How to change notes' grouping in Sib First?

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Distephano
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Post by Distephano » Wed Sep 09, 2015 8:24 pm

Hi!

I'm not sure if I've put it correctly in the subject.
I am writing my band's song down that has twisted irregular time signature. 15/16 in particular.

I want the notes to be grouped like that: four sixteens, four sixteens, three sixteens, four sixteens but Sibelius automatically groups the notes in five even groups of three sixteens.

Is there a way to change this automatic grouping to the one that I want? It makes the whole sense because of the accents in this piece. Please help :roll:


bobp
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Post by bobp » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:51 am

Too complicated for me. But look through the manual for the sections on mixed meter (as opposed to the single meter you have now), and how to break and remake beams.
Bob Porter
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Distephano
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Post by Distephano » Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:04 am

Thank you so much. You have helped me. No irony here.
The thing is I don't know English names for score elements. You are the first person that told me that this vertical line which binds notes together is called a beam.

After that I just googled 'how to break beams in sibelius' and 2nd of the search results was youtube movie explaining how to do that.


Thanks a lot :)

And here's the movie if anybody's still interested in the topic ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8tpjkRMPEU

bobp
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Post by bobp » Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:16 pm

Indeed, Google may be taking over the planet, but in the meantime it is very useful. You're welcome.
Bob Porter
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