Given that the notes will not sound correctly, if you want the notes to sound correctly, it may be a better choice to use a clef with the correct transposition, hide that clef, and manually add a symbol for the desired clef symbol at every location where that clef needs to appear.
So if you create an alternate clef symbol but want the placement to be different (as in the example given with the alto clef) you will need to transpose all the notes that use that clef. Posted by Bob Zawalich - 28 Apr 08:12PM (edited 28 Apr 10:05PM)Īs far as I know there is no way to change the placement of notes for a given clef. Is there some way to duplicate the native alto clef or reassign the middle line of one of the other clefs? Some other work-around? I don't care about playback, but I'd rather not have to transpose every note in order to get this to work on the page. The viola is proving to be a real problem, though, since there is only one alto clef, with middle C as the middle line, and I can't replace it because most of the piece is in alto clef. after this clef, a violin would still read as though in treble clef, or a cello in bass clef) Using Wim's technique, there's no problem with treble and bass clef instruments, since there are plenty of ottava clefs that don't change the placement of the notes on the staff. I have a graphic that I'm using as a clef, in such a way that the notes that it defines are the same as normal. I have a question that at least tangentially relates to Sam's.
#Sibelius ultimate edit clefs manual
I suggest you read up on house styles in your Sibelius manual for more information. You can import one of these to reset a score's settings if needed. These have names similar to "Standard Opus (Times)". There are several default house styles that come with Sibelius. These settings can be transferred from one score to another by using house styles: export a house style from a score and then import it into another score. Settings like symbols and engraving rules are stored within the score itself, so changing these settings affect the current score only. > and if not, is it possible to maybe copy a file from a system folder and have that act as a kind of 'work-a-round back-up' just in case you needed to go back to the original for some reason or another? > Would there be a way to go back and undo your own edits via a restore defaults button or something similar? Such changes are present only in the score that the change was made in. or is it only based ('locally') within the document in which it was created?
> If I did edit (over-write ?) and existing symbol, is that a 'Global' change that's present in 'EVERY' new document created from that day forward. It is a very simple and elegant solution. It might be possible to do it another way, but clefs are very powerful and any other way would be harder to implement. > I mean, is it even possible to create one from scratch, or is this a very clever 'work-a-round' for a feature that doesn't really exist? ( Yet ? )
> Just out of curiosity, is there any other way to do this in Sibelius? Posted by Andrew Moschou - 27 Dec 04:14AM Would there be a way to go back and undo your own edits via a restore defaults button or something similar?Īnd if not, is it possible to maybe copy a file from a system folder and have that act as a kind of 'work-a-round back-up' just in case you needed to go back to the original for some reason or another? If I did edit (over-write ?) and existing symbol, is that a 'Global' change that's present in 'EVERY' new document created from that day forward. (and I'm sorry if I'm being annoying here). I mean, is it even possible to create one from scratch, or is this a very clever 'work-a-round' for a feature that doesn't really exist? ( Yet ? )Īlso. Just out of curiosity, is there any other way to do this in Sibelius? You can simply edit one of the less common clef symbols (like the treble clef with 8 or 15 attached) and replace with the symbol you seem to have already made.