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Entering and editing notes
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
- How to make various settings for how notes are displayed.
- How to enter notes.
- How to use tools and settings to make the score as legible as possible.
- How to set up a split (piano) staff.
- How to work with multiple staves.
Score settings
Before you start entering notes, you need to make some initial staff settings in addition
to those described in the chapter
“The basics” on page 730. To understand why and
how these settings and the note data in the score interact, please read the chapter
“How the Score Editor works” on page 725.
There are three ways to open the Score Settings dialog:
• Make the staff active, open the Scores menu and select “Settings…”.
• Double-click on the blue rectangle to the left of the staff.
If this does not work, the “Double-click on staff flips between full score/part”
option may be activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), see
“Displaying single voices or the complete score” on page 731.
• Make the staff active and click the “i” button on the extended toolbar.
For this to work, make sure no notes or symbols are selected – otherwise, clicking
the “i” button may open a dialog with settings for the selected object instead.
The Score Settings dialog shows the current settings for the active staff. For detailed
information on the Staff Settings dialog, see the chapter
“Staff settings” on page 771.
Applying settings and selecting other staves
To make settings for another staff, simply make it active in the score (by clicking
anywhere in the staff or by using the up/down arrow keys on the computer keyboard).
Ö Always click Apply before making another staff active – otherwise your settings are
lost!
Staff presets
When you want to reuse settings made for one track in other tracks, you can save
some time by creating a staff preset (see
“Working with staff presets” on page 772).
Ö There are a number of staff presets available, set up to suit various instruments, etc.
These are accessed via the Presets pop-up menu on the Staff page of the Score
Settings dialog, or from the Staff context menu, opened by right-clicking on the blue
rectangle to the left of the staff. Use them as they are, or as starting points for your
own settings.