Empty staff (no clef, barlines, time signature etc.)

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Distephano
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Post by Distephano » Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:49 pm

Hello there.

Is there a way to put an empty staff into the score?
Without a clef, barlines etc.?
Just a nice set of five parallel lines?

Exceeding the bar size and hiding the rest doesn't work because the clef and sharps/flats stay which I don't want.

I am writing an exercise for tonal harmony lessons and I want a soprano voice to be harmonized.
But at first I am writing just a soprano voice in a staff with treble clef and sharps/flats (depending on the key).
Then I want just a totally empty staff for students to have a space to rewrite this soprano along with alto, tenor and bass voices.

Any ideas how to do it?


I am using Sibelius 6 First.


KJ_Palmer
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Sibelius Version: 6.2, 7.5
Operating System: Windows

Post by KJ_Palmer » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:09 am

I don't have Sib 6 First, but In Sib 7 you can do this on your empty bar (add a line break before/after to spread it over the line), Select the bar, Create Clef Change, choose Blank clef, choose key signature with no sharps/flats.
You can delete the bar rests on the empty bar, but there will also now be some extra cautionary time and key signatures that will have to be hidden. Then use Reset Note spacing on the bars with the hidden time and key signatures.

(Don't know how - or if - this will work in Sib 6 First though.)
Sibelius 6.2, 7.5.1, Windows 11

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