Welcome to the blog where I share techniques that help you work faster and more efficiently with Sibelius, so that we can do less and do it better.

Spotlighting Conflict: Keyboard Maestro’s Bar Line Palette in Sibelius
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Spotlighting Conflict: Keyboard Maestro’s Bar Line Palette in Sibelius

You’re in the middle of crafting your next great opus. The bassoon ventures a little high with ledger lines? No problem! Just press Q to navigate to the tenor clef and hit Return. Your need for bitonality has vanished, and you want the key signature of D major? Easy peasy! Press K, type ‘d ma,’ find it, and press Return. You’ve settled on a hymn for the final section? No problemo! Press T - 4 - Tab - 4 - Return to quickly insert 4/4 time. You want the last section to repeat; no problem… Wait, there’s no shortcut for barlines?

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The Maestro Conducting
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The Maestro Conducting

6 to 8 cups of coffee in New York, the average American single-person household spending on food for 2-3 days, and according to this list, a lot of good stuff, and most importantly, not even two months of a Sibelius Ultimate subscription.

It’s also the cost of Keyboard Maestro.

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