If I'm not mistaken, smanicamento is the gesture of moving the left hand in string instruments (not
a vibrato), essentially placing the finger on the key for a 'height and moving it like a glissando towards the bridge and vice versa. Smanicamento can be wide and narrow, slow and fast (I don't know how to say it in English) and apparently requires a mark like a 'wave.
I don't know if what I wrote is properly correct... how do you do in Sibelius to mark this thing that isn't quite a glissando?
From what I understand (but I could be wrong), 'smanicamento' is just a prosaic way of calling the glissando on string instruments and can be indicated either with a straight line and the notation 'gliss.', or with a squiggle (or a wave, as you wrote). It is similar to portamento which, however, is usually indicated only with a straight line (used on instruments like the guitar, for example).
In Sibelius, simply select the starting note, or the passage, scroll through the Create menu and select Line (or alternatively use the quick command L): a window divided into two halves will open: staff lines that apply only to a single staff and slur lines that apply to all parts. Scroll, choose the line and click OK.
Sibelius also reproduces this effect (with samples that allow it) and there are several possible options (early, late, or linear, using the Playback panel in the Properties window).
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Thanks CromaDiBrera, I know how to do the glissando...but smanicamento is another thing
Yesterday thanks to a friend who also knows Sibelius, he explained to me that in the "line" window (portamento) there are 2 types of signs, the thicker one and the one that should be suitable for my case... do you know them?
I must correct myself: I read some violin portals and, regarding 'smanicamento', it does not refer to any sound effect but only to the change of position that allows one to move from the first (the one furthest from the bridge) to those for the higher notes.
In any case, among the Sibelius lines there is what I wrote in the other post: either a straight line or a "wavy" one; but it refers to the glissando; so, at this point, I don't know if it is what you are looking for.
