Power tools in Sibelius

Sibelius power tools

Sophisticated features to save you time

Plug-ins

Sibelius comes with more than 110 ‘plug-in’ features which do useful things to your score, such as:

Check for mistakes, e.g. parallel 5ths/8ves
Harmonise tunes
Add brass/string fingering
Automatically create sets of scales and arpeggios (see right)
Halve or double note values
Realize figured bass and chord symbols
Automatically generate drum patterns
Highlight all occurrences of a motive.

Sibelius includes a complete programming language called ManuScript™, so you can even write your own plug-ins.

Properties

The Properties window lets you view and edit advanced information about markings in your score – everything from numerical positions to notehead shapes and text sizes.

The information is divided into panels, which you can open and close to reduce screen clutter.

Properties window shows advanced
information divided into seven panels

Rulers

Sibelius’s smart rulers show you individual position measurements for each marking and staff – ideal for making fine adjustments to layout.

Multiple rulers (this score uses the Inkpen2 handwriting font)

Find & filters

Sibelius lets you search for notes, text and other markings, e.g. find the word "mute." Filters let you find and edit any number of these occurrences at once. For example, you can easily find all C#s in a harp part, then change them all to Db with a single keypress.

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