If you move to a note and start entering new pitches it will over write what is already there. This is something that you need to be careful about. If you move to a chord and press the letter "A", the entire chord will be replaced by a single note with a pitch of A. Dan Rugman visit the new on-line resource for visually impaired musicians and home of Sibelius Access. www.musicaccess.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephanie Mitchell Sent: 01 January 2009 10:03 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave Wouldn't that just make a heap of chords though? Steph > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Claudio Sacco" <cl.sacco@xxxxxxxx >To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date sent: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 10:01:13 +0100 >Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave >Stephanie, >You could also just overwrite your bass part. Sibelius overwrites notes, if >you enter notes on an already written section. >Regards >Claudio >-----Original Message----- >From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephanie Mitchell >Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 1:17 AM >To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave >Thanks. I'll try this later today. I want to remove the notes from the >bass part and re-write it. I might be re writing the whole lot yet. >Composers do that all the time. Just when you think it's done, you aren't. >Steph >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx >>To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Date sent: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:07:42 -0600 >>Subject: [sib-access] Re: deleting every thing on one stave >>Steph, >> Assuming that you only want to delete the notes and rests in >one >>staff without deleting the staff itself, do the following: >>1. Make sure that you are in the staff whose notes you wish to >delete. >>2. Under the Edit Menu, select the Select submenu and go to >Select Bars. >>3. You will be in a dialog with a from and through box. You'll >be in the >>through box. Type the number of the last bar whose notes you >wish to >>delete. >>4. Tab to the next box. Usually, the first note of the score >will be >>selected in that box already. If you want to delete from some >point within >>a score that is not the beginning, type the number the bar at >which you wish >>to start your deletion. There is no way to begin your deletion >at a point >>within a bar using this command. >>5. Tab to the box that says make system selection and be certain >that it is >>not checked. This is important because if you have checked it, >not only the >>notes, but also the very staves will be removed which will change >the number >>of bars in your score. >>7. Tab to and click OK. You should find that you have empty >bars on the >>staff whose notes you wish to remove. >> As far as I know, this select command was not in Sibelius 3. >I just >>discovered it myself and I think it's very cool. >> There are also select all and select more commands. I've >done some >>fiddling with the select more command and, as far as I can tell, >if you are >>on the first beat of a bar in one staff and choose select more, >the entire >>bar will be selected. However, if you are at the first beat of a >bar in >>more than one staff, say a piano, for example and select more, >nothing seems >>to happen. Finally, it also appears that if you are on a beat >other than 1 >>in a bar and select more, nothing seems to happen. >> Anyone else feel free to chime in and correct anything I've >gotten >>wrong here. >>Kevin >>-----Original Message----- >>From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>[mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephanie >Mitchell >>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:13 PM >>To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [sib-access] deleting every thing on one stave >>Is there a way to delete every thing on one stave? >>Steph >>If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, >>unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: >>sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, >>unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: >>sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, >unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: >sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, >unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: >sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx