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Staff settings
The Polyphonic tab
System Sizes
This section allows you to set the number of system lines and to control spacing
between the lines:
Score Drum Map
These settings are described in the chapter “Scoring for drums” on page 883.
Fixed Stems
Activate this if you want all note stems to end at the same vertical position. This
feature is perhaps most often used when scoring for drums (see
“Setting up a staff for
drum scoring” on page 886).
A drum pattern with Fixed Stem length activated
The Up and Down parameters determine which position (relative to the top of the
staff) is used for up and down stems, respectively. The graphical display helps you get
your settings right.
Note Limits
Use the Low and High fields to specify a note range. In the active staff, any notes
outside this range are displayed in a different color. When writing a score for a
specific instrument, this makes it easy to find notes that are outside of this
instrument’s note range.
Ö If the “Hide Notes beyond limits” option is activated in the Preferences dialog
(Scores–Editing page), any notes outside the Note Limits range are hidden.
The Polyphonic tab
This is where you activate and set up split (piano) systems or polyphonic voices
(several independent score lines in the same staves). These settings are described in
the chapter
“Polyphonic voicing” on page 779.
The Tablature tab
This tab contains settings for creating tablature scores. The settings are described in
the chapter
“Creating tablature” on page 887.
Option Description
System Lines The number of lines in a system. For regular scoring, this should be
set to 5.
Add Space Allows you to increase or decrease the space between the lines in a
system.
Size Allows you to set a size for the systems, as a percentage (with 100 %
being the default value). In effect, this setting scales the score
vertically.