As a vibe player, don't be afraid to spread voices out because you think it would be hard for us. :P it's all about adapting and making your grip work for you (most vibe players I know are comfortable with hitting at least an octave in one hand, especially if you're using Steven's grip as opposed to Burtons grip.) That being said, most also have decent enough 4 mallet technique (especially if they can play 3 chord voicings) For clarification, I am not butthurt, just explaining from the percussive side. As a bass player as well, I love your content, and I find it highly helpful!
Yeah, the hardest thing is voicings using accidentals on the inside mallets and natural keys on the outside mallets. Outside of that, you should expect mallet players to be able to hit up to a a thirteenth in the upper register of marimba and an octave on the bottom of marimba, 10th+ on vibes.
No that things too far gone to clean he should just get a cheap mechanical to replace it with. Something with MX Browns or Blacks. Would say the blues would be nice for him but their clicky and you don't want the clickys near recording equipment.
Adam, I'm really impressed with your depth of knowledge, your passion for what you do and your wish to share what you know. I am not a musician tho I studied piano for 10 years, so I find myself very interested in what you are teaching but I have to laser concentrate to keep up. I would like to suggest that people might find it easier to follow if you would speak a little slower. Good luck with your endeavor. I will stay tuned in.
It looks taken out, doesn't it? I wonder if Adam had the same issue with his keyboard and computer as me. Whenever caps lock would be pressed, it'd lock the keyboard for an indefinite amount of time. So I just took the key off lol. Good thing I'm not a very angry person. Caps lock will not be missed.
The problem with holding shift is that you either have to switch which hand is holding shift, or type using stretched fingers. Here's an example of text which is much harder to type using only shift: APZPQ'A"Z/Q}A?
4:14 "I think I'm gonna create a new time signature just 'cus I feel like it" Composers really are as cruel as it seems when you come across funky time signatures.
Do a 10 minute piece for piano and violin. starting F#minor and modulate to EbMajor in one measure! If you do it I will post a video response of me playing it.
Your command of the keyboard for entering notes and rhythm is impressive. I enjoyed this video and the music you wrote. Hope you're thriving these days!
Hey Adam! This might be a deep like, but I just followed along with this while I was using Noteflight for the first time and doing my first composition ten years out from my only piano class. It was a real treat that helped me to start to see what was on the table, creatively speaking and just to make something. Really awesome that you made this video. Thanks!
supadox There's a bunch of places online, but I think Teoria and MusicTheory.net are good websites. There's also a bunch of youtubers who cover it. And of course, you can also take classes at a college or maybe in high school.
I learned from buying Music Theory For Dummies at chapters. Took me 4 months.(Spending an hour or two each day, and having known how to play guitar already, figured it was worth noting) Make sure you write down the main ideas from each chapter; it makes retaining the knowledge much easier
I notice you dont use Sibelius 7. I watched Tantacruel's video on SIbelius 7 and wondered if that's the reason why. I didnt see any quit sibelius buttons or anything like that
Great introduction to what it's like to use the tool. Your knowledge of music theory and composition shines - demonstrating that the tool can be mastered enough not to get in the way.
10 minutes of production and what we have as a result?.... Steve Reich, LOL . Adam, now seriously, this is a fabulous motive. Your capacity to audiate is enviable
I'm pretty sure you don't need to click on the first note when you hit "P" to start playing. It should start at the beginning by default and save you a couple of seconds. I love the channel. Thanks for all your hard work.
That was excellent and so inspiring both in terms of composing and using the technology! How about writing a 16 bar duet for two single voice instruments. E.g. Flute and monophonic synth. Thanks.
I really loved this video and would be eager to see more like this! For me, it's less about the Sibelius instruction as I have switched to Musescore since I'm poor and maybe masochistic. It's more watching your compositional tendencies and workflow, and getting more of a glimpse into your unhindered and unedited mental process.
