Sibelius Basics Online Course
Get started with Sibelius the RIGHT way
About this Course
Learn how to use Sibelius quickly and effectively, the right way. This course assumes no prior knowledge, so it’s perfect for new Sibelius users or for those that have some holes in their knowledge.
You’ll learn how to set up a score, input notes in multiple ways, how to select music quickly, best ways to copy and paste, score-sharing techniques and lots of other time-saving tips.
Course Format
This course is available when you join the Midnight Music Community. Membership to the Midnight Music Community gives you access to this course, and 11 other online courses, plus lesson plans, help and advice.
Course Outline
The Sibelius Basics Online course will cover a range of skills, including the following:
- Setting up a score
- Screen tour
- Navigating around your score
- Note entry basics
- Selecting music with ease
- Quick copy and paste
- Overwriting pitches whilst maintaining rhythm
- Score playback
- Participant Q&A
- Note input with a MIDI keyboard
- Vocal parts
- Entering lyrics
- Copying and pasting lyrics
- Inputting chords
- Adding chord symbols
- Dynamics and articulations
- Repeats
- More playback tips
- Participant Q&A
- Automating boring tasks: there’s a plugin for (almost) everything!
- Instant accompaniments
- Arranging automagically
- Layout and formatting basics
- Parts
- Participant Q&A
- Copying a musical example into Word or Powerpoint
- Tips for creating your own custom worksheets and papers
- Discovering the Worksheet Creator
- Course wrap-up
- Requests
- Participant Q&A