Clefs, Key Signatures, and Tuplets

If you are starting from this section of the project, you should open the example score called Project 2 and make the 3 Clefs, key sig-
natures and tuplets version into the Current version by choosing Review > Versions > Edit Versions. Select this version in the list
and click Make current.

The score you’ve just assembled is ready to be turned into an arrangement. You’ve already seen how to use the Quick Start to set up a
score in Sibelius, but you can add the same information and more after you’ve input music into a score and changed it retrospectively.
This chapter shows you how to add clef changes, key signatures ,and tuplets (triplets, in this case) to an existing score.

Clef Changes
When you create a score using Sibelius, the clefs are automatically added to the start of every system so you don’t have to think about
them. However, in certain situations, you may want to add a change of clef to a staff. This can make it easier for a performer to read if
the music strays too far above or below the staff in the normal clef. Sometimes clef changes are for a short passage, maybe a bar or less;
at other times you may want the clef change to apply permanently from that point on.

In bar 15, the cello part suddenly has two very high notes, the Ab and G eighth notes in the second half of the bar. Put a clef change be-
fore them to make the notes easier for the cellist to read.

To add a change of clef:

1 Select the Ab eighth note.

2 Shift-click the G eighth note immediately after it to make a passage selection.
3 To view all available clefs, choose Notations > Common > Clef gallery—or press Q (for “qlef”).
4 Select the Tenor clef from the top row of the list.
5 Sibelius adds a small Tenor clef and then automatically changes the clef back again after the selected passage. Notice how the notes
are spaced further apart to allow room for the clefs.

Add another tenor clef change for the cellist at bar 26. This time, use the mouse.

To add a clef change with the mouse:

1 Press Esc to make sure nothing is selected.
2 Open the Clef gallery.
3 Select the Tenor clef. The mouse pointer turns dark blue to show that it is “carrying” an object.
4 Click in the empty space at the start of bar 26 in the Violoncello staff.

Again, Sibelius adds a small Tenor clef. This time, however, it has been added to the very end of bar 25 on the previous system and the
Tenor clef is used at the start of every subsequent system.
5 Change the staff back to Bass clef after the first quarter note in bar 28 in the same manner.
6 Now add clef changes to the Viola and Violoncello staves in bars 43–44 (refer to the printout of the full arrangement).

For more information, see  4.1 Clefs in the Reference Guide.

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Clefs, Key Signatures, and Tuplets