Dude, that's insane, youre a musical monster Thanks for the push, I am currently finding a way to save my musical ideas, I'll probably try this sibelius thingy
Hi Adam, that was a very cool video! It gave me a lot of insights into composition and actually inspired me to try it on my own. Please do more videos like this or even longer ones! It would be very great!
thank you for even considering limitations of 4-mallet technique. Some things are much harder than they seem on mallet keyboard instruments (Porgy and Bess, Bach's Prelude to Cello Suites)
''Kind of don't like that rolly thing even though I made a big deal about it'' That happens surprisingly often to me, I sometimes end up making even more of a big deal about it before I finally realize it's just too much.. However, I like to start something new with those ideas when I feel I shouldn't cram them into something else
I would really love to see you turn this into a full series. I was hooked on Ben's series when I found it. And as for instrumentation, maybe do something for electric bass, as a lot of us found your channel for bass - but written in addition to instruments the bass doesn't conventionally support, something a little quirky and interesting that might lend the bass different ground to explore :)
That was super interesting, thanks for sharing! Very impressive how you seem to kind of music-theoretically construct the piece and then check if it sounds right. I wish I could hear what went on in your head at that time :) Anyway, great video!
Very nice. Wouldn't mind seeing some very related instrument trios (alto flute, flute, piccolo or sop sax, alto sax and baritone sax) with the composition focused on a strong melody being exchanged between the voices. Really enjoyed it!
I love your videos. I particularly like this one . . . if I only had a Mac, eh? Another thing I like is all the comments! When taken collectively, the comments show a lot of intelligence by those who watch your intelligent video and then comment on it. I still like using a MIDI keyboard to input material. It DOES get a little complicated when you have to go back and forth between a MIDI keyboard and a QWERTY keyboard.
Hey dude this was great! I think it would be cool if you tried writing a short piece like this for two trumpets, hammond organ, double bass, drums and bassoon. It would be more challenging to do because you'd have to right more parts, and the organ would have three staves. This is the instrumentation of my rock band. We all love your videos and would be super thrilled to play something you wrote.
A recurrent question, maybe a fundamental one, why is it that some major composers (like Ravel or Debussy…) worked with a piano or harpsichord and others didn't. One famous composer in France (Karol Beffa) often mentions his favourite composers used a clavier and that's no accident. Thoughts?
Two questions (which are probably irrelevant in a 10 minute timed session): 1. Should you tell the cello to play pizzicato on the staccato portions or is that redundant/irrelevant? 2. When you write for instruments that are not in C (trumpet, alto/tenor sax, others) do you "think" in concert pitch or in what they are written in?
As a cellist, I can tell you that you need to stretch your hand a fuck ton to play that a and b together... It's not impossible, but it is not nearly as trivial as you said. A cello is strung cgda, but in fifths, not fourths. (C2 being the lowest string and the next one (g) is a fifth above it and so on...) You would have to play the b on the a string, and the a on the d string. In order to reach that a and b together, you either have to resort to playing with the thumb on the a string, or you have to have pretty big hands/long fingers...
I laughed, cried and nodded while thinking how this is an obvious advertisement for Dorico. While I’d love to try it the thought of going through the pain of learning what would amount to my 4th notation program is also very painful. I may just have to deal with the inadequacies of Sibelius and Finale. I’ve actually recently made an effort to return to Finale and so far so good once I got started.
Love your videos man... but you are FLYING through this notation with your keyboard shortcuts. Any chance you could do a beginner tutorial on entering notes/rhythms with the keyboard? You're doing this ridiculously fast, and I have no idea how your inputting the chords that fast, in the Vibraphone... I just can't follow exactly what you're doing... while MIDI is helpful in entering notes, since not everything is a steady 8th or 16th note rhythm, I just would love a tutorial on how you you do that "1 e and" rhythm as quickly as you did. Maybe you're a master at the numpad thing... but sometimes I can't get around it. Sometimes a keystroke enables the rest (0 key) constantly and screws me up. If you have time/desire to do a beginner's "entering notation with the keypad and keyboard" tutorial, I and a million other people would be most grateful. Thanks Adam!
