Capotasto (Capo)

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Johnblack
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Sibelius Version: ultimate
Operating System: Windows

Post by Johnblack » Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:27 pm

I find nowhere in Sibelius Ultimate the symbol for "capotasto" or "capo" for cello. Any idea?


KJ_Palmer
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Sibelius Version: 6.2, 7.5
Operating System: Windows

Post by KJ_Palmer » Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:03 am

There doesn't seem to be a specific symbol for capo(tasto) in Sibelius. Best I can think of is if the notation for cello is anything like that for guitar (forgive my ignorance), you could fake it with a dashed line and/or text.

Something like this:

Capo I.png
Capo I.png (7.3 KiB) Viewed 2063 times

or this:

Capo II.png
Capo II.png (4.3 KiB) Viewed 2063 times

Select the dashed line from the Notations > Lines > Staff lines menu, place above note and adjust the length and position with the handles. Then add some plain text from the Text > Styles menu
Sibelius 6.2, 7.5.1, Windows 11

mosaiques
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Post by mosaiques » Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:12 pm

@Johnblack:
There is no specific "capotasto" symbol in Sibelius. It's something that should be introduced by now :roll: , however you could use the "snap" articulation. (Notations/Symbols/Articulations). It's not exactly the same, but it looks similar:

Image

Hope this can help you.
Cheers!

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