- Sibelius is the music notation program for the 21st Century. It’s designed to notate, edit, play back and print music of every kind, to the highest professional standards.
- If you write music, Sibelius will revolutionize the way you work — whether you’re a composer, arranger, performer, teacher, student, conductor, copyist or publisher.
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The ‘navigator’ — click and drag to look through the score quickly |
Virtual Manuscript PaperTM interface — choose from a range of paper colors and textures |
The ‘keypad’ — choose notes, accidentals and other markings using the mouse or numeric keys |
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Look and feel
Intuitive design with clear, instant graphics which look just like manuscript paper on the screen Creating your score
Input music quickly with a MIDI keyboard or with mouse and keystrokes. Record in real time using super-intelligent Flexi-timeTM which follows your tempo.-
Playback
Sibelius plays all standard markings straight from your score — even text such as legato, cresc. and pizz. The unique EspressivoTM feature automatically adds phrasing and expression, just like a human performer.
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Page layout and part extraction
Sibelius fits your music beautifully on every page — reformatting your entire score in just 1/10th of a second. Sibelius allows an unlimited number of staves and bars, and extracts instrumental parts in moments — correctly formatted and ready to print.
- Sibelius is designed to be so intuitive that you can learn to use it in minutes. You’ll find that working with Sibelius is 99% inspiration, 1% perspiration!
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Sibelius runs on Windows PC’s, and is fully MIDI compatible.
(Apple Mac version available Spring 1999.)
Photo: San Francisco Chronicle |
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
“I have found Sibelius a powerful and effective tool” Michael Tilson Thomas is principal conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Sibelius is also used by many other eminent musicians including Mission Impossible composer Lalo Schifrin, Church composer John Ryter and the Royal Academy of Music, London. |
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Internet publishing
Sibelius is the only scorewriter that lets you publish your scores on the Internet, so people who visit your website can view, transpose and play back your music. -
Scanning, plug-ins and filters
Comes with a free copy of PhotoScore LiteTM, the state-of-the-art music scanning software from Neuratron. Many other useful plug-in features are included, and you can even write your own using the easy-to-learn ManuScriptTM programming language. -
Publishing and printing
Sibelius applies hundreds of advanced music engraving rules to make your scores look stunning. You can set numerous House StyleTM options to give your music a completely distinctive look. There’s even the specially-designed InkpenTM font which makes your scores look handwritten! -
Special notations
Sibelius supports all notations used in jazz, commercial and rock music (guitar tab, chord symbols and drum notation), early music (figured bass etc.), and avant garde notation (such as microtones and complex rhythms).