User manual

742
The basics
Setting clef, key, and time signature
Editing the key
Therefore, when you want to edit the key, decide if you want the key change to apply
to the entire project, or if you want to use different keys on different staves:
• If the key set at the beginning of the track is to be used on all staves, and if any
subsequent key changes are also valid for all staves, then leave the “Key Changes
for the entire Project” option activated.
• If you want to use different keys on different staves, make sure that the “Key
Changes for the entire Project” option is deactivated.
On the key context menu
When you right-click on a key symbol, a context menu with a list of all available keys
opens. This menu also contains the following options:
• Key Changes for the entire Project
If this option is activated, all changes made to the key always affects the entire
project, so that it is not possible to define different keys for different staves.
• Hide
If you select this, the key is hidden.
• Properties
If you select this, the Edit Key dialog opens.
In the Edit Key dialog
If the current key is anything but C major/A minor (no accidentals), you can set the key
directly in the score:
1. Double-click on the accidentals at the beginning of a staff.
The “Edit Key” dialog opens.
2. Use the scrollbar to select a key and click OK.
Ö You can also enter a Display Transpose value, see “Transposing instruments” on page
744.
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In the Score Settings dialog on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Keys category),
you can find the “Key Changes for the entire Project” option. When this is activated,
all changes made to the key always affect every staff in the project, i.
e. it is impossible
to define different keys for different staves (other than the relative display transpose
settings for instruments made on the Staff page). Furthermore, on the Staff page, any
staff (e.g. a drum staff) can be set to not show key signatures.
Double-click
here…
…to open the Edit Key
dialog.