Sibelius details

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Starting with the Chopin Prelude in E minor (Op. 28, No. 4) which you entered from the last Sibelius class (Sibelius 5 file), add all of the notational details to finish the typesetting to match this original scan.


Grace Notes

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Measures 11 and 19 contains grace notes which are difficult to enter in real-time MIDI entry. To add these grace notes afterward to the score, press the F9 function key to set the numeric keypad to the extended rhythm options. Then press keypad * or click on the slashed grace note icon in the keypad window (if it is being displayed). Then click on the B pitch in measure 11 where the grace note should be added.

It would be convenient to type the letter s after inserting the grace note (while the grace note is highlighted in blue). Otherwise, you will have to add the slur in a later step...

Cross-staff notes

Slurs

The easiest way to create a slur is to click on the first note which the slur starts, and then Shift-click on the last note within the slur. The press s to add the slur. Slurs can go across system breaks, although they will become a bit difficult to manage. For long slurs, you can also make separate slurs for each system, but only do this if you have decided on a fixed layout: if the systems break at different measures, those individual slurs will have to be corrected.

The height (curvature) of the slur can be adjusted by first highlighting the slur by clicking on it. Then you can click-drag to move the slur middle up and down. Click-dragging near the endpoint of a slur with allow adjustment of the start/end of the slur.

Typing x while editing a slur will flip the orientation of the slur.

Articulations

fermata

turn

accent

Dynamics Hairpins

Dynamics

Pedal Markings