The same goes for other objects, including an assortment of lines, octava markings, guitar tablatures, and many forms of text "expression" objects-they can be tagged to the last 128th note of the score if need be. For example, technique marks, tempo marks, and various special symbols such as Bartok pizzicatos are all treated as objects, and thus can be maneuvered and attached to a measure, note, or rest with ease. You can drag, click, adjust, align, and delete objects in a consistent manner, adding to the simplicity of the program's design and usability. Unlike other notation software packages, most objects in Sibelius are just objects, and behave just like Sibelius objects. This score was simply made by choosing "piano" from a handful of familiar instrumentation options such as "orchestra," "choir (SATB)," "treble staff," "wind trio," or "string quartet." For special instrument settings, such as an ensemble consisting of guitar, crotales, hurdy-gurdy, tin whistle, and cimbalom, a Create Instrument window, categorized into approximately 200 instruments and instrument families, is available (see Figure 2).Īs seen in Figure 1, the interface shows a floating mini-navigator window at the bottom left, a collapsible and expandable floating properties window on the right bottom corner, and the familiar toolbar at the top. The desktop environment (see the example in Figure 1), which has become slightly more complicated (albeit more useful) than previous 1.x versions, displays an empty piano score. For Sibelius, however, getting started on a basic score is relatively trouble-free. There always seems to be a learning curve that is steep for some programs and nearly at right angles for other programs. Trying to use a program for the very first time, or the first n times, can often be dreadfully frustrating. Indeed, simplicity seems to be one of the important design concepts behind the program's functionality, access, and interface design.
Sibelius 2.x is a flavor of music notation software developed by composers/ programmers Ben and Jonathan Finn who saw the "need for a better way to write music than pen and paper." At first glance, Sibelius can be summarized in one word-simple.
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