Hello fellow Sibelius users,
I need to create a scordatura instrument which will be tuned 1/4 tone apart from the rest of the ensemble. Rather than input every note with a 1/4 accidental - is there a way to have the instrument play every note 1/4 down?
Any help will be much appreciated
thanks
Quarter tone entire instrument?
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The answer depends a bit on the sounds you are using, but the MIDI message ~B0,32 in (say) Technique text at the beginning of the scordature staff should work for most devices.nickvasallo wrote: is there a way to have the instrument play every note 1/4 down?
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Thanks for replying, I just want to make it so I have 2 violins playing 1/4 tone below normal tuning the entire time. I have Sibelius 6. Can you please tell me the steps I need to take in order to get this?Sebasian wrote:The answer depends a bit on the sounds you are using, but the MIDI message ~B0,32 in (say) Technique text at the beginning of the scordature staff should work for most devices.nickvasallo wrote: is there a way to have the instrument play every note 1/4 down?
thanks again
Did ~B0,32 not work? In v.6.2 most sound libraries will respond to this. What playback sounds are you using? (For some devices the message may need to be ~B, 32 and there are some other quirky ones, such as Kontakt Player 2 which need other numbers to work).nickvasallo wrote:I just want to make it so I have 2 violins playing 1/4 tone below normal tuning the entire time.
Or do you mean that it affects all the notes on that staff? Pitch bend (which is what it's called) will apply to all voices on that staff (and indeed all staves routed to the same MIDI channel).
I'm only guessing here, but maybe you want a single staff for violin, with some players playing 1/4 tone flat (with some sort of text instructions to tell the players this). You can't do this directly, but:
Create another Violin staff
Copy the Violin part to it
Insert the ~B0,32 message at the beginning
Selec the whole staff (trible click on it) and Hide
While it's still selection, use Layout > Hide Empty Staves
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Hi Sebasian,Sebasian wrote:Did ~B0,32 not work? In v.6.2 most sound libraries will respond to this. What playback sounds are you using? (For some devices the message may need to be ~B, 32 and there are some other quirky ones, such as Kontakt Player 2 which need other numbers to work).nickvasallo wrote:I just want to make it so I have 2 violins playing 1/4 tone below normal tuning the entire time.
Or do you mean that it affects all the notes on that staff? Pitch bend (which is what it's called) will apply to all voices on that staff (and indeed all staves routed to the same MIDI channel).
I'm only guessing here, but maybe you want a single staff for violin, with some players playing 1/4 tone flat (with some sort of text instructions to tell the players this). You can't do this directly, but:
Create another Violin staff
Copy the Violin part to it
Insert the ~B0,32 message at the beginning
Selec the whole staff (trible click on it) and Hide
While it's still selection, use Layout > Hide Empty Staves
So basically I have a chamber orchestra piece where there are 2 violin scordaturas. They are tuned 1/4 tone below the rest of the orchestra. I am indicating that in the score, so an open G will sound like a G 1/4 tone flat even though it is notated as a G natural.
I just want to make it so any note I place on the violin staves will sound a 1/4 flat in playback while the rest of the orchestra is standard.