Sibelius topics outline           Music 103, week 2

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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