Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Additional note and rest formattingSetting stem direction
Using Flip Stems
Flipping the stem of one or several notes
1.Select the notes.
2.Click the Flip icon on the extended toolbar.
All the stems in the selection are now flipped. Those that pointed up now point 
down and vice versa.
•You can also assign a key command for this.
In the Key Commands dialog on the File menu, the command is called “Flip” and is 
found in the Score Functions category.
•You can also right-click a note or a selection of...

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Additional note and rest formattingStem length
Stem direction in the Set Note Info dialog
The Set Note Info dialog can be opened by double-clicking on a note head. In its 
lower left corner you can find a pop-up menu for setting stem direction.
- Setting this pop-up menu to Up or Down is the same as using Flip Stems, see 
“Using Flip Stems” on page 791. 
- Setting this pop-up menu to Auto makes the program set the stem direction 
automatically. 
Stem length
Adjusting stem length (Page Mode)
1.Click...

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Additional note and rest formattingAccidentals and enharmonic shift
Accidentals and enharmonic shift
Making global settings
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project page (Accidentals subpage), you can find 
a number of options for how accidentals 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 Pages list.
You have the following options:...

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Additional note and rest formattingChanging the note head shape
3.If you want the enharmonic shift to be repeated in the whole bar, activate the 
“Enharmonic shift for entire bar” option in the Score Settings dialog (Project–
Accidentals subpage).
Changing the note head shape
1.Select the notes for which you want to change the note head shape.
Make sure not to select the stems, only the note heads.
2.Open the Set Note Info dialog.
To do so, double-click one of the notes, click the “i” button on the...

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Additional note and rest formattingOther note details
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 794).
Tablature  
on/off and number
Used for creating or editing tablature (see “Creating tablature” on 
page 887). This feature can be used for individual notes or together 
with the automatic...

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Additional note and rest formattingColoring notes
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 colors, 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.
If you assigned...

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Additional note and rest formattingCopying settings between notes
2.Click in the Active column to activate this function for the corresponding element.
3.Click in the Color field to the right to select a color.
When color-printing a score, you get the colors you selected for the notes. When you 
are using a black-and-white printer, the notes appear in black (notes that have not 
been assigned a color) and different shades of gray (depending on how bright/dark a 
color was used for the note).
Copying...

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Additional note and rest formattingHandling beaming
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.
2.Click the Group Notes icon on the extended toolbar or right-click on one of the...

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Additional note and rest formattingHandling beaming
Grouping notes using Repeats
To show Repeats for the grouped notes, proceed as follows:
1.Make sure that the filter bar is visible in the Score Editor.
If the filter bar is not visible, click the “Set up Window Layouts” button on the 
toolbar and select the Filters option.
2.Activate the “Grouping” checkbox in the filter bar.
Now, you see the text “Grouping” below all groups you have created.
3.Select the desired notes.
4.Right-click on one of the...

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Additional note and rest formattingHandling beaming
The Grouping dialog
As described above, the Grouping dialog can also be opened by double-clicking an 
existing grouping text in the score.
•Which Grouping dialog appears depends on the grouping option you used for the 
notes (Beam, Repeats or Accelerando, see above).
Removing groups
If you have created a group as described above and want to remove it, proceed as 
follows:
1.Make sure that the “Grouping” checkbox is activated in the display filter...