SIBELIUS : In the score, globally select the top staff of the treble staff by triple clicking it. You’ll typically have a few places where ledger lines or other objects within the staff force you to move the dynamic from the center point, but generally, you can align all the dynamics with a couple of steps.ĬENTER DYNAMICS BETWEEN STAVES AFTER ENTRY In both Finale and Sibelius, once you have all of the dynamics attached to the proper staff, it’s a simple matter to center them between the staves. Sibelius users can also use the Check Attachments plugin for this purpose, found in the proofreading category. The extra clearance between staves will quickly show you dynamics not attached to the correct staves. If you select a note or region and then type H or SHIFT-H, the hairpin will appear in the proper location, under the selected note or region.ĭynamics positioning in Sibelius is preset in Default Positions, and are set in relation to a single staff. Depending on the distance between staves on a braced (grand staff) instrument, your dynamics text and hairpins may not (yet) appear centered, but don’t worry about that yet.įinale & Sibelius Tip : to make sure dynamics you’ve already entered are correctly attached to the staff above, temporarily spread the staves apart in Panorama (Sibelius) or Scroll View (Finale). The flashing cursor will appear below the treble staff, and you can type in the dynamic. Select a note or bar in the treble clef staff, and type CNTRL-E (Windows) or CMND-E (Mac). SIBELIUS : In Sibelius, the Text Style you use and its associated key shortcut help to insure that dynamics text and hairpins appear properly below the treble clef staff. If the arrow is pointing down, you’ll know that the dynamic text or hairpin will be attached to the staff below the cursor, not the staff above it:ĭynamics positioning defaults in Finale are set in Document > Category Designer, and are set in relation to a single staff. Depending on the distance between staves on a braced (grand staff) instrument, they may not (yet) appear centered, but don’t worry about that yet. If the arrow on the cursor is pointing up, enter the dynamic marking, which will apply to the staff above the cursor. It’s OK if barlines go through the center of hairpins on a braced (grand staff) instrument.įINALE : As you enter the dynamics in Finale, the cursor changes to an arrow to show you which staff the dynamic text or hairpin will be attached to, depending on how close you are to that staff. right hand is resting), the dynamics should still appear centered between the grand staff, attached below the treble staff, wherever space allows for this. But typically, even when there are only notes in the bass clef staff at that location (e.g. inside voices softer than the outside voices). In extreme cases, dynamics can even be located above and below both staves! (e.g.
There are times when separate dynamics for treble and bass clef staves are required, and in these cases, you will (most typically) show individual dynamics under the bass and treble staves independently. The following techniques can also be helpful when entering music in a dense score for an instrument with ledger lines. As with parts on one staff, keep dynamics on the same horizontal plane where possible. However, in keyboard music, a convention is to center the dynamics between the staves, as the dynamics most typically refer to both the left and right hand. Generally, dynamics should be placed as close as possible to the notes they refer to. Both Finale and Sibelius offer a mechanism to center dynamics between grand staves as a group, but in order to move as a group, they have to be attached consistently to the same staff. What’s the best way to center these dynamics?Ī: I’ve found that consistently attaching dynamics below the treble clef staff really helps with dynamics text / hairpin positioning on a braced (grand staff) instrument. I can’t find an option in to automate this. But it would be nice to have them in the middle, centered between the 2 staves.
Because they are connected to the treble or bass clef stave, they tend to move towards that stave. Q: I can never get the placement of dynamics to align nicely to the middle of the grand staff in piano parts.
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