

For what I am going to do it is probably much too advanced, but I can appreciate why it is well thought of as a package. I like the automatic bar length so rests are put in and changed as you add notes - I have little theory of music knowledge. I tried it first (free download) having before that used some free software - crescendo which was easier to get to grips with, but had fewer options.

You need to follow the video help and get the hang of how things work. You can buy books which teach you, some of which are very complicated.
#Sibelius first limitations pdf#
Sadly it does not come with a printed manual or a PDF on the CD. Also printing a score is easy, and via another plug in you can save and view them on an iPad. Fourthly you can annotate the score with chord frames, Sibelius has a good but limited range of chords but you can create your own. This is pretty limited however because you cannot choose what position you want to the TAB to be in. Thirdly you can create TAB by copying the "dots" and pasting them on a TAB stave. Secondly you can "play" the score and listen to the notes as you see them on the screen.

You can also scan scores using a plug in program which comes on the CD. Firstly entering a score is pretty easy from the keyboard and the mouse. Sibelius can do a huge number of things but I'll just focus on the ones I have used. There is a large world beyond TAB which you can only access if you can "read the dots". I bought Sibelius to help me learn to read music because to progress as a guitarist I need to. I am an amateur and aspiring jazz guitarist.
