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Changing the staff position of horizontal lines inside the staff
You can change the staff position of horizontal lines shown inside the staff, including changing
the staff position of the start/end of lines independently of each other, for example, if you want
lines to appear angled.
PREREQUISITE
The horizontal lines whose staff position you want to change are placed inside the staff and have
at least one barline-/rhythmic position-attached end.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the horizontal lines placed inside the staff whose staff position you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate the following properties, individually or together, in the
Horizontal Lines group:
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Start position
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End position
3. Change the values in the value elds.
RESULT
The staff positions of the corresponding ends of the selected lines are changed according to the
new values. For example, 0 is the middle line of the staff, 4 is the top line of the staff, and -4 is the
bottom line of the staff.
EXAMPLE
Horizontal lines inside the staff with different staff positions at their start/end
Moving horizontal lines rhythmically
You can move barline-/rhythmic position-attached horizontal lines to new rhythmic positions
after they have been input.
NOTE
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You cannot move notehead-attached starts/ends of horizontal lines rhythmically, except by
moving the notes to which they are attached.
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Although you can use these key commands for vertical lines, you cannot move vertical lines
over rests, you can only move them to adjacent notes/chords in the same voice. If you want
to move vertical lines along a phrase containing rests, we recommend deleting them and
inputting new vertical lines at the new positions instead.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the lines you want to move.
Lines
Positions of lines
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