

Locate your user-defined Closed hi-hat symbol and select it.Name the notehead Closed hi-hat, select the solid notehead, and click the Change Symbol button. Choose House Style > Edit Noteheads, and click New.The next part of this process is to create two new notehead definitions. When you OK the dialog, you should see both of your new hi-hat noteheads in the User-defined row. The Open Hi-hat symbol is created using exactly the same process, substituting the Open / Harmonic Above symbol in the Extra Symbols field, which will appear above the X notehead. Position this above the X notehead 4 spaces above, and make sure it appears centered above the X. Cick the Add button, and select the cross articulation called Closed / Mute Above. Now click in the Extra Symbols field to the right, and you will see the X appear in the staff above.In the Number field, type 192 (which is the number of the X notehead).In the Symbol dialog that opens, name this symbol Closed hi-hat.Scroll down to the User Defined row, select the first open slot, and click Edit. First, choose House Style > Edit Symbols.Change the notehead assignments for open and closed hihat in the Drum Set Staff Type.Create two new X noteheads using a combination of symbols.Create a new symbol for both the open and closed hi-hat.You'll need to edit three different areas of Sibelius: Once you've set things up, you'll be able to export your new settings into a House Style for use in other documents. You can either do this by hand, adding the articulations from the fourth keypad layout, or, if you are willing to spend a few minutes, you can create custom open and closed hihat symbols which already have the articulation symbols built in. It's common to add open and closed articulation symbols to these notes. To input a note on a drum set (kit) staff that will play back as a closed hi-hat, just play G5 on your MIDI keyboard likewise, an open hi-hat note is G#5. 332: Drum notation - how to add open and closed articulations to hi-hats automatically
