[sib-access] Re: piano questions
- From: "Dave Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:02:31 -0800
Steph,
To play just the piano staves, select the first bar in the Piano "A" stave,
and then Shift-DownArrow to select the Piano "B" staff. Then press "P" to
play. Only the selected staves are played.
You could also use the dynamic parts feature and play from the piano part,
but you'll want to do some reading of the various documentation to make sure
you understand how to turn on the dynamic pats and switch between the panes.
For printing, just make sure nothing is selected, and use the print dialog.
Your whole score will print. If you want to only print the piano staves,
then again I'll recommend learning how to use dynamic parts.
It's all in the Sib 5 Reference manual, and I'm pretty sure Dan has also
written about this in the Sib-Access documentation in the Ctrl+f1 dialog.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephanie Mitchell" <mumwith2kids@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 00:58
Subject: [sib-access] Re: piano questions
Thanks. It appeared to work. It put soprano on voice one, alto on voice 2
and did the same with the tenor and bass. Is there a way to play only the
piano staves so I can make sure it's all there. Also, when printing, will it
print my lyrics etc or do I need to do something to make them show again.
Thanks so much,
Steph
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Rugman <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 14 February 2010 05:41
To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sib-access] Re: piano questions
Steph,
The simplest way is to select the entire score and then use the include /
exclude plug-in to deselect the staves you don't want to copy. That's what
the steps in brackets were telling you to do.
(a) Press Ctrl+A to select all.
(b) Press Alt+U for plug-ins, then press Enter for the Access sub-menu, and
then press I for include/ exclude staves.
(c) In the list, select each staff which is not a vocal staff and press the
change button. (You'll need to do this for each staff in turn, the dialog
does not support selecting more than one item in the list.)
(d) Press the close button.
The other way is to select a note on one of the staves you want to copy and
then extend the selection. This can be quicker but you need to be careful
about key presses because you could select the wrong thing. For the record:
1. Select the item on the first staff you want to copy.
2. Press Ctrl+Home to extend the selection to the start of the score.
3. Press Ctrl+End to extend the selection to the end of the score.
4. Only one staff is selected at the moment, so press Shift+DownArrow until
all the staves you need are selected.
5. If you've selected too many staves, use the include / exclude staves
plug-in to remove the unwanted staves.
The filtering option was "notes and chords". As the name suggests, this
filters the selection so that it only contains notes and chords. All
dynamics, lyrics, and other markings are removed.
BTW, pressing F5 tells you how many items are now selected and what type
they are.
The reason for filtering is that it stops the piano part being filled up
with information which is only useful to the singers. EG: the pianist
doesn't need to see the lyrics in their own part; they can just look at the
vocals staves if they need them. You can also find that the target staves
get filled up with multiple copies of some text items, which can be a pain
to clean up afterwards.
If you want the dynamics to be included in the piano staves, you have two
options.
The first is to follow the instructions I gave you exactly. Then go back to
one of the vocal staves, select everything on the stave and then filter for
dynamics. Next, copy and paste in the normal way onto the top piano staff.
The other way is to not filter the selection before using the arrange
dialog. This means that the piano staves will be filled up with everything
from the staves, some of which you might not want. You'll then need to
select everything on both piano staves and filter for the things that you
don't want. You can then delete them.
Dan Rugman
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-----Original Message-----
From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of stephanie mitchell
Sent: 13 February 2010 18:09
To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [sib-access] Re: piano questions
Thank you so much. Just to clarify, how do I select more than one staff at a
time? And after the filtering, what am i copying to the clipboard?
On 2/14/10, Dan Rugman <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's much easier than that. Try this in stead.
>
> 1. Select all the music on the vocal staves.
> (a) Press Ctrl+A to select all.
> (b) Press Alt+U for plug-ins, then press Enter for the Access
> sub-menu, and then press I for include/ exclude staves.
> (c) In the list, select each staff which is not a vocal staff and
> press the change button. (You'll need to do this for each staff in
> turn, the dialog does not support selecting more than one item in the
> list.)
> (d) Press the close button.
> 2. Choose Edit > Filter > Notes and chords. This stops lyrics being
> copied onto the piano staves in the later steps.
> 3. Press Ctrl+C to copy the selection to the clipboard.
> 4. Select everything on both piano staves.
> 5. Press Ctrl+Shift+V to open the arrange dialog.
> 6. From the list choose "keyboard reduction: up to two voices per
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