Sibelius First

An easy-to-manage compositional tool!

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Sibelius First - based on the award winning Sibelius 5 - is the perfect compositional tool for those of us that are more comfortable with a guitar or a keyboard than the intricacies of music notation. Sibelius First provides an easy-to-manage user interface and flexible tools for composing and arranging at a lower price than the full version of Sibelius. Whether you play guitar or keyboard or are a beginner or intermediate composer, Sibelius First offers you all the tools you need to create the song in your head. Sibelius First is a must-have tool!

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• Create
• Arrange
• Publish

Create
Sibelius First lets you easily write music with your mouse or computer keyboard, or you can capture notation in real-time from a MIDI keyboard or MIDI guitar. When working with a previously printed piece of music, you can scan in the music for editing or transposing as you work on the full score. Sibelius First will open Sibelius files, MIDI files, and MusicXML documents for the ultimate in compatibility.

Arrange
Sibelius First is loaded with flexible tools to manage many aspects of composition. Convert from guitar tab to notation or notation to tab with ease, or transpose the key of your music with a single click. Playback of your scores is handled using 128 high-quality, sampled instruments. Create instrumental parts automatically and keep them in sync while you compose your full score.

Publish
When your composition is finished, post your score on the Internet for other people to view, play back, and transpose using Sibelius' free Scorch technology. Or export to Sibelius 5, or as a MIDI file or an audio file.

• Easily create original songs
• Friendly user interface
• Includes composing & arranging tools for up to 12 staves of music
• Scan in sheet music or open PDF files easily
• Arrange for different instruments
• Create instrumental parts that automatically sync up with your score
• Switch from guitar tab to notation and back again with ease
• Change the key of your score with one click
• Realistic playback
• Hear what your score will sound like with playback using 128 sampled instruments
• Publish. Export. Share.
• Print professional-quality full scores or individual parts at the touch of a button
• Export an audio file of your score to burn a CD
• Free Sibelius Scorch technology lets you post and share scores on the web for others to see and hear your music
• Capture notation in real-time from a MIDI keyboard or MIDI guitar
• Scan in printed music for editing or transposing as you work on the full score
• Open Sibelius files, MIDI files, and MusicXML documents for the ultimate in compatibility
• Write music easily with your mouse or computer keyboard
• Convert from guitar tab to notation or notation to tab with ease
• Transpose the key of your music with a single click
• Playback your scores using 128 high-quality, sampled instruments
• Create instrumental parts automatically and keep them in sync while you compose your full score
• Export to Sibelius 5, Scorch, a MIDI file, or an audio file