Reference Guide

1106 Notation and lyrics

Printing

The Staff view provides printing support of standard musical notation in nine staff sizes. The Staff

view prints general project information from the File Info dialog box (see “Labeling your projects” on

page 309) at the beginning of the score, including the song's title (or file name), subtitle (dedication),

playing instructions, author/composer, and copyright. In addition, SONAR identifies the tracks by

number and name, and numbers each measure and each page.

SONAR lets you select a size for your printed score. Engravers have nine standardized sizes of the

five-line staff. The vertical distance between the lines of each staff is called its rastral size, or

measurement. Each rastral size has a number and is used by publishers for a specific genre of

musical composition.

To print a score

1. Make sure the Staff view is the current window.

2. Choose File > Print Preview.

3. If you want, click Zoom, or click in the music, to zoom the view in and out.

4. Click the Configure button to select a rastral size.

5. When zoomed out, you can press PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to navigate between pages.

6. Click Print.

SONAR displays the Windows Print dialog box, from which you can set up your printer and print the

score.

Alternatively, you can choose File > Print and skip the print preview window.

Number Trade names Genre usage

0 Commercial or Public Wire-bound manuscript

1 Giant or English Elementary band and orchestra books; instruction booklets

2 or 3 Regular, Common, or

Ordinary

Sheet music for concertos and classics

4 Peter Folios, works for organ, etc.

5 Large middle Band/wind ensemble music; sheet music

6 Small middle Chorals; condensed sheet music

7 Cadenza Pocket editions; cues in piano parts; military marches

8 Pearl Thematic advertisement; ossia

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