Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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10.Select the two notes that you want to be moved to 
voice 1 and move them, too.
All notes in the right voices.
The voicing is now correct, as you can tell from the stem 
directions. However, there is still some work to do on the 
notes graphical positions (see 
“Graphic moving of notes” 
on page 614) and the display of stems and beams for 
some of the notes (see “Manual adjustment of beams” on 
page 612). When you have made those adjustments, the 
score may look like this:
After...

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Converting voices to tracks – 
Extract Voices
This function does the opposite of “Merge All Staves” – it 
extracts polyphonic voices from an existing track and cre
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ates new tracks, one for each voice. Proceed as follows:
1.Open a track containing 2 to 8 polyphonic voices in 
the Score Editor.
2.Pull down the Scores menu and select “Extract 
Voices” from the Functions submenu.
A number of new tracks is created and added to the display of the Score 
Editor. Each track contains the...

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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....

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Independent stem direction under a beam
If you need stems attached to the same beam to go in dif-
ferent directions, this is achieved by dragging the beam’s 
start and end points, as described in the section 
“Manual 
adjustment of beams” on page 612. This feature is avail-
able in Page Mode only.
Independent stem direction under a beam
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...

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Accidentals and enharmonic shift
Making global settings
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project page (Acciden-
tals subpage), you can find a number of options for how ac-
cidentals are displayed in the score. Once set, these are 
valid for all tracks in the project. Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Score Settings dialog on the Project page 
and select the Accidentals subpage from the list dis
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played on the left.
Now, you have the following possibilities:...

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4.Select one of the note heads.
5.Click Apply.
The settings are applied to the selected notes.
6.If you like, select other notes and make settings for 
them.
7.When you are done, close the dialog.
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:
OptionDescription
Note HeadUsed for selecting custom note head shapes (see “Changing the note head shape” on page 606).
Tablature...

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Coloring notes
You can assign colors to notes using the Event Colors 
pop-up menu on the toolbar. Proceed as follows:
1.Simply select the notes for which you want to use col-
ors, open the Event Colors pop-up menu on the toolbar 
and pick a color.
Only the note heads are colored. Note that the color is only visible once 
the notes have been deselected.
2.On the far right in the Score Editor toolbar you can 
find the Hide Colors button.
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3.Set the denominator, if necessary.
4.Activate “For Grouping Only”.
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.
All notes between these two notes are grouped under a beam.
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•Double-clicking on the “Grouping” text opens the Group-
ing dialog, allowing you to adjust the “note value” for the 
symbols.
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...