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Working with symbols
Symbol details
When you double-click on an existing clef, the Edit Clef dialog appears again,
allowing you to change the type. When you right-click on a clef, you can change the
type from the context menu.
Keys
Inserting a key change is similar to inserting a new clef (see above). For further
information, see
“Editing the key” on page 742.
Ö In the dialog that appears when you insert a key change, you can also insert Display
Transpose changes.
Time signatures
You can insert a time signature symbol at the beginning of any bar. Inserting a new
time signature inserts a change on the signature track, see
“Inserting and editing clefs,
keys, or time signatures” on page 768.
When you select the Time Signature symbol and click in the score, the Edit Time
Signature dialog opens, allowing you to specify the time signature. When you double-
click on an existing time signature symbol, the same dialog appears, allowing you to
change the type. This dialog is described in detail in the section
“Editing the time
signature” on page 738. When you right-click on a time signature, you can change the
type on the context menu.
• You can select a font and size for time signatures in the “Font Settings” subpage
of the Score Settings dialog (Project page).
The default font for this is the included “Steinberg Notation” font.
The Dynamics tab
There are dynamic symbols ranging from ffff to pppp, plus “special” dynamic symbols
such as sforzando, fortepiano, etc.
• By selecting a dynamic symbol and clicking the “+” and “-” buttons on the
extended toolbar, you can quickly edit dynamics in the score.
Use this feature to step between pppp, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff, and ffff.
• You can also right-click on a symbol and select “One up” or “One down” on the
context menu.
As above, these commands can be used to step between pppp, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff,
fff, and ffff.
• To change the size of a dynamic symbol, right-click on it and in the context menu,
select an option from the Size submenu.
• In the Line/Trill tab you can find a line symbol which allows you to create the
following type of change in dynamics:
Crescendo and diminuendo (decrescendo)
In the Dynamics tab, there are three kinds of crescendo symbols: regular crescendo,
regular diminuendo and a “double” crescendo (diminuendo–crescendo).
• To insert a crescendo (<) or diminuendo (>), select the corresponding symbol
from the tab and drag from left to right.
• If you draw a crescendo symbol from right to left, the result is a diminuendo
symbol, and vice versa.