Would it be possible to notate the bracket line in the same angle as the beam of the note group?”
Plus, the bracket and number should never be placed on the staff, but alway able or below it. To let Sibelius do this, choose these settings: (mmm, maybe it’s better to stick with the defaults here…)Įvery publisher has their own House Style, and they could ask you for example to have tuplets with all notes (or with a rest in the middle) to be notated without a bracket and with the number on the Stem-End:Īlso, when a tuplet is incomplete they would like it always to have a bracket at the Head-End: In the next field, Horizontal Distance from the Note, you can set the distance between the left and right bracket sides and the notes:Īll the values are set to 0 to create a very tight placements, but if you want you can change them to your own liking: Personally I like my tuplets a little closer, so to avoid dragging them, I decrease the value to 0.3 in the first two fields: Experiment around with the values if you like and see what the results are. Here you can set the distance between the tuplet and the stem or note head. When this option is checked AND when in the Properties window the tuplet in the score is defined as Auto Bracket…Īny tuplet that is connected by a secondary beam will get a hidden bracket. Rotate single digits is better left unchecked, otherwise the number could be difficult to read: This checkbox should always be checked to avoid clashing tuplets with the lyrics under the staff: Here you can find the option “Avoid Staff”, and will place the tuplets inside or outside the staff: The 2 nd option, “Position tuplets relative to first note” gives you the freedom to adjust the way Sibelius displays the tuplets:
This setting is recommended by the Sibelius Reference. The 1 st option “Position tuplets as if all notes are beamed together”, is Sibelius’ default setting and will place the tuplets according to traditional engraving rules. Sibelius positions tuplets according to the settings in /House Style/Engraving Rules/Tuplets:
The above information is all you need to work with tuplets in Sibelius, but if you want to know more about settings and giving the tuplets your own look, read on… As with most other objects, you can flip a tuplet to the other side of the staff with the Edit/Flip command, move them around and stretch or narrow the brackets by mouse-dragging and with the arrow keys. To delete a tuplet, select the number and hit delete. There are some choices in this dialog window, but you can leave them as they are. Fill in the amount of notes in the tuplet you want and hit OK.