Headers and page #s wouldn’t work on that page though unless you added them in the PDF utility. I think you said in another thread that you didn’t currently have access to any sort of PDF utility, but if you did you could also have a sheet of blank manuscript paper already exported as a PDF that you could just amend to the end of any PDF. ![]() Here’s a midterm I started preparing last night with some blank measures for students to fill in that was really easy to do in Dorico: I generally use a dashed barline with the dash length set to 0 in Engraving Options/Barlines to effectively have invisible barlines when needed too. I’m not entirely sure how it would work, I guess as a Master Page of some sort? It’s pretty easy to use Remove Rests to get rid of the whole rests though. Having this all contained in app would be very useful. So if you are an avid Siblieus user on the Mac or PC or a NotateMe or Notion user on the iPad, take a moment to print some manuscript paper, get a pencil and try the old fashioned way.Would the team consider adding a menu item “create manuscript page” perhaps with options to customise the look? Creating worksheets /exams in Dorico and then needing to have a blank manuscript page to students to do their work on. I tend to arrange directly into Sibelius, rather than write out the arrangements on blank music paper, although I do still sometime do this if there is a section that is troubling me. I also find that hand writing music makes for much quicker arranging, printing out the original piece on a piano staff and annotating it before putting it into Sibelius. With the improvisational approach (which there is nothing wrong with at all) I don't think you write harmonies that are as complex as you tend to follow a simpler pattern. The harmonies are also more deliberate because I am thinking about the chord progression carefully, rather than just improvising lines and seeing what harmony happens. The fact that I have to hear everything in my head, rather than Sibelius or a similar software package letting me hear an electronic version of the instrumentation also help, believe it or not! I think the 'orchestra in your head' is sometimes a more accurate representation of how a piece of music will sound than that generated by the (admittedly excellent) Sibelius sound set. When using a pencil and paper I have to think far more carefully about the harmony, counterpoint and how I am using and developing melodies. Sometimes Sibelius or similar software for computer or iPad can mean that I don't really think too much before I start adding lines, just improvising and editing to make them fit. I actually find that writing music down on paper first really focuses my composing. Should You Use Blank Manuscript Paper Or Your Computer? I know how annoying it can be not having the paper you need when inspiration strikes! ![]() ![]() I will try and get it to you as fast as possible. If you find you want a size or a format that isn't here just fill in the form at the bottom and let me know. I have created the manuscript paper in various different sizes and formats so you can choose whichever is most suitable for you. Blank music paper you buy in shops tends to have thin, light, blue-grey lines to make it easier to read the dots when you have put them on the staff. This makes it very difficult to see the notes you have written on top of them, especially if you have written in pencil. One of the problems with finding blank music writing paper online is that lots of it has very black staff lines. Download free blank manuscript paper hereīlank manuscript paper and a pencil are musician's necessities sometimes, no matter how much computers, iPads and other devices seem to be taking over writing down of music!
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