Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Designing your score: additional techniquesEditing existing bar lines
3.Click OK.
If you need more splits, double-click on any multi-rest symbol and proceed as 
above.
Multi-rest appearance
The Project page in the Score Settings dialog contains several subpages, on which 
you can make settings for multi-rests:
•The subpage “Notation Style” contains the following settings concerning multi-
rests:
•On the Spacings subpage of the dialog, you can adjust the height and width of 
multi-rest symbols.
•On the Font Settings subpage, you can select a font for the multi-rest numbers 
(select “Multi-Rests” in the “Font For” pop-up menu and make the desired 
settings).
Editing existing bar lines
For each bar line, you can choose whether you want a regular, single bar line, a double 
bar line, a repeat sign, etc.:
1.Double-click on the bar line for which you want to edit the settings.
A dialog appears with a number of bar line types.
2.If you want the bar line to be shown with “brackets”, activate the Brackets 
checkbox.
This is only relevant for repeat signs.
!The program automatically splits multi-rests at time signature changes, double bar 
lines, repeat signs and rehearsal marks.
OptionDescription
Multi-Rests – 
Church StyleWhen this is activated, multi-rests are shown in “church style” 
(vertical bars), rather than with the regular, horizontal symbols.
Multi-Rests – 
Numbers above 
SymbolWhen this is activated, the numbers are shown above the multi-rest 
symbol, instead of below it.
Multi-Rests – Snap 
Rests moved with 
the Layout toolWhen this is activated, rests automatically snap to “intelligent” 
positions in the score (i.e. positions used in regular notation) when 
moved with the layout tool. If this is deactivated, rests can be 
positioned freely.
Bar numbers – 
Show Range with 
Multi-RestsWhen this is activated, and bar numbers are displayed, the bar 
numbers of a multi-rest are shown as a range. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesCreating upbeats
3.Click on the desired bar line type.
The dialog closes and the bar line type is changed.
4.If you do not want to display bar lines at the beginning of the parts, open the Score 
Settings dialog on the Project–Notation Style subpage (Bar Lines category) and 
activate the “Hide First Bar line in Parts” option.
ÖThe bar line types are part of the Project layer – any changes you make are reflected 
in all layouts.
Creating upbeats
The following methods describe how you can create upbeats in the Score.
By using the Pickup Bar feature
With this method, the upbeat actually contains exactly the number of beats displayed. 
That is, if you have an upbeat of one beat, your project starts with one bar in 1/4 time.
1.Change the time signature of the first bar to the length of the upbeat.
2.Insert a time signature of the correct kind (the time signature used throughout the 
project) in the second bar.
To insert a time signature, select it in the “Time Signature” section in the Symbols 
Inspector and click in the Score with the Draw tool.
3.Enter the notes in the upbeat into the first bar.
The first bar before making any adjustments
4.Double-click the time signature for the upbeat bar.
The Edit Time Signature dialog appears.
5.Activate the “Pickup Bar” option and click OK.
Now, the time signature of the first bar takes on the look of the second bar’s signature, 
while the time signature in the second bar is hidden.
6.If you use bar numbers, double-click on the first bar number and enter an offset of 
-1. 
7.Adjust the display of bar numbers and hide the “0” in the first measure. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesSetting the number of bars across the page
By hiding rests
With this method, the first bar actually gets the same time signature as the following 
bars – it only looks like an upbeat bar:
1.Enter the notes in the upbeat into the first bar.
The first bar before making any adjustments
2.Hide the rests that precede the notes.
3.Drag the bar line between measure one and two to adjust the width of the bar.
After hiding the rest and dragging the bar line
4.If you like, move the notes in the upbeat measure, using the Layout tool.
5.If you use bar numbers, adjust them as described in the previous example.
The final upbeat
Setting the number of bars across the page
You can specify how many bars you want to display across the page.
Automatically
•When you open a new combination of tracks for editing, the number of bars across 
the page is determined by the “Default Number of Bars per Staff” setting in the 
Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page).
•In the Auto Layout dialog (see “Auto Layout” on page 879), you can set the 
maximum number of bars across the staff.
Manually
In Page Mode, you have full control over the number of bars appearing across the 
page, by using the Number of Bars dialog or the tools. 
ÖIf you want to use the “Max. number of Bars” option in the Auto Layout dialog (see 
“Auto Layout” on page 879), you should do this before you adjust the number of bars 
manually.
Using the Number of Bars dialog
1.Make a staff active in the system where you want to make changes.
This means that if everything looks fine until for example the fifth system, activate one 
of the staves in this system. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesMoving bar lines
2.Open the Scores menu and select “Number Of Bars” from the Advanced Layout 
submenu.
