Publisher's Synopsis
Max Tofone's Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 is a 79-lesson blockbuster with mini-workbook organized in a bite-sized step-by-step progression that takes you from beginner to master. Start at the beginning or dip-in where you have a specific need. Nearly every software step has a screen shot to illustrate it. Composers will appreciate the lessons on over sized time signatures, adding cautionary time signatures, and how to number each bar with the number centered. Songwriters learn how to create a lead sheet, input the lyric, add chord symbols and guitar fingering charts. Graphic and MIDI exports also covered. Sibelius is an easy program to learn. But the Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 makes it even easier! Organized by six sections: Section 1 - Score Preparation Section 2 - Score Input Section 3 - For Songwriters: Lead Sheets, Piano/Vocal/Guitar & More Section 4 - Your Score As Document Section 5 - Score Playback Section 6 - Mini Workbook. The Street Smart Guide to Sibelius 6 also contains an exclusive Mini Workbook with homework examples to apply the concepts hands-on you learned from Max! A native of Switzerland, Max is a graduate of the Royal Scottish College of Music & Drama and, over the years, has worked as a freelance music copyist/proof-reader for many music associations and internationally renowned composers like Sally Beamish and Rory Boyle.
