JOHN HINCHEY'S THOUGHTS ON MUSIC NOTATION, ARRANGING AND MUSIC PREP
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Yeah, there’s an easier way to install plugins With all these recent blog posts on plugins, I thought it might be a good time to talk about the new Install plug-ins feature in Sibelius 7. I realize looking back at these posts that I’ve created links to Extra plugins for Sibelius download page but really that is [...]
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Yeah there’s a plugin for that: Move System Objects For Delete Bar plugin and Add Pickup Bar plugin Continuing with my series on plugins, let’s take a look at a common issue and a couple of plugins that can help you out. But first here’s something you really need to know about Sibelius… ALL PAGE [...]
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Have you ever had a problem, then you find the solution and the next thing the sound you utter resembles Homer Simpson saying, “D’oh!” ? Discovering this little tip was exactly one of those moments for me. Sometimes it pays to know the basics of your operating system! For years, I’ve been printing PDFs of [...]
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This post is part 2 in my series of posts translating Sibelius 6 for Finale users. Remember I’m using Finale 2010 as Finale version of reference for these posts. Since Finale bases many of the elements of notation on the Tool menu, that seems like a good place to start. Let’s go through some [...]
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Many composers, arrangers, orchestrators and music prep professionals who are long time Finale users are finding that if pays to be fluent in Sibelius as well. Both programs give you excellent professional output and both are being widely used. In my consulting work with clients and colleagues, I’ve developed a few tips and techniques that [...]
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Here’s a question from an email I recently received related to my last series of blog posts. “Hi John, Thanks very much for your posts on Sibelius 6! I’m trying to figure out how to write drum kicks in a flute part (above the staff). I found the Make Pitches Constant plugin, but I’m actually trying to [...]
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Using the concepts I’ve presented in the “Signal Flow and Music Notatation Software” blog posts, let’s look at an example of how to apply this to a real world notation situation. My friend Pete Huttlinger is a fabulous guitar player and author of many excellent guitar books and videos. Pete uses Sibelius for his guitar [...]
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A blog about notes on paper to be read by musicians and how to get them there. (The notes, not the musicians) Welcome to my blog “Notes On Notes.” My high school band director, Tony Hyde, would often tell us, “The first 30 years are the hardest!” What he never really defined was whether he [...]
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