So awesome. I'm beginning to learn Notion and still getting a hang of creating just writing music. Being a beat-maker and a novice at transcribing and composing on manuscripts, what would be some pointers you could give someone just starting out?
Hello from 2022. Looking for the best music composition/creation software similar to this one. This composition reminds me of an old progrock group called Happy the Man. Good stuff.
Hi Adam! I'm a fourth-year music student at Pacific Life Bible College, and I absolutely love your lessons on theory and music philosophy--very similar to what and how we're taught here, actually. Have you considered teaching at a school of music in your future? You are extraordinary at it and, in my opinion, we need more educators like you in our schools. :D
I like the Sibelius feature of using the numpad as a dedicated menu shortcut. Other than that: 10 minutes for five measures. Wow! I wonder if hand notating with a #2 pencil on paper might not be faster. ^_^
Would a Gmaj 7 sound better on the end ? Just curious , my ear could be decieving me..cool program though..I am still working on my harmony and comp ,This really helps.. do more of these segments!
hello adam,I really liked your tutorial,right on the mark,,when I first saw this program on line I was trying to figure out what it could do and not do,,but I have instrumental track on my pc that I transfered from cassette,its a two track mix with a lead guitar on left channel& rhythm guitar on right channel,will this software write out the notation ,for guitar,piano,any other instrument,in any key,,and what are the steps for doing this,thanks for any help,,dan,,,,
Is there any actual reason to buy sibelius when you can just use a free program like MuseScore? Are there for example any features in Sibelius that MuseScore does not have?
Sir heXagenius most of the for pay scoring programs offer a more refined workflow and feature set. The biggest difference is the playback engines in Sibelius et.al. are very robust. Many of them are paired with DAWs (Sibelius and Pro Tools, Notion and Studio One, Dorico and Cubase etc) which makes exporting the audio and mixing it into a usable track much easier. I was a Musescore user, then a Sibelius user, moved to Finale, then Notion. I've been trying Dorico (Cubase is my DAW) and honestly, it blows me away. It is "smarter" than other scoring programs. The VST support is obviously the best as well so I can render out pieces that sound better than the others. BUT if you have no intention of creating pro renders or you aren't looking to create engraved scores for sale, it's probably not worth the money to use anything but Muse. It's a great program for hobbyists.
This is super insightful! So many shortcuts I didn't know! Thanks! When you split the Vibraphone into two parts, is there a easy way to alternate between the blue and green? Also, I notices you were jumping up and down the notes in a chord without clicking on them individually, what is the shortcut you used?
Why Sibelius instead of another scoring program? I've tried it and others but always migrate back to Encore. I'm not a "piano" keyboardist, but have "typewriter" home row chops and Encore makes more sense with rest/note, cut and paste, note duration with the left hand and my mouse (pitch) in my right. I have some common guitar chord fingerings, and drum riffs in other windows that I can cut and paste using standard c&p.
Hi Adam, I like to know about the accordion sound for playback in Sibelius. I am looking for accordion musette sound. Can you show, or tell about it. I appreciate so much your help. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful day. Walter.
As a vibe player, don't be afraid to spread voices out because you think it would be hard for us. :P it's all about adapting and making your grip work for you (most vibe players I know are comfortable with hitting at least an octave in one hand, especially if you're using Steven's grip as opposed to Burtons grip.) That being said, most also have decent enough 4 mallet technique (especially if they can play 3 chord voicings)
For clarification, I am not butthurt, just explaining from the percussive side. As a bass player as well, I love your content, and I find it highly helpful!
It was nice that he was thinking about instrument voicing for you though!
Stevens grip on vibraphone ? 🧐🤯
@@NilEoe Marching band life
Yeah, the hardest thing is voicings using accidentals on the inside mallets and natural keys on the outside mallets. Outside of that, you should expect mallet players to be able to hit up to a a thirteenth in the upper register of marimba and an octave on the bottom of marimba, 10th+ on vibes.
