . 12 Moving Between Notes . 12 The Keypad. 13 Notebook (laptop) Shortcuts . 13 Editing Notes with the Keypad . 14 Undo and Redo. 15 Mouse Input and the Keyboard Panel . 16 Adding Articulation and Ties with the Keypad . 17 Selections and Copying Music . 18 Selections and Passages. 18 Deleting Notes and Other Objects. 19 Flexi-time Input . 22 Using a MIDI Device . 22 Flexi-time Options . 23 Recording MIDI Input with Flexi-time . 23 Alphabetic and Step-time Input . 25 Alphabetic Input . 25 Step-time Input . 26 Transposing Scores . 28 Working with Parts. 28 Sibelius and Sibelius | Ultimate Tutorials iii Playback . 30 Playback Controls. 30 The Mixer Panel . 30 I Can’t Hear Anything! . 32 Text and Dynamics. 33 About Text. 33 Adding Lyrics . 33 Dynamics . 34 Tempo Text . 35 Technique Text . 35 Editing Existing Text . 36 Magnetic Layout . 36 Part II Creating a Score and Parts Creating a New Score . ..