Rhythm Bars

Hi, I am currently a Sibelius 5 user, and composing a Jazz Band piece. For solos and rhythm notation, I have to use the "/" bars in the measure, but I have to insert them and arrange them manually.. which is very tedious. Is there a better way to do this? Thanks!

All Sibelius files have a group of internal settings called "House Style", there you can find all the "default" settings for fonts, sizes, styles, symblos etc ... sibelius will always write everything using the default setting unless you choose something different.

Open your file

Click in the menu "House Style" -> "Engraviting Rules"

in the settings box select (at left) the 5th "Barlines"

at right you see "Default Barline Type" change by selecting the one you want to use always.

all barlines wiil be written using the one you selected by default.

Check the rest of settings ..... you may want to configure something more....

Hi, I am currently a Sibelius 5 user, and composing a Jazz Band piece. For solos and rhythm notation, I have to use the "/" bars in the measure, but I have to insert them and arrange them manually.. which is very tedious. Is there a better way to do this? Thanks!

Ignore SYS65... he doesn't know what you meant.

//// Slashes.

In Sibelius... press F1, then go to the index, find the listing for "slashes" and then read the referenced entries.

;)

can any one please post me a link where I can learn how to read rhythm bar !! than'x

can any one please can post me a link where I can learn how to read rhythm bar !! than'x

What?

What?

just looking for lessons that teaches how to read and play rhythm Bars!

just looking for lessons that teaches how to read and play rhythm Bars!

That could mean anything...

Do you play bass? Piano? Drums? Guitar or other?

What style?

:blink:

I write one bar of quarter notes on the middle line of the staff. Then in note properties I simply choose the slash notehead

That could mean anything...

Do you play bass? Piano? Drums? Guitar or other?

What style?

:blink:

I play guitar , but isn't it the same (I just want to know how to read them !! ) if possible,also, play them with a guitar...

The slashes indicate the beats of the bar and how many beats each chord lasts. Simple as that

Raed665, assuming you're serious...

You don't really "read" rhythm-bars.

They have no real meaning - they're just placeholders, during which it's understood that the performer will improvise content within given or understood parameters (like chord symbols, or a specific style); from piece to piece they can be intepreted any number of ways.

A couple of things upon which one may depend:

1. If there are chord symbols above each measure of rhythm-bars - and there usually are - you'll know exactly what chord/tonality you're supposed to play, and for how long, based upon the measure and beat where the symbols change.

2. There will invariably be as many rhythm-bars in each measure as there are beats in that measure, i.e. in 4/4 metre there will be four rhythm-bars in each measure, in 3/4 there will be three, etc. Beyond that, they don't mean or even imply much of anything.

Otherwise you're left on your own to figure out what the rhythmic characteristics and other variables of what you're playing are supposed to be, based on the context.

Example -

You've got a guitar part for a piece, and the heading above the first bar reads SLOW GRUNGE. You know from this that the tempo of the piece is slow, and that the style is grunge; from that you can figure out the kind of groove you'll have to play. Above the measures of music - let's say the metre is 4/4 - are symbols that indicate the chord to be played in that measure: G (G major chord), Em (E minor chord), Bbmin7 (B-flat minor 7th chord), etc.

So if you see something that looks something like this:

You'll play, in a slow grunge groove:

a measure (4 beats) of G minor; followed immediately by...

a measure consisting of 2 beats of B-flat (major) and 2 beats of F (major); after which...

a measure (4 beats) of E-flat major-7; then...

a measure consisting of 2 beats of E7 and 2 beats of D minor-9; and finally...

a measure consisting of 3 beats of G2, and a 1 beat of G minor.

To do this effectively, you have to know not only how to find the indicated chords on the fingerboard, but also approximately what a "slow" tempo is, and what a grunge groove should sound like rhythmically and characteristically - including what volume/tone/amp/pedal setting combinations to use to create what would generally be recognised as a grungy sound on an electric guitar. Rather than write out what he wants the guitarist to play note-for-note, the composer/songwriter is confident that the guitarist will understand what is called-for and will improvise his part accordingly.

The same five measures of rhythm-bars would be intepreted very differently if the heading read BRIGHT SWING or MODERATE FUNK.

I'm sure someone else could have done a better job of this - and no-doubt more concisely - but there it is anyway. :D

ahh ok than'x.... the thing is that I thought the bars would explain if I had to play the chords from Up to down or otherwise .... and what exact rhythm to play...

guess not... Thank'x for the help !!