@@NilEoe You must not watch a lot of WGI/DCI groups.
For god's sake, clean your keyboard, Adam!
Better yet, buy a black one.
haha what
Enrique Flores Learn English, bro
No that things too far gone to clean he should just get a cheap mechanical to replace it with. Something with MX Browns or Blacks. Would say the blues would be nice for him but their clicky and you don't want the clickys near recording equipment.
neurons no need fight inside so hard english output yes.
Please do more of these. It's so nice to learn from people who are actually good at using Sibelius. A lot of tutorials on the web are so bad
When you said there was only 1:40 left, I realised I could watch a lot more than 10 minutes of this.
3:16 *pink panther slides in*
This is my absolute favourite amongst your videos. It really adds to peoples' composition insight.
Please film more composition videos!
more 10 mins videos pls
Adam, I'm really impressed with your depth of knowledge, your passion for what you do and your wish to share what you know. I am not a musician tho I studied piano for 10 years, so I find myself very interested in what you are teaching but I have to laser concentrate to keep up. I would like to suggest that people might find it easier to follow if you would speak a little slower. Good luck with your endeavor. I will stay tuned in.
Your "caps lock" key doesn't seems healthy
It looks taken out, doesn't it? I wonder if Adam had the same issue with his keyboard and computer as me. Whenever caps lock would be pressed, it'd lock the keyboard for an indefinite amount of time. So I just took the key off lol. Good thing I'm not a very angry person. Caps lock will not be missed.
I would probably just destroy my keyboard instantly. I'm an angry one))
I don't even use shift
The problem with holding shift is that you either have to switch which hand is holding shift, or type using stretched fingers. Here's an example of text which is much harder to type using only shift:
APZPQ'A"Z/Q}A?
*implying anything about that keyboard is healthy*
4:14 "I think I'm gonna create a new time signature just 'cus I feel like it"
Composers really are as cruel as it seems when you come across funky time signatures.
My band Nigh Ungodly commonly changes time signatures up to 50+ times per song lol it's a chore to learn what we write
Do a 10 minute piece for piano and violin. starting F#minor and modulate to EbMajor in one measure! If you do it I will post a video response of me playing it.
Your command of the keyboard for entering notes and rhythm is impressive. I enjoyed this video and the music you wrote. Hope you're thriving these days!
This is how all composers write for cellists 3:10
As a cello player, I couldn't agree more.
You get a vibe from the vibraphone, huh?
"actually i dont like that rolly bit even though i made a big fuss out of it" is a MOOD we can all relate to
As a college trained percussionist, using 4 mallet technique is perfectly normal. Love the video! Really helps to learn the hotkeys for sibelius!
Hey Adam! This might be a deep like, but I just followed along with this while I was using Noteflight for the first time and doing my first composition ten years out from my only piano class. It was a real treat that helped me to start to see what was on the table, creatively speaking and just to make something. Really awesome that you made this video. Thanks!
You are the first ever RUclipsr to make me laugh by 0:01. Your zoomed-in streamer cam slayed me xD
Question: why did you study music composition over music performance and do you think it helped you avoid "Berklee funk"?
Wow this is fucking nuts. I understood nothing that was going on but it was still interesting af.
supadox There's a bunch of places online, but I think Teoria and MusicTheory.net are good websites. There's also a bunch of youtubers who cover it. And of course, you can also take classes at a college or maybe in high school.
I learned from buying Music Theory For Dummies at chapters. Took me 4 months.(Spending an hour or two each day, and having known how to play guitar already, figured it was worth noting) Make sure you write down the main ideas from each chapter; it makes retaining the knowledge much easier
Wow, you're amazing. Lightning speed mind.
Intelligence+creativity+communication skills+combining them in videos = incredibly attractive
I notice you dont use Sibelius 7. I watched Tantacruel's video on SIbelius 7 and wondered if that's the reason why. I didnt see any quit sibelius buttons or anything like that
I'm gay
Great introduction to what it's like to use the tool. Your knowledge of music theory and composition shines - demonstrating that the tool can be mastered enough not to get in the way.
