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Entering and editing notes
Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
Adding notes
This is done just as on a single system, see “Adding and editing notes” on page 756.
Please note the following:
• When you enter a note, use the Mouse Note Position display (in the status line) to
determine the pitch. Whether it ends up on the upper or lower staff has nothing to
do with where you aim with the mouse. The Split Point setting always decides if a
note goes on the upper or lower staff. If you change the split point, this affects
existing notes, see below.
• Sometimes a fixed split point is not good enough. You might want to put two notes
with the same pitch on different staves in different parts of the score. To achieve
this you need to use polyphonic voicing, see
“Polyphonic voicing” on page 779.
• You can add notes to any staff by clicking on it with the Insert Note tool. The active
staff rectangle moves to the staff where you input the note.
• If you need to enter a note with a very high or low pitch, which makes it wind up on
the wrong staff when you click, first enter a note with the wrong pitch, and then
edit its pitch as described in the section
“Editing pitches of individual notes” on
page 763.
Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
It is possible to insert a change of clef, key, or time signature anywhere in the score.
Inserting a symbol on one staff
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Symbols Inspector, open the “Clefs etc.” tab.
This contains clef, key, and time signature symbols.
2. Select the symbol that you want to insert.
When you move the mouse over the score display, the pointer takes on the form of
a pencil (see also
“About the Draw tool” on page 816).
3. Move the mouse over the staff where you want to insert a new symbol.
Use the Mouse Time Position display in the status line to find the exact location.
The Mouse Note Position, i.
e. the vertical position is of no relevance as long as you
click somewhere in the staff. Time signature changes can only be inserted at the
beginning of a bar.
4. Click the mouse button to insert the symbol.
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Inserting a symbol at position 1.1.1.0 is the same as changing the staff settings which
are stored in the track. Inserting anywhere else adds the change to the part.