Notation

Skills 3: Notation software: illustrations, worksheets and quality resources. Copyright.

Cool things from week 3 workshop:

• On Photoscore, you can take a photo of hand written score, turn it into notation and send it straight to Sibelius
• The disadvantage of not hand-writing a score is that you may lose your thought processes because all you see is perfect notation.
• xml is format for music notation. It can be opened on many music notation programs/software and transfers quite smoothly. This is really great for music education because it means students without Sibelius at home can save files as xml and work at home using a free program, like MuseScore.
• On MuseScore, you can always find mediocre arrangements and make them better.
• Flat.io and Noteflight are also free, but have limitations if you don’t upgrade e.g. connecting to midi/record and download individual parts.

Sibelius things that I didn’t know that have now changed my life:

• The keypad matches up with the numberpad on the keyboard!!! I did not know this. In my defence, I did not know this because my keyboard doesn’t have the numberpad.
• To screenshot a sib excerpt without the paper texture, press alt+g
• THERE IS A TEACHING SECTION IN SIBELIUS. I am so mad I did not know this before prac – making worksheets will be such a breeze now.
• Go to note input –> transformation to develop a motif.
• Ideas panel is like a loop library for Sibelius!