User guide

786 Chapter 33 Working With Notation
Rest
The automatic rest display can be switched off (Hide), or set to display beat slashes
(slash) instead of rests. This is useful for rhythm section parts, and improvised solos. In
this situation, the number of slashes per bar is determined by the nominator in the
time signature (4 slashes in 4/4-time, 6 slashes in 6/8-time, and so on). Inserted notes
and symbols are still displayed, but automatic rests are only shown if shorter than one
beat. You can insert user rests manually, to replace individual beat slashes, if needed.
Stem
This controls the direction of stems. The default setting is Auto. Up or Down forces all
stems, regardless of pitch, in the corresponding direction. Hide makes all stems (and
beams and flags) invisible.
Tie
Determines the vertical direction of automatically displayed ties. The default setting is
Auto. Up or Down forces all ties in the corresponding direction.
Tuplet
Controls the direction of N-tuplet brackets and numbers. The default setting is Auto. Up
or Down forces all N-tuplet brackets and numbers in the corresponding direction. Hide
prevents the automatic display of triplet brackets and numbers. In this situation, the
numbers are still displayed in brackets on the screen, to allow edits to these triplets.
These bracketed numbers will not appear, however, on the printout.
If you set this parameter to Hide, you can still make particular triplets visible: Double-
click on the bracketed number (3) to open a tuplet dialog box. If you close this box by
clicking OK, you will convert the automatically displayed triplet to a forced triplet,
which will be displayed in accordance with the parameters set in the dialog box.
Beam
Controls the appearance of beams. The default Slant setting allows slanted beams.
Horiz. only allows horizontal beams. Vocal prevents the display of beams, as is typical in
classical vocal parts, where notes are only displayed with flags.
Color
Sets the color of the voice’s notes. The color options are: Black (“---”), Pitch, Velocity,
and the 16 colors of the user palette (see “Colors” on page 830).
These settings only affect regions if the View > Colors > Normal item is enabled in the
Score Editor (default setting).
Assign Parameters
The Chan and Split parameters of the Staff Style window are covered in the following
section on note assignment.