Pitched Percussion Manual

Accent Tap — Pitched Percussion plays sampled marimbas, vibraphones, xylophone, glockenspiels, crotales and chimes. Write in Sibelius, press play, and the right instruments load, spread across a stage, and follow your markings.

1. Getting Started — install and play your first note.
2. Sibelius — set up once, then write.
3. Converting a Score — move an existing score onto Accent Tap.
4. Playing an Instrument — mallets, techniques, rolls, tone.
5. Ensembles & the Stage — sections and where they sit.
6. Shaping the Sound — envelopes, EQ, groups, MIDI mapping.
7. The Mapping Page — samples and the low cut.
8. Settings & Troubleshooting

Quick answers

• Just installed? Getting Started, then Sibelius.
• Have a score already written? Converting a Score.
• A staff plays the wrong sound or nothing? Run Assign Accent Tap Instruments in Sibelius. See Sibelius.
• Why doesn't the sustain pedal work on a marimba? Only instruments with a pedal (vibraphones, chimes, pedal glockenspiel) respond to it.