"g sus saves"
-my band director
:l
10 minutes of production and what we have as a result?.... Steve Reich, LOL . Adam, now seriously, this is a fabulous motive. Your capacity to audiate is enviable
I'm pretty sure you don't need to click on the first note when you hit "P" to start playing. It should start at the beginning by default and save you a couple of seconds. I love the channel. Thanks for all your hard work.
That was excellent and so inspiring both in terms of composing and using the technology! How about writing a 16 bar duet for two single voice instruments. E.g. Flute and monophonic synth. Thanks.
this video is 7 years old at the time I'm watching this, I hope my man's got a new keyboard
I really loved this video and would be eager to see more like this! For me, it's less about the Sibelius instruction as I have switched to Musescore since I'm poor and maybe masochistic. It's more watching your compositional tendencies and workflow, and getting more of a glimpse into your unhindered and unedited mental process.
I feel so validated that the caps lock key has also been removed from your keyboard. I thought I was the only one who did that!
This showed up on my recommended despite being three years old.. How has his voice gotten so much deeper??? It’s only been three years!
Just showed up for me today, 5 years!
Dude, that's insane, youre a musical monster
Thanks for the push, I am currently finding a way to save my musical ideas, I'll probably try this sibelius thingy
Hi Adam, that was a very cool video! It gave me a lot of insights into composition and actually inspired me to try it on my own. Please do more videos like this or even longer ones! It would be very great!
I could watch this forever, plz make more
Hey adam, this was super interesting to me as, I just began composing myself. I would love to see more in the future!
So I know where the intro music in your later videos came from! Awesome!
thank you for even considering limitations of 4-mallet technique. Some things are much harder than they seem on mallet keyboard instruments (Porgy and Bess, Bach's Prelude to Cello Suites)
Everything Bach is super hard. And ugh that Porgy and Bess excerpt...
Wow!! That actually sound amazing.. It reminds me A LOT of Zelda! So good!
Great stuff, wish more artists would do workflow videos. Definitely in the running for least aesthetic Adam Neely video but the content is on
Love the keyboard shortcuts...
I use some but not near as many as you do Adam.
Love this video. Thanks for sharing your sibelius workflow!
This isn't Death Grips
Wait, for real?
My question is... could you do it... with a tuba?
Thomaz da Silva could you do it on a train? Could you do it on a plane?
I dont think he can, Nicholas Bains.
*G*
''Kind of don't like that rolly thing even though I made a big deal about it''
That happens surprisingly often to me, I sometimes end up making even more of a big deal about it before I finally realize it's just too much.. However, I like to start something new with those ideas when I feel I shouldn't cram them into something else
write a song in locrian you can pick the key but I think itd be so rad if you tried it out since no one uses locrian and it makes me sad
This comment is underated.
4 years later and you finally got your wish!
awesome demo. thx for sharing your thought processes in such detail.
I would really love to see you turn this into a full series. I was hooked on Ben's series when I found it. And as for instrumentation, maybe do something for electric bass, as a lot of us found your channel for bass - but written in addition to instruments the bass doesn't conventionally support, something a little quirky and interesting that might lend the bass different ground to explore :)
That was super interesting, thanks for sharing! Very impressive how you seem to kind of music-theoretically construct the piece and then check if it sounds right. I wish I could hear what went on in your head at that time :) Anyway, great video!
*The end of the timer* "yeah, shut up." 😂
Wow, that was very interesting. Having an opportunity to observe someone with a well-honed workflow is very instructive. Cool. Great idea.
I really enjoyed this. :D I love watching people compose.
Very nice. Wouldn't mind seeing some very related instrument trios (alto flute, flute, piccolo or sop sax, alto sax and baritone sax) with the composition focused on a strong melody being exchanged between the voices. Really enjoyed it!
