Respell Flats as Sharps

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 17 Mar 2008)

For use with Sibelius 3.x and Sibelius 4

The version of this plug-in that ships with Sibelius 3 and Sibelius 4 has two problems:

• Any ties in notes that are respelled will be deleted
• The plug-in produces incorrect accidentals for transposing instruments

This updated version corrects both of these problems.

For Sibelius 5, use the shipping version of this plugin

• Download RespellFlatsAsSharps.zip (2K, downloaded 20634 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Respell Sharps as Flats

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 17 Mar 2008)

For use with Sibelius 3.x and Sibelius 4

The version of this plug-in that ships with Sibelius 3 and Sibelius 4 has three problems:

• Any ties in notes that are respelled will be deleted
• The plug-in produces incorrect accidentals for transposing instruments
• Unison notes are not respelled correctly

This updated version corrects these problems.

For Sibelius 5, use the shipping version of this plugin

• Download RespellSharpsAsFlats.zip (2K, downloaded 12620 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Simplify Accidentals

Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 17 Mar 2008)

For use with Sibelius 3.x

This updated version of this plug-in fixes the following problems:

• user-defined beaming of notes is lost when running the plug-in
• quartertone and other microtonal accidentals are removed

For Sibelius 5, use the shipping version of this plugin

• Download SimplifyAccidentals.zip (3K, downloaded 7036 times)

Plug-in written by Peter Hayter and Michael Kilpatrick.

Respell Uncommon Accidentals

Version 01.30.00
Added 01 Aug 2005 (last updated 24 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 3.x, Sibelius 4, Sibelius 4.1, Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

Respell Uncommon Accidentals respells certain accidentals that are avoided in some musical styles. It will find and respell B# to C, E# to F, Cb to B and Fb to E. It can also respell double and triple accidentals. It assumes you know what you are doing in running it, and makes no judgments, but the author would like to remind the user that there are many musical situations where an E# is perfectly appropriate, and using this plug-in would produce incorrect musical notation.

You can run the Mark Enharmonic Pitches plug-in if you just want to know if you have these kinds of pitches in your score.

New in version 1.3:

• This version shows both consecutive and displayed bar numbers in Sibelius 4, and has a new option to locate (write to text file or trace window) uncommon accidentals without changing the score.

• Download RespellUncommonAccidentals.zip (14K, downloaded 18481 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.

Hide Specific Accidentals

Version 01.04.00
Added 05 Dec 2008 (last updated 23 Jun 2012)

For use with Sibelius 5, Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7

This plugin hides accidentals on selected notes with the specified pitches in any octave. It may be useful when you are simulating an unconventional key signature.

You can also unhide accidentals, which will restore their original unhidden state, but this will also restore any accidentals in the selection that were hidden manually.

Updated 24 August 2011 to tidy up the main dialog.

• Download HideSpecificAccidentals.zip (4K, downloaded 2735 times)

Plug-in written by Bob Zawalich.