Sibelius topics outline Music 110
Mac vs Windows shortcuts
Selection
- notes (click, arrow keys)
- individual items
- multiple items: shift-click or command-drag
- measure
- system
- staff throughout score
- command-click selection (double frame)
- filtering (later...)
Efficient Entry
- point and click (boo)
- number (calculator) keypad (show and hide)
- esc (to clear)
- alphabetic (qwerty)
- adding notes to chord
- MIDI (YES!)
- accidentals: entering, flipping"Note" information via keypad
- switching keypad layouts (and function key shortcuts)
- other score indications: mostly via Create menu
- keyboard shortcuts, Sibelius-style
Basic Editing Actions
- option-click
- R
- re-input pitches (VERY useful!!—learn to identify repetition and variation)
- deleting content vs. deleting measures
- click and drag
- arrow keys
- command+arrow keys
- "x" to flip
- undo, redo, and undo/redo history
Navigation
- zoom in and out
- zoom button and drag
- click and drag
- Navigator window
- go to bar...
- go to page...
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