Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Sibelius Music Notation Software

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Master Sibelius music notation software step by step with the most complete how-to guide available. Designed for both novice and experienced musicians, composers, producers and arrangers, it contains a variety of examples, from single-line melodies to complex scores. Written by two proven experts, trainers and authors in the field of music notation software, this book – now revised and updated – will be a constant reference for all of your Sibelius questions and needs.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2007
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1423412001
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1423412007
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.32 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.11 x 1.11 x 1.11 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,148,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #143 in MIDI & Mixers #375 in Songwriting #465 in Music Recording & Sound (Books)
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10 reviews for Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Sibelius Music Notation Software

redchops

February 20, 2026

A good starter until #6 arrived

Philip Wenlock

February 20, 2026

Excellent how to use guide.

Dr. RosenRosen

February 20, 2026

Decent But Flawed This book is a decent text badly in need of an update. I enjoy the text because it's a book with a sense of humor that walks the user through every procedure it describes slowly and succinctly. However, even when using version 4 of the software, there are some instructions that simply do not make sense. In some cases, what you are told to do is simply incorrect. I even checked the errata list available from the author's website and it does not contain all of the errors I've uncovered going through this text multiple times. The Brahms Intermezzo score contains an example of this situation. The user is supposed to change the system spacing to make more room, but the number given is so far out of range that the software won't even allow it. From the same chapter, you're supposed to be able to make more room between some notes by manually breaking system layouts. No problem except that the bars where you're told to break the system are already broken there. So how do you make more room to move notes around? I don't know. So off to the Sibelius forum you will go on a number of occasions.There are also times when the author will describe what needs to be done but doesn't say that he'll describe the process later. The first couple of times I encountered that issue, I thought that I had missed a step and so retraced all of the steps thoroughly. I didn't realize that I was wasting my time. After I learned my lesson, if I came across a section that didn't specifically tell me what to do, I would skim through the next few pages to try to find where the process was explained, but this shouldn't be necessary. Just tell me that we'll get to it later. What ultimately makes this confusing is that the author does explain this to the user a few times but it's not done consistently which can be a time waster.Overall, this book is a decent value for the amount and the clarity of the information it contains, but be prepared to solve some mysteries on your own. If you're starting as a complete novice, you will encounter some problems that will simply leave you scratching your head and then using Google.

Yechiam Marx

February 20, 2026

This book refers to Sibelius 4 which is outdated This book is very comprehensive, yet it describes an outdated version of Sibelius 4, while the current version is 6.

Donald W. Elam

February 20, 2026

Sibelius: Guide This is a good book for the absolute beginner. It would also work well as a classroom text. I would have preferred more of an encyclopedic approach, since I have some experience with this program and others in the same field. Specifically, I want to find specific answers to specific questions. I don't want to follow an example step-by-step and perchance stumble across the information I want. I daresay most readers will not be as exacting.

Thomas D. Hanson

February 20, 2026

Five Stars great

jebalou

February 20, 2026

Five Stars very good product. Completed work.

rkanderson

February 20, 2026

Five Stars Huge help to the Sibelius 5 software.

Tim&Darci S.

February 20, 2026

A good guide, but for an older version Yes this is a well-written book, and yes I use it frequently when encountering a new technique I haven't tried yet. Sometimes it's faster than searching the "Sibelius Reference" PDF that comes with the software.I was, however, disappointed that this book was specifically written for Sibelius 4.0. Not that the info contained is that out-of-date or inaccurate, but there are so many new features now in the current Version 5 that it makes this book incomplete for new Sibelius users just jumping in on Version 5 like I did. I did not see anywhere in the Product Description that told me I was buying an outdated manual. The book still is helpful, but I wish I could have waited for a version 5 guide to come along. (I heard one is "in the works" somewhere by a different author.)

J. A. Brown

February 20, 2026

Great reference product This was a great product and even more so because I was doing the Berklee notation course and the instructor was the author himself.I found it more helpful than the other recommended text. The explanations were simple and clear and the diagrams were very helpful.I also benefited from cross references to related topics in notationJoy

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