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Color Harp Strings

Version 01.01.00
Added 27 Apr 2009 (last updated 22 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This zip file contains 2 plugins: Color Harp Strings and Pitch Spectrum for Harp. These plugins are different approaches to coloring notes that are on a harp\\\\\\\'s C strings (pitches Cb, C, and C#) Red, and those on the F strings (Fb, F, and F#) Blue. This is sometimes done for introductory harp music, though some harpists like it for all their scores.

This would be fairly simple to do except for the fact that Sibelius colors all notes in a chord the same color.

These plugins offer solutions that will work in some cases, and offer at least a starting point when they cannot do all the coloring.

*Color Harp Strings* will color notes that are not in chords or intervals. It will color (using the mechanism of Edit > Color) single notes of the desired pitches, but will not color the same pitches in a chord. Instead, it traces the location of such pitches so you can find them to hand color after printing.

If chords are broken up so that each chord tone is in a different voice (quite tedious), all the notes can be colored with this plugin. This plugin has no problem differentiating enharmonically equivalent pitches (C#/Db, Cb/B, etc).

*Pitch Spectrum for Harp* uses the Sibelius Pitch Spectrum feature, which can color chord tones separately, but will not differentiate among enharmonically equivalent pitches (C#/Db, Cb/B, C/B#, F#/Gb. etc.). These would be colored the same, which can be a problem in harp music, which often contains enharmonic pitches. The plugin looks to see if there are conflicts. If so, it offers a choice of coloring each pair of the equivalent notes or not.

This plugin can completely color music with chords if there are no enharmonic notes.

Be sure you understand how Pitch Spectrum works (check the Reference and the plugin Help) before using this plugin, or you may be surprised.

Pitch Spectrum for Harp will not work in Sibelius 6, which removed the Pitch Spectrum feature. It will still work in Sibelius 5. Color Harp Strings does work (with the same limitations) in Sibelius 5 and 6.

Download ColorHarpStrings.zip (11K, downloaded 4295 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Harp Arpeggio

Version 2.0
Added 0000-00-00 00:00:00 (last updated 24 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Designed specifically for playback of arpeggios on the harp but may be used on other instruments.

Uses Live Playback data to play back an arpeggio in one or more voices and on one or more staves. The arpeggio plays before the beat. Requires that Live Playback is turned on. (If Live Playback is turned off, Sibelius's usual arpeggio will still play if arpeggio lines are present in the score).

Download HarpArpeggio.zip (3K, downloaded 4263 times)

Plug-in written by Ian Cugley.

Harp Gliss

Added 0000-00-00 00:00:00 (last updated 13 Dec 2009)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Designed specifically for playback of glissandos on the harp.

Select the start and end notes for a glissando on the same staff or adjacent staves, then run the plug-in. You can then set the harp tuning, control the volume (velocity) of the glissando, and choose whether to show the tuning in the score. The glissando plays back using MIDI messages, and works across two staves and across barlines.

Download HarpGliss.zip (7K, downloaded 5353 times)

Plug-in written by Ian Cugley.

Filter Harp Pedal Diagrams

Version 01.30.00
Added 13 Dec 2009 (last updated 22 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Filters all selected harp pedal diagrams (as generated by the Add Harp Pedaling plugin).

Updated 9 August 2011 for Sib 7 font compatibility

Updated 9 May 2012 to filter diagrams created with a text character style rather than a font change in Sib 7.

Download FilterHarpPedalDiagrams.zip (3K, downloaded 1070 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Label Harp Diagrams

Version 01.15.00
Added 13 Dec 2009 (last updated 24 Nov 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Can add a hidden text label next to any selected harp pedal diagrams. The text consists of the pitches in the pedal diagram.

The plugin can also trace the location and pitches of any selected pedal diagrams, or any "tuning text", which is text that contains the pitches (CDEFGAB plus accidentals, in any order) in a harp tuning.

It can optionally also label tuning text with a hidden pedal diagram.

This will probably be at least as useful for occasional readers of pedal harp music, (such as composers of harp music) as for harpists.

