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Collaboration & sharing
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Sibelius Cloud Sharing
10 Scores
-
20 Scores
Unlimited scores with 1GB storage
Sibelius Cloud Publishing
-
-
-
-
Comments / Sticky Notes & Annotation
Yes
Limited
Yes
Yes
Copy/paste to Word docs
-
-
Low resolution
Full resolution
Import / Export options
Open Music XML and MIDI files
Music XML import only
Audio file export: WAV, AIFF, MP3
Video file export
Music XML and MIDI file import/export
Previous version export
Audio: WAV, AIFF, MP3
Video file export
Graphics file export
Music XML and MIDI file import/export
Previous version export
import Lyrics as text
Publish to ScoreExchange.com
-
-
Yes
Yes
ADDITIONAL FEATURES FUNCTIONALITY
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Inspector window
Full editing of objects
Keyboard shortcuts
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Customizable
Keypad workflow
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Lines gallery (trills, slurs, hairpins, etc.)
Some
All
All
Note values
32nd (demisemiquaver) to whole note (semibreve)
-
512th note (7 beams) to Double whole note (breve)
512th note (7 beams) to “long” (double breve)
Voices per staff
1 and 2 only
-
4 voices
4 voices
Additional notation
Fixeda bar numbers
fixed beam/rest groupings
fixed brackets and braces
limited chord symbol presets
basic guitar tab
Basic guitar tab
Limited bar numbers
fixed beam/rest groupings
fixed brackets and braces
limited chord symbol presets
basic guitar tab
Full range of bar formats
customizable beam/rest groupings
customizable brackets and bracesfully
customizable chord symbols
full guitar tab
ADDITIONAL COMPOSITION & INSTRUMENTATION
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Notate Glissando
-
-
Diatonic and Chromatic
Diatonic and Chromatic
Ideas Hub
Score Starter only (40 templates)
Score Starter only (40 templates)
300 stock library ideas Add your own Score Starter
2000+ library ideas with editing Add your own
Page numbers
Automatic
Automatic
Customizable
Rhythmic note values
32nd (demisemiquaver) to whole note (semibreve)
-
512th note (7 beams) to Double whole note (breve)
512th note (7 beams) to double breve (4 times duration of whole note)
Composition utilities
-
-
-
Part extraction
Paste as cue
Inspector window
Instrument changes
PLAYBACK CONTROLS
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Playpack controls - Speed
Expressive playback
Basic playback only
Expressive playback & Loop
Loop, halfspeed, expressive playback
Advanced notation interpretation
-
-
-
Yes
Espressivo 2 0 humanized playback
-
-
Presets only
Customizable
Hairpins, ritardandi, accelerandi, fermatas, articulations
Fixed
-
Fixed
Adjustable
Playback markings on specified repeats
-
-
Yes
Yes
Tap Tempo
On playback only
-
On playback only
Full
Timeline panel
-
Not available
-
Yes
Video timecode and hit points
-
-
Add video, add and edit hitpoints
Add video, add and edit hitpoints, timecode
PUBLISHING & LAYOUT
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Meta Data
Common only
Not available
Common only
Full set
Automatic arranging and orchestration
-
-
-
Yes
Dynamic parts
-
-
Limited editing
Manage dynamic parts
Edit dynamic parts
Split dynamic parts
Magnetic layout
Fixed
Fixed
Fixed
Customizable, with full viewing options
Manuscript papers (templates)
A few
Stock options only
Some more
Over 75
Create your own
Paper and desk textures
40 options
Not available
40 options
60+ options
Rehearsal marks
-
Default only
Customizable
Repeat structures
Fixed
-
Customizable
Customizable
Advanced layout options & features
Limited font editing
Headers & footers
System and Page breaks
Intelligent rests
Limited object reset position
Panorama scroll view
Headers & footers
Intelligent rests
Reset position
System, Page and Special page breaks
Auto layout options
Manual staff spacing
Fixed multiple staff sizes
Headers & footers
System and Page breaks
Intelligent rests
Limited object reset position
Panorama scroll view
Auto layout options
Edit staff types, sizes, spacing
Edit text styles and fonts
Engraving rules
Headers & footers
System, Page and Special page breaks
Intelligent rests
Set default object position
Full object reset positioning
Join scores together
Panorama scroll view
Rulers
ADVANCED NOTATION & ENGRAVING
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Accidentals
Normal and double
-
Normal and double, bracketed
Normal, double, quarter-tones, bracketed
Bar numbers
Fixed
Limited
Limited
Full range of formats
Barline types
Single, double, dashed, repeat, final, pick up bars
-
Single, double, dashed, repeat, final, invisible, tick, short, between staves, thick, triple, dotted, pick up bars
Single, double, dashed, repeat, final, invisible, tick, short, between staves, thick, triple, dotted, pick up bars
Beam/rest groupings
Fixed
-
Fixed
Customizable
Brackets and braces
Fixed
-
Fixed
Customizable
Change transposition of transposing instruments
-
-
-
Yes
Chord symbols appearance and MIDI/text input
Limited
-
Customizable
Cross-staff beams (keyboard music)
-
-
Yes
Cues
-
-
Yes
Custom lines
-
-
Yes
Custom Noteheads
-
-
Yes
Dotted notes: single, double, triple
Single
-
Single, double, triple
Single, double, triple
Jazz articulations: falls, scoops, doits, and plops
-
-
Yes
Yes
Ossia staves
-
-
-
Yes
Slide notes and rests
-
-
Yes
Yes
Special symbols
-
-
Yes
Split multirests in parts
-
-
Yes
Stemlets (half-stems) and feathered beams
-
-
Yes
Tuplets
Duplets to sextuplets
Duplets to nonutuplets
Any (ex. 2,7,44:31) and nested
ADDITIONAL UTILITIES
Sibelius First
Sibelius Mobile
Sibelius Artist
Sibelius Ultimate
Versioning
Latest version only
Not available
Save, view, print versions
Full versioning
Compare versions
Export log of changes
Timecode display
-
No
Single format
Custom formatting
Additional utilities
-
-
Quick filter for similar objects
Highlight music
Sibelius Connect scripting

Edit word menus

Filter for all similar objects

"Find" function

Focus on staves

Highlight music

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

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