Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Additional note and rest formattingHandling beaming
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...

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Additional note and rest formattingHandling beaming
Beam appearance and slant settings
Global settings
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project page (Notation Style subpage), you can 
find the following three options for beam appearance in the Beams category:
•Thick Beams.
Activate this if you want beams to be displayed as thick lines.
•Show Small Slants as Flat Beams.
When this is activated, beams that would be only slightly slanted are displayed flat.
Without and with “Show Small Slants as Flat...

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Additional note and rest formattingAbout tied notes
3.Drag the handle up or down.
The slant of the beam changes.
Dragging a handle and the effect it has.
ÖYou can adjust the distance between notes and their beam without changing the 
beam slant. Select both handles of a beam (by pressing the [Shift] key while selecting 
the second handle) and drag one of the handles up or down.
Mixed stem direction
By dragging the beam handles you can put the beam between the note heads:
Putting the beam between the...

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Additional note and rest formattingAbout tied notes
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 are grouped – see 
“Grouping” on page 797.
The Cut Notes tool
By using the Cut Notes tool, you can disable the automatic 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.Select a suitable quantize...

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Additional note and rest formattingGraphic moving of notes
Other options for tied notes
Tie direction
As described in the section “Tie” on page 796, you can set the direction of the tie 
manually in the Set Note Info dialog.
Flat ties
If you prefer ties to be displayed as flat lines, rather than regular “curved” ties, activate 
the “Flat Ties” option in the Score Settings dialog, on the Project–Notation Style 
subpage (H.W. Henze Style category).
Graphic moving of notes
There might be instances where...

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Additional note and rest formattingCue notes
Cue notes
You can create cue notes by using voices or by converting individual notes into cue 
notes.
Setting a voice to display cue notes
1.Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page and select the Polyphonic tab.
This is described in the section “Setting up the voices” on page 781.
2.Click in the “Cue” column for the voice, so that a checkmark appears.
3.Decide how to handle rests for the voice.
You might for example leave “Rests–Show” activated...

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Additional note and rest formattingGrace notes
Grace notes
You can turn any note into a grace note. Grace notes are considered to be notes 
without lengths. This means that once a note is turned into a grace note it does not 
affect the rest of the score display in any way.
Before and after converting to grace notes. Note that after the conversion, the grace notes no 
longer “interfere” with the interpretation of the other notes.
Creating grace notes manually
1.Locate the note for which you want a...

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3.Activate Crossed, if needed.
When this is activated, the stem is crossed by a slanted line, to further indicate that 
the note is a grace note.
4.Click Apply.
The settings are applied to the selected notes.
5.Close the dialog.
Converting grace notes to normal notes
1.Select the notes that you want to convert.
If you want to make sure that all notes in the score are normal notes, you can select 
all notes (using the Select All command on the Edit...

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5.Set the length of the entire tuplet using the “Over” field.
6.Activate Change Length, if needed.
If you do, the program alters the length of all notes so that they are exactly the note 
value the tuplet indicates. If you do not, the lengths of the existing notes is not 
affected in any way.
7.If you want any other text than the standard above the tuplet, enter it into the “Text” 
field.
The standard text is simply the number in the type field. If the...

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Tuplet display options
In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Tuplets 
category), you can find the following settings for tuplets:
OptionDescription
Tuplet BracketsThere are three possible settings for this option:
– None: Tuplets never have brackets.
– Always: Tuplets always have brackets.
– …by the head: Brackets are shown only when the tuplets are 
displayed on the “head side”.
Display Tuplet 
values by the 
BeamsWhen...