Steinberg Cubase 5 Operation Manual

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When you double-click on an existing clef, the same dia-
log appears allowing you to change the type.
When you right-click on a clef, you can change the type 
from the context menu. 
Time signatures
You can insert a time signature symbol at the beginning of 
any bar. Inserting a new time signature will insert a change 
into the signature track, see “Inserting and editing clefs, 
keys or time signatures” on page 522.
When you click with the Pencil tool, a dialog appears al-
lowing...

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If the option “Keep Crescendo Symbols ‘Horizontal’” is 
activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing 
page), crescendo/diminuendo symbols will never be 
slanted when you draw them, but stay horizontal.
Also, this option prevents you from accidentally dragging an endpoint up 
or down when moving the symbol.
It is also possible to “flip” crescendo symbols, by se-
lecting the option in the context menu or by clicking the 
Flip button on the extended toolbar.
Aligning...

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If the option “Hide Pedal Markers” is activated in the 
Miscellaneous category of “Notation Style” subpage of 
the Score Settings–Project page, all pedal markers are 
hidden.
Use this if you have recorded a lot of damper pedal messages, but do not 
want these to show in the score (for example if you are writing for an in-
strument other than piano).
A pedal down/up symbol combination can be displayed as 
“Two Symbols”, ““Ped.” + Bracket” or as “Bracket only”. 
Just right-click on...

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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 
should be used in the “Text Settings” subpage of the 
Score Settings–Project page, see “Settings for other fixed 
text elements” on page 589.
To have these symbols actually affect playback, insert 
them from the Project tab and use the Arranger mode.
See “Scores and the Arranger...

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6.Continue creating new symbols this way.
You can edit existing symbols at any time by selecting 
them to the left and using the tools and functions.
Any changes you make are automatically stored in the User Symbols tab 
for the project. You can also export symbols, for use in other projects, 
see below.
To insert a user symbol into the score, click it in the tab 
to select the Pencil tool and then click at the desired posi-
tion in the score.
The User Symbols editor – tools and...

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Working with chords 

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Working with chords
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How to enter chord symbols manually and automatically using 
the “Make Chord Symbols” feature.
 Which settings can be made for chord symbols.
Inserting Chord symbols
Manually
On the Chord Symbols tab, you will find a set of pre-
defined chord symbols, see “Using presets” on page 578. 
If the symbol you want to add is among these, simply se-
lect it and click in the score to insert the chord symbol.
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Using presets
As with many other functions in Cubase, you can create 
chord symbol presets for instant use. Each preset con-
tains all settings in the dialog – i.e. the preset list is a 
“library” of chords. You will find the presets in the Chord 
Symbols tab in the Inspector and in the corresponding 
context menu. The preset handling is the usual:
Click Store to store the current settings as a preset.
A dialog will appear, allowing you to enter a name for the preset.
To load a...

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Global chord settings
On the Score Settings–Project page (Chord Symbols and 
Notation Fonts subpages), there are several global set-
tings that affect how chords are displayed. These settings 
affect all chords in the project.
Chord Symbols
Use the four sections of radio buttons to specify how the 
four most common chord types should be displayed:
If you want the root (key) note to be aligned with the 
bass note, so that they are both displayed at the same ver-
tical position,...

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Working with text