User manual

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Working with symbols
Symbol details
Da Capo and Dal Segno symbols
The “D.C.”, “D.S.”, and “Fine” symbols provide a quick way to insert some common
play directions into the score. The symbols are text symbols – you can adjust which
font is used on the Project page (Font Settings subpage) of the Score Settings
dialog, see
“Settings for other fixed text elements” on page 857.
• To have these symbols actually affect playback, insert them on the Project layer
and use the Arranger mode.
See “Scores and the Arranger mode” on page 891.
Endings
There are two types of endings, closed (“1”) and open (“2”). Both can be stretched to
any length or height by dragging the handles. You can also double-click or right-click
the existing number and enter any text you like.
You can insert endings in all layers. Which one to choose depends on the score;
while it is handy to insert endings once and for all as Project symbols, this does not
allow you to make individual adjustments for the different parts.
• You can right-click an ending symbol and select the “Extend (+)” or
“Reduce (-)” command to extend the symbol to the next chord or to reduce it.
Tempo Indicator symbol
This symbol allows you to insert the current tempo according to the tempo track. In
other words, to make this symbol display a certain tempo, insert the value on the
tempo track.
Normally this symbol shows the number of beats (quarter notes) per minute, but if you
double-click or right-click it, you can select any note value. The number then changes
accordingly.
Tempo change according to note values symbol
This symbol allows you to specify a tempo change as a change from one note value to
another. The example above would mean “lower the tempo by a third”.
To change the note value for either symbol, double-click or right-click it and select the
desired note value from the context menu.