User Manual

11.17
Navigation marks in your score are very useful to keep your score to a compact size for printouts
and help reduce the time and eort to nish a score. These marks cause playback to jump from
one section of your score to another – the way you want – using standardized symbols:
Text Meaning
D.C. “da Capo” – Jump back to beginning
D.S. “dal Segno” – Jump back to the Segno symbol
Segno
(pronounced SEN-yo) “the sign” – a symbol indicating where to jump back:
Coda
“tail” – a symbol indicating where to jump ahead; usually a nal section:
Fine (pronounced FEE-nay) End at this spot.
D.C. al Fine Go back to beginning and replay, but end at the Fine mark.
D.C. al Coda Go back to beginning and replay, but jump at the To Coda mark to the Coda symbol.
D.S. al Fine Go back to the Segno symbol and replay, but end at the Fine mark.
D.S. al Coda Go back to the Segno symbol and replay, but jump at the To Coda mark to the Coda.
to Coda Jump to the Coda mark after a repeat from a D.C. al Coda or D.S. al Coda.
To have these marks work, you must follow a few guidelines:
8 Segno, Coda, To Coda, and Fine don’t have any function unless you placed one of the four D.C./D.S. options in the le.
8 D.C. al Fine requires a Fine mark in the le, or it won’t do anything.
8 D.C. al Coda requires both Coda and To Coda in the le.
8 D.S. al Fine requires both a Segno and Fine mark in the le.
8 D.S. al Coda requires a Segno, a Coda, and a To Coda in the le.
General Procedure
1. To place a mark on your Music Cursor, press the 7 key until you access the one you need. The sequence is:
Segno symbol To Coda D.C. al Fine D.S. al Fine
Coda symbol Fine D. C. al Coda D.S. al Coda
TIP: Alternately, you can access the and symbols in the Entry Palette by hovering over
the last pane.
2. Position the Music Cursor at the location where you want to place the mark.
3. Click your mouse or press Enter.
Navigation Marks