.SIB File Extension

Sibelius Score

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What is a SIB file?

A SIB file is a musical score created by Avid Sibelius, a popular music notation program. It contains binary data that Sibelius uses to show the score's notation, annotations, and metadata. When opened in Sibelius, SIB files appear as sheet music.

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SIB file open in Avid Sibelius

Using Sibelius, composers can create, edit, play back, and annotate musical scores. Composers can create a score manually, by placing and adjusting notation within Sibelius, or they can record themselves playing on a MIDI input device, to automatically add the notes they play to their score.

By default, Sibelius saves the scores that composers create as SIB files. In addition to the score a composer has created, each SIB file also includes various score metadata, such as the score's title, subtitle, composer, arranger, and copyright information. Composers can edit and view this metadata on Sibelius's File → Info screen.

If a composer wants to share a Sibelius score they've created with musicians who do not have access to Sibelius, they can export the score in a variety of other, more common formats. To do so, a composer selects File → Export.

How to open a SIB file

You can open a SIB file with Avid Sibelius. To do so:

  1. Open Sibelius.
  2. Select File → Open....
  3. Navigate to and open your SIB file.

How to convert a SIB file

You can use Sibelius to convert SIB files to many other formats, including audio, video, document, image, and MIDI formats. The complete list of available export formats includes:

  • .MP3 - MP3 Audio
  • .WAV - WAVE Audio
  • .AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format
  • .MOV - Apple QuickTime Movie
  • .PDF - Portable Document Format
  • .BMP - Bitmap Image
  • .PNG - Portable Network Graphic
  • .TIFF - Tagged Image File Format
  • .SVG - Scalable Vector Graphic
  • .MUSICXML - MusicXML Document
  • .MXL - Compressed MusicXML Document
  • .MID - MIDI File
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