The Number of Bars dialog opens.
3.Set the desired number of bars across the page.
•To change the number of bars for the active staff only, click “This Staff”.
•To change the number of bars for the active staff and all following staves, click “All 
Staves”.
In other words, to set all systems on all pages to the same number of bars, make 
the very first staff active and use the All Staves option.
Using the tools
•To make a bar “fall down” on a new staff, use the Split tool to click on its bar line.
Before and after moving the third bar one staff down
•To bring the bar back up to the previous staff, use the Glue tool to click on the last 
bar line on the upper of the two staves.
This in fact moves all measures in the lower staff to the upper staff.
Moving bar lines
The following operations can be made using the regular Object Selection tool or the 
Layout tool.
Moving a bar line
If you drag a bar line to the left or right, the surrounding bars are adjusted 
proportionally. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesMoving bar lines
Moving bar lines on all staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] when dragging a bar line, all bar lines below the one 
you drag are moved accordingly.
Moving a single bar line separately
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging a bar line, the widths of the 
surrounding bars are not affected.
Making an indent on one line
•To create an indent, simply drag the first or last bar line on a staff.
The sizes of all measures are adjusted proportionally.
Before and after dragging the first bar line on the first staff
Making indents on several lines
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the first or last bar line in a system, all 
following systems get the same indent. If you want all lines on all pages to be modified 
in the same way, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the appropriate bar line on the first 
system of the score.
The last bar line in the score
Cubase attempts to move the last bar line and space the bars on the last line in a 
sensible way. But you can change this manually by dragging the last bar line, if you 
like. To change the type of the last bar line, double-click it and select the desired type.
Resetting bar spacing
To reset the bar spacing to standard values for several lines, proceed as follows:
1.Locate the first line for which you want to reset the bar spacing, and make one staff 
in that system active.
2.Select “Number of Bars” from the Advanced Layout submenu on the Scores 
menu.
3.Specify the number of bars that you already have on the line.
4.Click on “This Staff”.
Clicking “All Staves” resets the lines of all staves in the score, see “Using the 
Number of Bars dialog” on page 873.
5.Close the dialog.
The bar spacing is reset for the currently selected staff and all following staves. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesDragging staves
Dragging staves
For the following operations, you can use the Object Selection tool or the Layout tool.
ÖDragging staves can only be done in Page Mode.
Adding space between two grand staves
1.Locate the first staff in the lower of the two systems that you want to spread apart.
2.Click just to the left of the first bar line and keep the mouse button pressed. 
The entire staff is selected.
3.Drag downwards until you have reached the desired distance between the staves 
and release the mouse button.
Before…
…and after 
dragging the 
upper system
Setting the same distance between all grand staves
1.Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the first staff of the second system, until you 
have reached the desired distance between this and the first system.
2.Release the mouse button.
The distances between all the systems are adjusted accordingly.
Setting the distance between staves within a grand staff
1.Locate the lower staff in the grand staff that you want to spread apart.
2.Click just to the left of its first bar line and keep the mouse button pressed. 
The entire staff gets selected.
!This operation affects the system you drag and all following systems. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesDragging staves
3.Drag downwards or upwards and release the mouse button.
The new distance is set for the two staves.
Setting the same distance between staves in several systems
1.Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the desired staff as described above.
2.Release the mouse button.
The corresponding staves in all following systems are moved accordingly.
Moving one staff only
You may want to move one staff without affecting any other staff in any way:
1.Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command].
2.Drag any staff as described above.
Moving staves between pages
By using the “Move to Next/Previous Page” commands on the Staff context menu, you 
can quickly edit the page breaks.
Moving staves to the next page
1.Locate and activate the staff you want to move to the top of the next page.
This can be any staff except the first staff on the page.
2.Right-click on the blue rectangle to the left of the staff, and select “Move to Next 
Page” from the context menu.
The active staff (and any following staves on the page) are moved to the next page.
Moving staves to the previous page
1.Make the staff at the top of the page the active staff.
If any other staff is active, the “Move to Previous Page” option cannot be used. 
Also, the function does not work for the first staff on the first page.
2.Right-click on the blue rectangle to the left of the staff, and select “Move to 
Previous Page” from the context menu.
The active staff, and as many of the following staves as there are room for, are 
moved to the previous page. If the previous page is already “full”, nothing happens.
Dragging apart the staves in a piano system. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesAdding brackets and braces
Adding brackets and braces
Brackets and braces are added on the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog. The 
settings you make are specific for the current layout, i.e. you can have different 
brackets or braces set up for different track configurations.
