Possible Plugin/Feature: Rotation of parts
Perusal of an unofficial Sibelius forum led to finding a topic regarding rotation of parts: https://www.sibeliusforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=71380
To illustrate: if there are four staves, and there are notes reading from bottom to top, e.g.: C, E, G, B each on a separate staff, what would be the quickest way of rotating them up/down by one and cycling over? For example, upon upward rotation, the order would now be: B, C, E, G. This would be a nifty feature for a plugin for instance. Kind of like a Exchange voice 1-2 but this time for "selected staves" or something. It could be useful for composition.
Any plugin developers pull this off already? If not, maybe this could be a suggestion for someone out there.
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I'm not sure if making it a plugin would save you that many steps though.
1. Select the lower three consecutive staves
2. Cut them (Ctrl-X)
3. Right-click (Ctrl-click on Mac) on the first measure of the first staff, choose
swap with clipboard4. click on the first measure on the last staff
5. Paste
In reply to I'm not sure if making it a… by jeetee
That works for upward rotation, right? Thanks for the tip, as it's a decent use of the swap function.
Downward rotation would seem a bit more tough, though. To add further functionality, the ability to also apply this to chords of any staff would be slick. So, to be able to rotate upward & downward like this quickly to staves, and as an additional option, apply this also to chords – these still seem to be viable future functions built-in or as a plugin.
In reply to That works for upward… by worldwideweary
Just to clarify, downwards rotation works just the same.
1. Select lower staff
2. Cut
3. Select upper three staves
4. Swap with clipboard
5. Select first measure of 2nd staff
6. Paste
But yes, I can see value in condensing this into a single macro command if someone wants to put in the effort.
Cycling inversions of chords is (programmatorically speaking) an entirely different thing, but can indeed be realized by a plugin.
In reply to Just to clarify, downwards… by jeetee
P.S. To reiterate for clarity: it seems the staff has to be selected when cutting (with a range selection) following the previously described steps, not the particular note in the staff for the method to work.