You can replace the value in the “Number:” field with any number from 1-32 (you can see they are all blank for the Special Symbols music font).
Notice that for the Special Symbols font, there are no printable characters in any of the first 32 slots: When the dialog comes up, you’ll see a grid showing the various slots, and the slot number of the character you are editing. The bracket ends are actually two different font characters, so all we have to do is replace each of these with something that won’t print, like the space character. Select “Bracket Top” and click the Edit button at the bottom of the dialog: In Sibelius 6, select Edit Symbols… from the House Style menu.įind the General category, and you will see the Bracket Top and Bracket Bottom symbols. In Sibelius 7.x, navigate to the Notations tab, and select Edit Symbols: So, how can we create this type of bracket in Sibelius? Turns out, its’ actually pretty easy. A more spartan, “Finale” style bracket would provide a simple solution to this collision problem, because the bracket itself wouldn’t extend below the bottom of the staff.
The less ornate brackets take up less vertical space, which actually offer some advantages when it comes to commercial part preparation.įor instance, with bar numbers under the staff, the Magnetic Layout feature in Sibelius prevents bar numbers from colliding with clefs, but if the clef doesn’t extend below the bottom of the staff, the bar number at the left edge of each system will bisect the bracket, since the bracket itself is not factored into the Magnetic Layout collision avoidance feature: Here are a few bars of woodwinds from Pete Anthony’s orchestration of the Opening Montage for “Spiderman 3”, composed by Christopher Young. For what it’s worth, the popularity of this look is due, in no small part, to its availability in Finale. However, a lot of modern scores use a less ornate bracket, which is just the thick vertical line without the serifs, or “hooks”. In Sibelius, you can choose between the above bracket, a sub-bracket, or a brace, and even combine these, but there are no style options for the bracket itself, as there are in Finale, which sports a couple of additional style options for brackets (only the three options on the right are available in Sibelius): If you’ve spent any time creating bracketed instrument groups in Sibelius, you know that Sibelius only offers only one specific bracket, with standard serifs or “hooks”, which look like this:
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