Hi, Michael.
Here are some slash note basics from the Sib-Access archives. Not sure
re the beaming question. Sorry.
Kevin asks:
“ How do you make a bar into four slashes for rhythm section notation,
preferably without losing the chord symbols you've already written in?”
Dave answers by sharing text, probably from Dan R.:
“Inputting slash notes into a bar
Yes, you can do this. You might want to put an NC above the written pitches
just to make it certain that no chords should be improvised with the notes.
Here's a step by step for the notes in the bar.
1. Press N to start note input. This step is vital because the notehead
keystrokes won't work properly unless you do this. 2. Press Alt+Shift+3 for
stemless slash noteheads. 3. Press F8 and then NumPad4 for quarter notes. 4.
Type B to input a B. It should be a B4, if it isn't, use the up and down
arrows to correct it. 5. Press B two more times to enter the second and
third quarters. 6. Press Alt+Shift+0 for round noteheads with stems. 7.
Press NumPad3 for eighth notes. 8. Type in the two eighth note pitches. 9.
Press N to stop note input.
For the chords
1. Select the first note and press Ctrl+K.
2. Type in the first chord and press space. Then repeat this step for the
second and third chords. 3. You should now be on the eighth note at quarter
4. 4. You now need a no chord instruction above the eighth note. You could
just type in "NC" as capital letters but Sibelius actually has a no chord
symbol. 5. You get this by inputting a µ character. You can find it by
opening the word menu with the applications key and selecting µ in the
table. It's in the column with dim at the top. So, as soon as the menu
opens, press right arrow until dim is spoken and then down arrow to µ. 6."
HTH,
Dani
On 11/9/16, Michael Arnowitt <MA@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message
How do you make the slash marks within the staff on every quarter note
beat,
such as used in jazz or pop music to fill bars under chord symbols for
improv?
They should look like slash marks, almost all the time with no stems, but
once in a while you might need to stem and beam together a couple of eighth
note slashes to position a chord symbol on an offbeat, so if you could tell
me how to do that, too, thanks.
Michael
If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message
with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to:
sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx