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    How To Write Drums On Sibelius

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    - To add drums in Sibelius, select notes on the keyboard and assign them to different drum voices (ex: hi-hats to voice 2). - Change noteheads to drums by pressing shift-alt-1. Drop notes onto the staff lines to place bass drum and snare drum. - Create repeating hi-hat and cymbal patterns in voice 1, then select the bar and change all noteheads to crossed notes in the properties window.

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    - To add drums in Sibelius, select notes on the keyboard and assign them to different drum voices (ex: hi-hats to voice 2). - Change noteheads to drums by pressing shift-alt-1. Drop notes onto the staff lines to place bass drum and snare drum. - Create repeating hi-hat and cymbal patterns in voice 1, then select the bar and change all noteheads to crossed notes in the properties window.

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    - To add drums in Sibelius, select notes on the keyboard and assign them to different drum voices (ex: hi-hats to voice 2). - Change noteheads to drums by pressing shift-alt-1. Drop notes onto the staff lines to place bass drum and snare drum. - Create repeating hi-hat and cymbal patterns in voice 1, then select the bar and change all noteheads to crossed notes in the properties window.

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    How To Write Drums On Sibelius

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    - To add drums in Sibelius, select notes on the keyboard and assign them to different drum voices (ex: hi-hats to voice 2). - Change noteheads to drums by pressing shift-alt-1. Drop notes onto the staff lines to place bass drum and snare drum. - Create repeating hi-hat and cymbal patterns in voice 1, then select the bar and change all noteheads to crossed notes in the properties window.

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    How to write drums on Sibelius - to add the hi-hats select a quaver on the

    keypad and voice 2 to give you a green note


    - Press i on the keyboard and add a drum - now press shift-alt-1 and your notehead will
    kit change to a cross
    - start by adding bass and snare, choose a - drop it on the top line and press r to repeat it
    note on the keypad and click on the first
    beat of the bar. The first bass drum note is
    now created.
    - the snare drum goes on the c line, either
    drop it on top of the bass drum or on the

    bass drum
    snare drum keypad

    - Or watch this youtube clip:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FHL6aJTME
    - or this one:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRSXVuT7rZE&NR=1
    -
    - Create the notes of the HH and Cymb in voice 1 (pointer is blue, 1 is lit blue on the Keypad).
    -
    - When the bar is full with the HH and Cymb notes, select the bar (single rectangle) and open the "Notes" tab in the Properties
    window.
    - In that "Notes" tab, select the crossed notehead (1). All notes in the bar now have the right notehead.
    - Note that all the noteheads in the "Notes" pull down menu have a number. Use this number as a keyboard shortcut. In this
    case, instead of selecting the notes in the pulldown menu, you could have typed Shift+Alt+1 (the "1" on the Main Keyboard,
    not the numeric one!).
    - Hit Esc (nothing selected)
    - On the Keypad (or with the numeric keyboard), select the rhythmic value of the first note of the bass drum.
    - Type Alt+2 (the "2" on the Main Keyboard). The pointer is now green and the "2" on the Keypad is lit green.
    - Click on the first beat of the bar. The first bass drum note is now created.
    - Keep creating the bass drum / snare drum pattern as you would normally do.
    - When the bar is full, hit Esc.

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