Ideally we would be able to choose 12.5% but Sibelius won’t let us. The reason we are creating a new text style is that we need to account for the “plus” character which will go smack in the middle, and so we need to halve the existing line spacing from 25% to 12%. Indeed, uncheck everything except for Line spacing and Vertical scale. This allows our new style to inherit most of the settings of the main Time signatures style. From the Based on: drop-down, choose Time signatures. Name this new text style something sensible, like Time signatures (composite ). Yes, we want to create a new text style, so click Yes. Choose the Time signatures style and click New Text Style… I’ve entered in some music, so now let’s go to Text > Styles > Edit Text Styles. But we have further work to do to turn this into 6/8 + 2/4. Many people don’t realize that you can apply a time signature like this in Sibelius, so if that’s all you needed, congratulations! You’re done. We want to group the eighth notes in groups of 3, 3, 2, and 2, so type those in and click OK.Ĭlick OK again and then click to apply the time signature. Type in 6+4 in the box, and choose 8 from the drop-down menu. Sibelius only lets you have a single denominator, so let’s double the 2/4 portion of our desired time signature to 4/8. We want to change the time signature to 6/8 + 2/4, which is non-standard, so press T for time signature and then choose More Options.Ĭhoose Other. Finale and Dorico handle this with ease, but in Sibelius it takes a bit of effort. Today we’ll cover how to create composite time signatures in Sibelius, including what Elaine Gould’s Behind Bars book calls “meters of mixed denominators.”īy “meters of mixed denominators” I mean something like 6/8 + 2/4. Hi everyone, it’s Philip at NYC Music Services and Scoring Notes, back with another tutorial. Finale and Dorico handle this with ease, but in Sibelius it takes a bit of effort.Ī tutorial video and full transcript follow. In this video tutorial, we’ll cover how to create composite time signatures in Sibelius, including what Elaine Gould’s Behind Bars book calls “meters of mixed denominators.”īy “meters of mixed denominators,” we mean something like 6/8 + 2/4.
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