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D.S. al Coda in Sibelius

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I can find the segno in Sibelius (create->symbol, or just z), but I can't for the life of me find how to add a D.S. al Coda... I know it's there somewhere... can anyone help?

  • 2 weeks later...

It's actually in the Sibelius help documentation. :(

Originally posted by From the aforementioned documentation

* Select the barline where the player has to jump back in the song

* Choose Create > Text > Other System Text > Repeat (D.C./D.S./To Coda). (It's important to use this text style rather than Tempo because it automatically attaches to the end of the bar.)

* A flashing caret appears. Now right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) to see the word menu, which includes the text you need - enter it in the score simply by clicking it in the menu. If you type the words yourself, be sure to use the correct case (i.e. type "Fine", not "fine", as the latter won't play back correctly).

Creating a segno

If the player has to jump back to a segno, you do of course need to put the segno symbol in the right place. To do this:

* Select the note at the start of the bar to which the player has to jump back

* Choose Create > Symbol (shortcut Z for "zymbol")

* The segno symbol ($) is right at the top of the dialog, in the row labeled Repeats. Click it once to select it, and make sure the Attach to option is set to System.

* Click OK, and the segno is created in your score.

Fine and To Coda

The final special pieces of text used in repeat structures are Fine (which shows where the player should stop playing the song if they've previously jumped back from a D.S. or D.C. instruction), and To Coda (which shows where the player should jump forward to the coda, if they've previously jumped back from a D.S. al Coda or D.C. al Coda instruction).

Both of these instructions occur at the end of bars, and are entered the same way as D.S. and D.C. - see Dal segno (D.S.) and da capo (D.C.) above.

  • 1 month later...

yup

what he sed

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