In this video, I'll demonstrate how you can view
the drum maps that have been preprogrammed for every percussion and drum set in Sibelius.
To view an instruments drum map, first,
select any bar in the part so it's highlighted.
Go to the Home tab and in the Instruments area,
click the button to edit instruments.
Choose "Edit Instrument" and reply, "Yes".
In the edit instrument page,
click the button "Edit Staff Type".
This will display the drum map.
In this case, the tam-tam has been
preprogrammed to play back with either normal noteheads [MUSIC],
X noteheads [MUSIC], or the diamond [MUSIC] noteheads.
The first notehead that is listed is the one that will be displayed by default.
Select "Okay" to close the window,
"Okay" and then "Close".
If you want to adjust the noteheads and change from the normal noteheads to the X,
select by clicking a bar,
double-clicking to select the entire system,
and then going to your Notations tab,
Type, and choosing the desired notehead,
in this case, the cross or X.
Since it has been programmed with that note, this will playback.
I'm selecting the bar to solo just this staff and pressing
"P" for play [MUSIC].
If you assign any note that has not been programmed,
there will be no playback,
so I'm double-clicking again.
I'm going to choose a notehead that has not been preprogrammed.
In this case, I'm going down to Number 13,
the arrow down or the triangle looking notehead.
When I press "P" for play, there's no playback.
That's because the note has not been assigned to the drum map.
I'm editing undo to go back to the X notehead.
The tambourine also has its own drum map,
selecting a bar in the tambourine staff,
going back to home instruments,
and clicking "Edit Instruments".
Following the same steps,
click "Edit Instruments", "Yes" and edit the staff type.
Note that the tambourine has been preprogrammed with
many different noteheads and different articulations for rolls and accents.
You can assign either the normal notehead,
X noteheads, or the triangle notehead.
Notice the numbers that are associated,
which coincide with a specific notehead.
The congas also has its own map, selecting a bar,
clicking "Edit Instruments", the Edit Instrument button,
replying "Yes", and "Edit Staff Type".
You'll notice that there is a notehead with a plus,
which can be added from the fourth keypad layout,
which gives a slightly different sound and the X which gives a slap sound,
and as well as the diamond,
[MUSIC] which gives a timbale sound.
All of these notes can be assigned manually
after you enter the part to get a unique sound.
Closing the window, for example,
I want to add an X,
[MUSIC] selecting this notehead,
go into notations, and adding X.
If I want to add the plus to this [MUSIC] note,
and return on the keypad with the notes selected,
go to the fourth keypad layout and add the plus.
Then when I press "Play",
you'll hear the effect of those notes.
[MUSIC] Being familiar with
the drum map gives you an opportunity to make changes
to the noteheads and the playback of percussion parts.