So creative! Why don't you make more of this kind of video today?
We want more of this!
I love your videos. I particularly like this one . . . if I only had a Mac, eh? Another thing I like is all the comments! When taken collectively, the comments show a lot of intelligence by those who watch your intelligent video and then comment on it.
I still like using a MIDI keyboard to input material. It DOES get a little complicated when you have to go back and forth between a MIDI keyboard and a QWERTY keyboard.
Hey dude this was great! I think it would be cool if you tried writing a short piece like this for two trumpets, hammond organ, double bass, drums and bassoon. It would be more challenging to do because you'd have to right more parts, and the organ would have three staves. This is the instrumentation of my rock band. We all love your videos and would be super thrilled to play something you wrote.
Enjoyed this, thanks. Try composing for non-pitched percussion.
He ripped out his caps lock key too! Glad to see I'm not alone ^_^
thanks for the video! Just got sibelius and this was helpful/interesting
A recurrent question, maybe a fundamental one, why is it that some major composers (like Ravel or Debussy…) worked with a piano or harpsichord and others didn't. One famous composer in France (Karol Beffa) often mentions his favourite composers used a clavier and that's no accident. Thoughts?
This was fantastic I have Sibelius 8 would love to see something done on that like you did hear on 6, if you have upgraded. Thank you
Thanks! That was very interesting and inspiring to see.
11:29 "Yeah, shut up!" hahahahahahahahha I can TOTALLY relate! hahah
This app is named after Jean Sibelius. He is a finish composer. Go and listen to: Sibelius Finlandia
Two questions (which are probably irrelevant in a 10 minute timed session):
1. Should you tell the cello to play pizzicato on the staccato portions or is that redundant/irrelevant?
2. When you write for instruments that are not in C (trumpet, alto/tenor sax, others) do you "think" in concert pitch or in what they are written in?
As a cellist, I can tell you that you need to stretch your hand a fuck ton to play that a and b together... It's not impossible, but it is not nearly as trivial as you said.
A cello is strung cgda, but in fifths, not fourths. (C2 being the lowest string and the next one (g) is a fifth above it and so on...)
You would have to play the b on the a string, and the a on the d string.
In order to reach that a and b together, you either have to resort to playing with the thumb on the a string, or you have to have pretty big hands/long fingers...
so at 6:41 is the EXACT sound/timbre you get in windows (8 at least) when it asks permission to open a file...just so everybody is on the same page
I laughed, cried and nodded while thinking how this is an obvious advertisement for Dorico. While I’d love to try it the thought of going through the pain of learning what would amount to my 4th notation program is also very painful. I may just have to deal with the inadequacies of Sibelius and Finale. I’ve actually recently made an effort to return to Finale and so far so good once I got started.
Reminds me so much of working in MidiSoft Studio back in the mid 90s.
Love the video man, definitely make more!!!
Can you do more of these? I find it very interesting. Thanks
It's almost like watching a programmer write code with vim! Great stuff!
that was really cool
I use F7-F12 to change the keypad menu.
btw lovely rhythm and harmony
Love your videos man... but you are FLYING through this notation with your keyboard shortcuts. Any chance you could do a beginner tutorial on entering notes/rhythms with the keyboard? You're doing this ridiculously fast, and I have no idea how your inputting the chords that fast, in the Vibraphone... I just can't follow exactly what you're doing... while MIDI is helpful in entering notes, since not everything is a steady 8th or 16th note rhythm, I just would love a tutorial on how you you do that "1 e and" rhythm as quickly as you did. Maybe you're a master at the numpad thing... but sometimes I can't get around it. Sometimes a keystroke enables the rest (0 key) constantly and screws me up. If you have time/desire to do a beginner's "entering notation with the keypad and keyboard" tutorial, I and a million other people would be most grateful. Thanks Adam!
So awesome. I'm beginning to learn Notion and still getting a hang of creating just writing music.
Being a beat-maker and a novice at transcribing and composing on manuscripts, what would be some pointers you could give someone just starting out?
