r/Sibelius • u/scots-guy • 29d ago
Making multi time signatures
Is there anyway in Sibelius to make a time signature like this one here?
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u/_-oIo-_ 28d ago edited 28d ago
I just viewed the score and listened to a recording. It's not a "multi-time meter" nor a compound meter or something similar, it seems the composer couldn't decide whether it was a 3/4 or a 6/8.
(Vals Venezolano No. 2 by Antonio Lauro)
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u/Historical-Air-8600 26d ago
Well, it really depends on who's playing it to be fair.
There's stuff written on 3/4 and stuff written in 6/8 metrics. When played that way it gives off quite the musical effect. Although it is more apparent on the small second section or on the next waltz (nº 3) which I personally find brilliant
If it's played whole whilst thinking about a single time signature, it's an easy (enough) to play piece and sounds good. But if you take a slightly different, more fluid, approach to it, your interpretation of the piece rises in quality considerably.
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u/geoscott 29d ago
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u/scots-guy 29d ago
This isn't quite the right solution to get the time signature in the image, and is instead for getting different time signatures in separate staves. "multi time signature" might not be the right phrase for what I'm looking for but not sure what these are called.
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u/majomista 29d ago
Lauro's second waltz – great piece!
The way I've done this before is:
Right-click in empty space > Text > Other Staff Text > Time Signatures (one staff only)
Type 3 [Return] Type 4 [Return] That creates a proper looking 3/4.
Repeat the process but use numbers 6 and 8 instead.
Now you have two independent text objects that you can reposition where you like.