Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How to control stem direction.
 How to control beaming, and create cross-staff beaming.
 How to make detailed adjustments to note appearance.
 How to perform “graphic moving” of notes.
 How to create grace notes.
 How to create tuplets.
Background: Note stems
The direction of stems is governed by five things:
 How notes are grouped under beams.
 Any manual manipulation of beams.
 The Flip Stems function.
 How the...

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Stem direction in the Set Note Info dialog
The Set Note Info dialog can be opened by double-click-
ing on a note head. In its lower left corner you will find a 
pop-up for setting stem direction.
The Set Note Info dialog with the Stem pop-up
 Setting this pop-up to Up or Down is the same as using Flip 
Stems, see “Using Flip Stems” on page 541. 
 Setting this pop-up to Auto makes the program set the stem 
direction automatically. 
Stem length
Adjusting stem length...

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Activate one of the following options by clicking on the 
graphics:
2.With the radio buttons to the right, you can decide 
how five of the most common intervals outside the scale 
should be displayed, as sharps or as flats.
Enharmonic shift
If one or several notes are not displayed with the acciden-
tals you wish, you can perform an Enharmonic Shift on 
them.
1.Select the notes to be shifted.
2.Click the desired option on the extended toolbar.
3.If the enharmonic...

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Other note details
Each note has a number of settings in the Set Note Info 
dialog.
The Set Note Info dialog contains the following settings:
Option Description
Note Head Used for selecting custom note head shapes (see 
“Changing the note head shape” on page 543).
Tablature 
on/off and 
numberUsed for creating or editing tablature (see “Creating tabla-
ture” on page 613). This feature can be used for individual 
notes or together with the automatic tablature...

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Coloring notes
You can assign colors to notes using the color pop-up 
menu on the toolbar.
1.Simply select the notes for which you wish to use col-
ors, click the Color Scheme Selector field to the right in the 
toolbar and pick a color from the pop-up menu.
Only the note heads will be colored. Note that the color will only be visi-
ble once the notes have been deselected.
2.On the far right in the Score Editor toolbar you will find 
the Hide Colors button.
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3.Set the denominator, if necessary.
4.Activate “For Grouping Only”.
The time signature dialog with “For Grouping Only” activated
5.Click OK.
Regular grouping of a number of eighth notes or smaller 
(“Beam”)
If the grouping the program assigns is not the one you 
want, you can put any selection of eighth notes or smaller 
under a beam:
1.Select at least two notes, where you want the beam to 
begin and end.
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Creating an accelerando/ritardando
To create an accelerando/ritardando, proceed as follows:
1.Select the notes as described above and select 
“Accelerando” from the Group/Ungroup submenu.
A dialog appears.
2.Use the radio buttons to select the desired combina-
tion (i.e. define whether you want an accelerando or a ri-
tardando and specify the desired note values) and click 
OK to close the dialog.
Example for accelerando (left) and ritardando (right)...

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Cross-staff beaming
To create a beam that extends from one staff to another, 
proceed as follows:
1.Set up a split or polyphonic voicing system or open the 
Score Editor with more than one track.
2.Set up a beam of notes (using the group command) 
and adjust their pitches so that they are correct even 
though some of the notes are on the wrong staff.
Use the info line to edit the pitches if they are very low or high.
3.Select the notes that should appear on the...

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Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted.
Activate this if you only want a slightly slanted beam even though there 
might be a significant pitch difference between the notes under the beam.
Without and with “Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted”
Staff settings
On the Options tab of the Score Settings–Staff page, you 
will find a couple of settings for beams as well.
Manual adjustment of beams
For very detailed control you can manually adjust the 
beam slant:
1.Group and...

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Time signature changes
By inserting time signature changes, you can change the 
way notes are cut. This is done in the same way as when 
you specify how beamed notes should be grouped – see 
“Grouping” on page 545.
The Cut Notes tool
By using the Cut Notes tool, you can disable the auto-
matic cutting mechanism in a bar, and insert manual cuts 
at any given position in the score.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the Cut Notes tool.
2.Set the Quantize pop-up menu to an...