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2. Notations All the tuplet brackets and numbers in your score will now be selected. Now: To hide all the tuplet brackets and numbers, simply choose Edit Hide or Show Hide (shortcut Ctrl+Shift+H or H) or choose Hide from the menu on the General panel of
the Properties window To change the appearance of the tuplet, use the options on the Notes panel of the Properties window. All of the options available in the Create Tuplet dialog for number and bracket appearance and bracket duration are also available here. Filters are an extremely powerful way of changing lots of objects in your score in a single operation – 5.7 Filters and Find.
Horizontal tuplet brackets If you want your tuplet brackets to always be horizontal, choose House Style Edit Lines, select the tuplet bracket line in the Staff lines list, click Edit, and in the Edit Line dialog, switch on the Horizontal option ( 8.15 Edit Lines). Beware, however, that forcing tuplet brackets to be horizontal will disable some of their “magnetic” behaviors.
Tuplets over barlines Although Sibelius cannot automatically notate tuplets over barlines, the effect can be achieved easily enough, as follows:
Create an irregular bar of twice the length of the prevailing time signature: choose Create Bar Other (shortcut Alt+B or B) Write the music for the two bars that contain the tuplet which crosses the barline Add a suitable barline – in the example above you would choose Create Barline Normal and
click in the appropriate place, then adjust its position relative to the following note using the X parameter in the General panel of Properties If you are using bar numbers you should also create a bar number change in the next bar to compensate for the missing “real” bar; choose Create Other Bar Number Change.
Tuplet design You can change the design of tuplet numbers and brackets from the House Style Edit Text Styles and House Style Edit Lines dialogs. If you’re changing the font of tuplet numbers, it’s normal to use a medium italic serif font. 3.9 Edit Text Styles, 8.15 Edit Lines.
Engraving Rules options A number of options concerning the appearance and positioning of tuplets are found on the Tuplets page of the House Style Engraving Rules dialog: The options in the Position on Notes group allow you to choose between examining all the
notes in the tuplet to determine whether the tuplet should go above or below the notes (Position tuplets as if all notes were beamed together, the default) or should position themselves 202