Bracket Notes

Version 01.20.31
Added 16 May 2013 (last updated 02 Jul 2025)

For use with Sibelius 6, Sibelius 7.1, Sibelius 7.5, Sibelius 8.x, Sibelius 18.x, Sibelius 19.x, Sibelius 20.x, Sibelius 21.x, Sibelius 22.x, Sibelius 23.x, Sibelius 24.x and Sibelius 25.x

Bracket Notes will add a vertical bracket line to the left of selected notes. If more than 2 notes in a chord are selected, the highest and lowest notes will be connected.

It cannot make horizontal space for added lines, so you will need to do that manually. The vertical position of the line will usually be correct, but you will likely need horizontal adjustments.

This can be very useful for adding double-stop indicators in string parts.

The code that figures out the stem direction for notes in Sibelius 6 was graciously provided by Neil Sands, and I thank him for allowing me to include it in this plugin.

Updated 18 February 2019. Version 01.20.00. In Sib 7.1.3 or later, lines added to the first note or a bar will cause the bar to be respaced to avoid the barline.

Updated 18 February 2019. Version 01.20.10. Increased dialog size to avoid text truncation on Macs.

Updated 5 September 2023. Version 01.20.11. Updated for subset support.

Updated 20 September 2024. Version 01.20.10. Removed unintended debug traces.

Updated 1 July 2025. Version: 01.20.31. Added ability to insert spacing around added brackets (2022.5 or later). Added Help dialog.

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

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