Sibelius first keypad layout mac#

I’ve always thought of that plug-in as ‘swapping’ staff contents, so I used ‘S.’ The “Exchange Staff Contents” plug-in, I was already using ‘E’ in that shortcut grouping. Double bonus, I got the shortcut and I always smile a bit when I use it, thinking of Elmer Fudd! So when I got to reduce and couldn’t use “R” my mind went all Elmer Fudd on me and I thought ‘We”-duce was the next best thing. I set up a shortcut for “Add Rehearsal Marks to Double Barlines” as control + option + R. Why is reduce ‘W?’ Well, I didn’t employ my own advice early on. Exchange Staff Contents plug-in is control + option + S.Explode plug-in is control + option + E.So I’ve grouped them together in the same geographical location, near where I do all my filtering, with the same modifier keys. And usually at the same point in the arranging process. But these letters are all keys I can reach with my hand in that position.įor example I use explode, reduce and exchange staff contents plug-ins a lot. I try to keep all of those shortcuts under my left hand and utilizing the shift, control, option and command keys in combination with single letters. I’ve also got shortcut cuts set up for a lot more editing functions. To me, that mentally signals that I’m filtering or leaving something out.

If you look at the modifier keys you will see I skip the option key, I put my left thumb on command, my left pinky finger on control and my middle three fingers are left dangling in the air. So my shortcut for almost all my filtering is control + command and the single letter for the item L for Lyrics, K for Chord symbols etc. L being a mnemonic device and K being a bit sideways mnemonic device but definitely Sibelius schema. My brain already associates L with lyrics and K with chords. Then I looked at the Sibelius default shortcuts for inputting those items, Lyrics command L, Chord symbols, command K, etc. So I looked at what I filter most, lyrics, chord symbols, etc. Use a mnemonic device to associate the shortcut with it’s purpose.įor example: filtering, I do a lot of filtering.

Sibelius first keypad layout mac#

Use the same area of the Mac keyboard for the same type of function (editing, layout, etc) geography.Ĥ. Build off existing Sibelius shortcuts, schema.ģ. Group similar functions to similar shortcutsĢ. I’ve found it much easier to remember what shortcuts I’ve programmed if I do one of ,or a combination of, the following:ġ. So many options and it’s tempting to just start setting up shortcuts but back to the plan.įunctions, Schema, Geography and Mnemonics You can also use the function keys in conjunction with any or all of the modifier keys, for example control + F1.Actually you can use them all together if need be for example, shift + control + option + command + a single letter. You can also combine those modifier keys with a single letter and the shift key, so control + option and a single letter or control + shift and a single letter.You can use single letter keys in combination with any or all of these modifier keys: control, option and command.

You can use all the function keys F1-F19 although some of these keys get intercepted by the Mac Operation system.

So what are you left with for user defined keystrokes? Also many predefined shortcuts are the command key and a letter, command L for lyrics, command K for chords etc. You could use it for something else but why cause the confusion? Sibelius already uses a lot of the single letter keys for keyboard shortcuts, K for key signature, Q for clef, etc. For example command S is save, in every Apple program. Sibelius will allow you to reprogram almost any default keyboard shortcut but there are some you really shouldn’t. There are a lot of keystroke combinations you can use for keyboard shortcuts and some you can’t or really shouldn’t use. (Note: I’ve only every used Apple computers, so I will be referring to the Mac keyboard but any of these keyboard shortcut setup techniques work equally well on a PC.) What works for me is function, schema, geography and mnemonics. Let’s look at the options you have to keep these keyboard shortcuts not only useful but memorable. But before you charge into setting up all those shortcuts it helps to have a plan. In this post I’ll walk you through setting up your own user defined keyboard shortcuts in Sibelius. In my last blog post, I talked about learning the keyboard shortcuts built into Sibelius and how this can boost your productivity.