In the Notations Options area of the dialog, select Edit Staff Type…. This is the name that will appear in future dialogs. You will then see the New Instrument dialog.Ĭhange the Name in dialogs field to “Violin IIhb” (or whatever you want). You will be asked if you want to create a new instrument based on “Violin II”. In this case I selected Ensembles > Orchestral Instruments then Families in ensemble > Strings then Instruments in Family > Violin II. We will create “Violin IIhb” which is identical but has hidden barlines.įind the instrument that is currently attached to the staff. In the above example, the second staff is “Violin II”. The instrument should be identical in every way except without barlines. To do this, you first have to create a new version of the instrument assigned to the staff. There are situations, however, where you may want to hide the barline just for a single staff. Hiding/changing barline for a single staff You can instead optionally change the barlines to Notation > Barlines > Normal, which in most respects is similar to restoring to the default normal barline, but in certain cases behaves differently.ĭoing these actions will affect the barline for an entire system.
This can be restored to the normal default by selecting the barlines and pressing Delete. As of Sibelius 2018.1 you can select multiple barlines at once, and as of 2018.4 you can make a passage selection to operate on multiple barlines. Select the barline then use Notation > Barlines > Invisible to make the barline invisible. Unlike many Sibelius elements which can be hidden using Home > Hide or Show > Hide or Show ( Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-H), barlines are hidden by changing the barline type. Barlines Hiding/changing barline for an entire system Some are less commonly used Sibelius features, while others are hacks to stretch Sibelius beyond its originally intended use. He kindly allowed Scoring Notes to re-publish it.īelow are a collection of techniques useful for creating aleatoric music in Sibelius. Editor’s note: The author of this article, Neil Radisch, first published a version of it on his web site.
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