A-G (input notes)

H hair pin
I instruments dialog box
J guitar bend in tablature
K key signature
L Lines menu
M mixer
N switch to note entry
O open (it is not assigned) Preferences>
P play
Q clefs
R repeat
S Slur
T Time signature
U tuplet menu (as default unassigned)
V enharmonic swap
W swap between score and more recent part
X Flip (stems, slurs, note head marking >)
Y Playback (cmd, opt, Y = Playback controls)
Y alone= move playhead to note,
Shift , Y= catch playback
Z Symbols menu
ADD BARS: cmd + B
Shift + P toggle panorama view
Modiers:
cmd: It does more.
e.g= 1- Selecting: system instead or bar.
2- Transpose: with arrows move octave instead of note by note
3: Tuplets! hit cmd plus a number 2-9
4: Navigate: cmd+ Home, end= goes to end or beginning of score
cmd + page up, down= bottom or top of page
Shift= IT does the opposite.
1 + Scroll = with Mouse wheel = up and down Vs left to right
2 + Tab = with tab = moves (backwards) next note or object in the score
3 + number= Adds pitch below
4 + H = decrescendo
5 (for Slurs) Shift + space bar shrinks slur by note (as opposite to bar that
extends slur)

CTRL REVEALS SHORTCUTS
SIBELIUS 7 Shortcuts for MAC. (windows, use control instead of Cmd)
SELECTION:
Bar: click on bar (blue)
BAR: Contiguous bar: Click+ Shift
Stave: double click + stave in the system
triple click + instrument (staff) for the whole piece
select bars in Ribbon: cmd + opt + a = Select bars menu
SYSTEM: System = cmd click (purple)
double click: all in the system
triple: whole piece

Shift + opt + a = Turns blue selection into purple (purple
selects not only notes but text attached)
CONTIGUOUS
select a range (a to c and everything in between)
cmd Drag = lasso

+ Shift
NON contiguous
cmd+ click (note or markings)
cmd + z (to select again if, when making a non contiguous selection, you accidentally
click in a blank space and everything de- Selects)
CMD+ Opt+ F = LAYOUT : Focus on staves. (e.g to edit a group of instruments with
same rhythm , such as bass lines spread out across groups in an orchestral score)
SIBELIUS 7 Shortcuts for MAC. (windows, use control instead of Cmd)
Navigating the score
w open instrument in a tab
Ctrl+Tab = Switch to tab on to the left
Ctrl+ Shift+ Tab= Switch to tab to the right.
cmd+ w= close tab
Cmd + shit + w= close all tabs

Panels: cmd+opt K= keypad N= Navigator M= Mixer Y= transport

B= Keyboard E= Fretboard I= Ideas V= Video
PLAYBACK
exi-time, record live, live playback, live tempo

if bar selected plays just that instrument
P with nothing selected, starts from beginning.
Loop:
Zoom: useful view options
Menu in the Ribbon: FILE> ZOOM actual size (as it should print)
cmd+ 1 = 100%
Cmd + 0 = Fit page
Cmd + (+) or (-)
Cmd + scroll
Magnetic Layout In Ribbon View= Magnetic Layout

SIBELIUS 7 Shortcuts for MAC. (windows, use control instead of Cmd)
Note entry:

four- methods
1 Mouse: only useful when adding a note after silences in a bar.
snap positions (preferences) in File> preferences> snap position
it is useful to set engraving tools!!!

cmd+ shift+ e; Engraving tools> accidentals and dots> cautionary accidentals.
2 Alphabetic note entry type a to g for notes
and values and articulations on keypad.
3 Step-Time note entry: enter note with midi keyboard
and values + articulations on keypad
4 Flexi-TIME playing with a click

Options>exitime menu shortcut: CMD + SHIFT + O
in the FLEXI_TIME tab
1 FLEXIBILITY OF TEMPO: (THE CLICK WILL FOLLOW YOU) AND
INCREASES THE WAY SIBELIUS GUESS (set medium or high)
2 Introduction: count in
3 Voices: set up automatically how many voices according to texture
in the NOTATION tab
NOTE VALUES = Quantization.
Keyboard staves = (split point)
SIBELIUS 7 Shortcuts for MAC. (windows, use control instead of Cmd)
TUPLETS
type note value rst, then command and the number for the tuplet.
cmd + opt+ K = sticky tuplet!!!
SIBELIUS 7 Shortcuts for MAC. (windows, use control instead of Cmd)