Updated 24 December 2009. Remove unwanted traces and clean up trace of boxed text diagrams.

Updated 24 November 2012 to pick up diagrams that use character styles in Sib 7.

Download LabelHarpDiagrams.zip (8K, downloaded 608 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Harp Gliss From Pedal Diagram

Version 01.06.00
Added 13 Dec 2009 (last updated 24 Nov 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This is a "front end" for Ian Cugley�s "Harp Gliss" plugin, which must be installed before this plugin is run.

Ian�s plugin will generate pitches for a harp gliss from a tuning string that is typed in. This plugin will look for harp pedal diagrams or "tuning text", which is text that contains the pitches (CDEFGAB plus accidentals, in any order) in a harp tuning, and run Ian�s plugin using the tuning information closest to the selected pitches.

Updated 9 August 2011 for Sib 7 font compatibility

Updated 4 September 2011 to pick up pedal diagrams that start at the same location at the first selected pitch.

Updated 24 November 2011 to pick up diagrams that use character styles in Sib 7.

Download HarpGlissFromPedalDiagram.zip (8K, downloaded 636 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Alternate Harp Pedaling

Version 01.09.00
Added 01 Jan 2010 (last updated 20 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Given some entered note pitch names, the plugin will make a list of all the harp pedalings that include these pitches.

The pitches must be defined using CAPITAL letters C D E F G A B for pitches, in any order, with b or # for accidentals, and optional X for placeholder pitches. Each pitch must be separated by at least 1 space. There can be no duplicate pitch letter names, and no more than 7 pitches. Double accidentals are not allowed.

The results will be put in a listbox. If no pitch can be found for a harp string, an X will be displayed.

Choosing an entry in the list moves a copy to an edit box from which you may copy the tuning text. The text following the tuning (font name and MLNO characters) is text for a pedal diagram. Paste this into a text item in a score to display as a pedal diagram.

Download AlternateHarpPedaling.zip (9K, downloaded 2925 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Add Harp Pedal Diagrams

Added 08 Jan 2010 (last updated 10 Jan 2010)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This is an update to the Add Harp Pedal Diagrams plug-in that ships with Sibelius 6.

In Sibelius 6.1 or later, this updated version of the plug-in now correctly restores the appropriate text font after writing accidentals in text-based harp pedal diagrams.

Download AddHarpDiagrams.zip (9K, downloaded 3280 times)

Plug-in written by Neil Sands.

Harp Gliss Pitches

Version 01.92.00
Added 11 Jan 2010 (last updated 13 Oct 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Generates pitches that can be used to set the pedals of a harp for glissandos from the names of scales or chords.

It lists a number of possible scale types and chord types. You can also define your own scales (of 7 pitches or fewer), and for chords, you may type in any chord type name that Sibelius 6 will recognize. You can specify any valid root for the scale or chord.

The plugin will find all combinations of pedals that contain all the originally specified pitches. A PDF document describing the plugin is included in the zip file. Sibelius 6.1 or later is required.

Updated 9 August 2011 for Sib 7 font compatibility

Updated 12 October 2012 to adjust dialog spacing for Sib 7.

Download HarpGlissPitches.zip (49K, downloaded 728 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Filter Harp Pedal Changes

Version 01.26.00
Added 18 Nov 2010 (last updated 22 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Filter any text that includes a pitch name (A - G) followed by an accidental. It will filter any pedal changes created by the Add Harp Pedaling plugin, and also text such as C#4 (used for lever changes) and Pedal: Eb, i.e., text that includes a pitch name and accidental as well as other text. In such cases, the pitch name must be at the start or follow a space.

Chord symbol text will not be filtered, but all other text styles can be filtered.

Only English pitch names are supported.

Download FilterHarpPedalChanges.zip (3K, downloaded 1985 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Change Text Accidental Size

Version 01.04.00
Added 18 Nov 2010 (last updated 22 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Changes the size of an accidental within a piece of text, such as C#. This can be useful for increasing the size of the accidentals in pedal change text created by the Add Harp Pedaling plugin, among others.

By default it will only look at text with a font change and will skip chord symbol text.