That would've legit taken me half an hour. But hey, now I know keyboard shortcuts! Yipee!
A man with the courage, no,THE BALLS to removed the caps lock button.
Everyone should do that.
That keyboard has been through the years!
Very effective demonstration. Thank you.
Damn I have a long way to go... a beautiful feeling!
This is actually really impressive!
Hello from 2022. Looking for the best music composition/creation software similar to this one. This composition reminds me of an old progrock group called Happy the Man. Good stuff.
Hi Adam! I'm a fourth-year music student at Pacific Life Bible College, and I absolutely love your lessons on theory and music philosophy--very similar to what and how we're taught here, actually. Have you considered teaching at a school of music in your future? You are extraordinary at it and, in my opinion, we need more educators like you in our schools. :D
Make this a series please @AdamNeely
I like the Sibelius feature of using the numpad as a dedicated menu shortcut. Other than that: 10 minutes for five measures. Wow! I wonder if hand notating with a #2 pencil on paper might not be faster. ^_^
Most of this was me explaining what I was doing!
Gawd this looks TEDIOUS! Is there a way to PLAY the desired melody, capture it and quantize it to generate the sheet music?
great video and great idea!
I suggest my be add a group of limitations like odd time signatures and just sus chords
Please do more of these.
Would a Gmaj 7 sound better on the end ? Just curious , my ear could be decieving me..cool program though..I am still working on my harmony and comp ,This really helps.. do more of these segments!
hello adam,I really liked your tutorial,right on the mark,,when I first saw this program on line I was trying to figure out what it could do and not do,,but I have instrumental track on my pc that I transfered from cassette,its a two track mix with a lead guitar on left channel& rhythm guitar on right channel,will this software write out the notation ,for guitar,piano,any other instrument,in any key,,and what are the steps for doing this,thanks for any help,,dan,,,,
Is there any actual reason to buy sibelius when you can just use a free program like MuseScore? Are there for example any features in Sibelius that MuseScore does not have?
Sir heXagenius most of the for pay scoring programs offer a more refined workflow and feature set.
The biggest difference is the playback engines in Sibelius et.al. are very robust.
Many of them are paired with DAWs (Sibelius and Pro Tools, Notion and Studio One, Dorico and Cubase etc) which makes exporting the audio and mixing it into a usable track much easier.
I was a Musescore user, then a Sibelius user, moved to Finale, then Notion. I've been trying Dorico (Cubase is my DAW) and honestly, it blows me away. It is "smarter" than other scoring programs. The VST support is obviously the best as well so I can render out pieces that sound better than the others.
BUT if you have no intention of creating pro renders or you aren't looking to create engraved scores for sale, it's probably not worth the money to use anything but Muse. It's a great program for hobbyists.
Did he just say four mallets are awkward?
And the rolley thingy, arpeggios. I’m sure he knows this now, but damn that was weird to hear him say that
Your video should be called "Ten Minutesd of writing music in Sibelius 6."
Do a tutorial on how to have most disgusting keyboard ever
Great instructions.Thank you for sharing.
Been using Sibelius since the first edition in 2000.
This is super insightful! So many shortcuts I didn't know! Thanks!
When you split the Vibraphone into two parts, is there a easy way to alternate between the blue and green?
Also, I notices you were jumping up and down the notes in a chord without clicking on them individually, what is the shortcut you used?
Why Sibelius instead of another scoring program? I've tried it and others but always migrate back to Encore. I'm not a "piano" keyboardist, but have "typewriter" home row chops and Encore makes more sense with rest/note, cut and paste, note duration with the left hand and my mouse (pitch) in my right. I have some common guitar chord fingerings, and drum riffs in other windows that I can cut and paste using standard c&p.
Hi Adam, I like to know about the accordion sound for playback in Sibelius. I am looking for accordion musette sound. Can you show, or tell about it. I appreciate so much your help. Thank you very much. Have a wonderful day.
Walter.