Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Working with symbols
3.Select “Open as Palette” from the context menu.
The selected tab is shown as palette.
Moving and handling palettes
Palettes are handled as any window, which means that 
you can:
•Move a palette to another position by dragging its title 
bar. 
•Close a palette by clicking its close button.
In addition, you can select whether the palette is shown 
horizontally or vertically, by right-clicking and selecting 
“Toggle” from the context menu.
The available symbols
The following...

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Layout symbols work slightly differently. Instead of belong-
ing to a certain staff or voice, they belong to a layout. 
Since different track combinations use different layouts, 
this means that if you insert a layout symbol in the score 
when you are editing two tracks (for example a trumpet 
and a saxophone part), it is not there when you view each 
track by itself in the Score Editor. If you want the same 
symbols to appear in other layouts as well, you can copy 
the form of...

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4.Click on one of the notes.
The symbol is added to each selected note, at a predefined distance. 
The symbols can be moved later.
Adding a symbol without tying it to a note
Note-dependent symbols can be entered freely, too. This 
allows you to add a fermata to a rest symbol for example.
1.Make sure that the correct staff is active.
2.Click the symbol so that the Pencil tool is selected, as 
described above.
3.Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click where you 
want to add the...

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3.Position the mouse close to the first note and drag to a 
position close to the second note.
The end points of the slur/tie snap to their default positions – holding 
down [Ctrl]/[Command] allows you to move the end points freely.
There are two special functions for inserting a slur or tie 
that automatically spans from one note to another.
Adding a slur/tie between two notes
1.Select two notes.
2.Click the correct slur/tie symbol in the Inspector, so 
that the Pencil tool is...

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• If you choose to include a help note, the second note is con-
verted to a “Graphic” note, with brackets but without stem. 
Otherwise, the second note is hidden, too.
• The trill symbols you selected in the dialog are inserted.
Inserting symbols across staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] while adding a symbol to 
one staff in a grand staff, this symbol is put in at corre
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sponding positions on all staves. This allows you for 
example to insert rehearsal marks, repeats, etc....

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3.Click in the score, at the position where you want the 
symbol to appear.
The Guitar Symbol dialog appears.
•To put a black dot on any fret and string, click on it. 
To remove it, click again.
•To add a symbol just above the string, outside the fret-
board, click there.
Consecutive clicks allow you to select between a ring (open string), a 
cross (do not play this string) and no symbol.
•To add a capodaster number, click to the left of the 
symbol.
Consecutive clicks allow you...

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•The symbol you create is also “interpreted” and its name 
is displayed to the right of the fretboard symbol.
This can also be edited by double-clicking if you like.
•To sort the available symbols in the library according to 
their root notes, click the Sort button.
•To remove a symbol from the library, select it in the list 
and click Remove.
•To save the current library as a separate file, select 
“Save…” from the Functions pop-up menu.
A file dialog appears, allowing you to...

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You can modify the settings you made on import by right-
clicking on the image and selecting “Properties” on the 
context menu, to open the Image Properties dialog.
Using layout symbols
Symbols inserted from the Layout tab belong to the layout 
layer. When you are editing a layout containing several 
tracks, you can have inserted layout symbols automatically 
copied to any combination of tracks in the layout. You de
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cide which staves should display layout symbols by ticking...

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Setting up the lock layers
1.Open the Preferences dialog and select the Scores–
Note Layer page.
2.Assign each event type to a layer (1, 2, or 3).
It is a good idea to specify different layers for event types that might con-
flict “graphically”. For example, you might want to assign bar numbers 
and note symbols to different layers, if you find that you accidentally 
move bar numbers when editing note symbols and vice versa.
3.Click OK to close the dialog.
•Alternatively, you can...

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• Slurs and ties are an exception, as they can only be moved by 
first dragging one handle and then the other. However, if you 
use the Layout tool (see 
“Graphic moving of notes” on page 
614) to move the notes they belong to, or if you change the 
measure width, they are adjusted automatically.
• Duplicating is done by moving with [Alt]/[Option] pressed, as 
always in Cubase. Slurs, ties, and bar lines cannot be dupli
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cated with this method.
There are two features to help you...