'Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)'

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Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 23 Jun 07:57PM
     Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Luis Gutierrez, 23 Jun 10:39PM
         Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 23 Jun 11:05PM
             Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Adrian Drover, 24 Jun 06:22AM
                 Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 24 Jun 12:22PM
                     Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Adrian Drover, 24 Jun 12:35PM
                 Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 24 Jun 04:43PM
                     Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 25 Jun 02:45PM
                         Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Robin Walker, 25 Jun 03:28PM
                             Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 25 Jun 03:56PM
                                 Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 26 Jun 01:20PM

Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 23 Jun 07:57PM (edited 23 Jun 08:06PM)
Hi folks,

Please see attached Sib. file (thanks!) and/or PNG for: "Little Blue Frog" (Miles).

As you can see, Sib. braces (I think that's the correct term?) the 2 x woodwinds together, leaving the brass separate. While this is correct when writing for Big Band, I wondered if it would be permissible to have all three 'horn' parts braced together. please?

So, instead of Sibelius's default scheme, have the Trumpet/Sax/Clari all braced together? This would (I feel) make it easy-on-the-eye because you could instantly see they are a (3-part) section; instead of a 'two' and a 'one'.

Many thanks in advance for any kind assistance offered here.

Best,

Paul David Seaman (UK)

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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by Luis Gutierrez - 23 Jun 10:39PM (edited 23 Jun 10:53PM)
You can simply click on the top end of the bracket with your mouse and drag it up to include the trumpet part. This certainly can easily be done, or were you asking whether it is "accepted" practice?
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 23 Jun 11:05PM (edited 23 Jun 11:07PM)
> You can simply click on the top end of the bracket with your mouse and drag it up to include the trumpet part. This certainly can easily be done, or were you asking whether it is "accepted" practice?


Many thanks Luis!

A bit of both really. It's something that I had not done before and also I wanted to check if it was accepted practice.

So you call it a 'bracket'?

Paul
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by Adrian Drover - 24 Jun 06:22AM
Brackets are square. Braces are squiggly (as for piano staves). You can also pull barlines across in the same way to combine your "horn" (jazzspeak for blowers) section.
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 24 Jun 12:22PM
> Brackets are square. Braces are squiggly (as for piano staves). You can also pull barlines across in the same way to combine your "horn" (jazzspeak for blowers) section.


Cheers Adrian,

Yes, I was was aware what the piano 'squiggles' looked liked, but was not sure exactly sure of their technical name.

Paul
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by Adrian Drover - 24 Jun 12:35PM
"Brace" yourself, Paul. I call them squiggly brackets.
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 24 Jun 04:43PM
>You can also pull barlines across in the same way to combine your "horn" (jazzspeak for blowers) section.


Adrian,

I am afraid I am not quite sure what you mean?, thanks.

Paul
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 25 Jun 02:45PM (edited 25 Jun 03:52PM)
Hi guys,

Same score but a slightly different question if you don't mind, please:

Do you think the key-sig and repeat-bar marking looks somewhat squashed together? This seems to be how Sib. places everything (in 'Jazz Ink', at least) by 'default' (ie. the 'F#' and the left-hand-side of the thick bar-line)?

See screenshot...

Thanks a lot.

Paul
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by Robin Walker - 25 Jun 03:28PM
That spacing appears to be fixed in 8.6 after a "Reset Note Spacing".

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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 25 Jun 03:56PM (edited 25 Jun 04:34PM)
> That spacing appears to be fixed in 8.6 after a "Reset Note Spacing".


Cheers Robin,

Do you mean, please, that Sib. should have made the correction 'automatically, or that I have to 'manually' select the bar/notation and apply one of the Tab parameters?

See screenshot.

As far as I am aware I have the latest Sib. version ('8.6' was circa 100MB d/l).

Thanks,

Paul
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Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?)
Posted by monsterjazzlicks - 26 Jun 01:20PM
Hi,

I just double-checked and I am definitely on 'v.8.6'.

Thanks,

Paul
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Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 23 Jun 07:57PM
     Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Luis Gutierrez, 23 Jun 10:39PM
         Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 23 Jun 11:05PM
             Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Adrian Drover, 24 Jun 06:22AM
                 Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 24 Jun 12:22PM
                     Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Adrian Drover, 24 Jun 12:35PM
                 Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 24 Jun 04:43PM
                     Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 25 Jun 02:45PM
                         Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - Robin Walker, 25 Jun 03:28PM
                             Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 25 Jun 03:56PM
                                 Re: Full Score Instrument Braces (help?) - monsterjazzlicks, 26 Jun 01:20PM