Thread: Urgent Question

Hi guys,

I'm currently using Sibelius to compose a piece in E Major. When composing the piano part in the grand staff, I've noticed that when I go below middle C whilst starting a melody in the treble clef, Sibelius creates extra ledger lines before it puts the notes into the bass cleff. As in, it creates a ledger line for A for the note A to be played, when it really should be played in the A line of the bass cleff, which obviously already exists.

Is this an error with Sibelius or is it acceptable?

Many thanks in advance for any help.

If I understand what you're describing correctly, that's done to help keep the hands separated, and is perfectly normal.

Nope..not necessary, unless you write it with a coda.

Thanks. I've figured out how to notate the piece. Cheers :-)

all in one consecutive batch is just fine..

It depends what it's for. It's not wrong to just have a singe bar, but it's nice and visually obvious if you have that block of bars to separate. It's personal taste really.