1.Open the Score Settings and select the Layout page.
In the track list, you can find columns for braces ( { ) and brackets ( [ ).
2.Click in one of the columns and drag downwards in the list to encompass the 
desired staves.
The column indicates graphically which staves are encompassed by the brace or 
bracket.
3.Close the dialog.
The score is displayed with brackets or braces according to the settings you 
made.
•You can edit brackets and braces in the dialog by dragging the ends of the 
indicator in the list.
•To remove a bracket or brace, click on its indicator in the list.
ÖYou can automatically get broken bar lines based on the brackets you have added – 
see 
“Breaking bar lines” on page 882.
ÖIf the “Show Braces in Edit Mode” option is activated in the Preferences dialog 
(Scores–Editing page), brackets and braces are shown in Edit Mode as well.
Displaying the Chord Symbols from the Chord Track
You can display the chord symbols from the chord track. Chord symbols can be 
viewed, edited, and printed out in Page Mode. 
1.To show the Chord Track symbols, open the Scores menu, and from the Advanced 
Layout submenu select “Show Chord Track”.
On the Layout page of the Score Settings dialog you can specify which staff 
should display the chord track, see 
“Layout settings” on page 866. 
2.To edit a chord symbol, double-click it. 
ÖMoving chord symbols in the staff only affects the display. The position of the chords 
on the chord track remains unaffected. 
For further information on the chord track, see “Working with the Chord Functions” on 
page 542.
Click at the first staff for which you want 
a bracket or brace…
…and drag downwards in the list to 
enclose the desired staves. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesAuto Layout
Auto Layout
This item on the Scores menu brings up a dialog with several options. Activating one 
of these makes the program “go through” the score and make adjustments to 
measure widths, staff distances, etc. Exactly which parts and properties of the score 
are affected depends on which option you activate/deactivate.
ÖYou can also open the Auto Layout dialog by clicking the Auto Layout button on the 
extended toolbar.
Move Bars
This option looks at the currently active grand staff, and attempts to adjust the 
measure widths, so that all notes and symbols get as much room as possible. The 
number of bars on the staff is not affected.
•You can perform this function for several staves in one go, by dragging a selection 
rectangle over their left edges, and then selecting Move Bars.
Move Staves
This changes the measure width (as with Move Bars) but also the vertical staff 
distance, of the active staff and all following staves.
Spread Page
This corrects the vertical layout of the staves on the current page, so that they “fit onto 
the page”. In other words, this removes white space at the bottom of the page.
!The automatic layout adjustments are done just as if you yourself had made them 
manually. This means that if there is something you do not like, you can always change 
it manually, as described above. 
						

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Designing your score: additional techniquesAuto Layout
Hide Empty Staves
This hides all empty staves, from the active staff to the end of the score. Note that 
polyphonic/split staves are in this case treated as one entity, if the clef in the upper 
system differs from that in the lower system. That is, a piano staff is considered 
“empty” only if there are no notes on either staff.
•If you have activated the “Hidden” option on the filter bar, hidden staves are 
indicated by a marker with the text “Hide:Name” (where “Name” is the staff name).
To display hidden staves, delete their “Hide” markers.
•If you activate the “Auto Layout: Don’t hide first staff” option in the Preferences 
dialog (Scores–Editing page), staves in the very first grand staff are not hidden, 
even if they are empty.
This is useful for example if you are creating an orchestra score, and want to show 
the complete “layout” of the orchestra on the first page of the score, without hiding 
anything.
All Pages
Activate this if you want to apply the options above to all pages. Please note that this 
setting is applied to the active staff and onwards. If you want all pages in the score to 
be affected, you have to make the very first staff (the first staff on the first page) the 
active staff.
Move Bars and Staves
This is a combination of “Move Bars”, “Move Staves”, and “All Pages”, plus automatic 
calculation of the number of bars across the page – the function tries to optimize the 
number of bars across the page for each staff (with the maximum number of bars as 
set in the dialog).
Optimize All
All of the above in one fell swoop. This procedure might take some time but usually 
yields great results.
Other functions
In the lower part of the dialog, the following options are available:
SettingDescription
Auto Space/ 
Page Mode
The higher the value, the more space is allowed for each 
element in the score (and thus, the fewer the bars across the 
page).
Minimum Distance 
between StavesWhen you use an Auto Layout function that moves staves 
(changes the vertical staff distance), this setting determines the 
minimum distance between the staves.
Minimum Distance 
between Grand StavesThis sets the minimum distance between Grand Staves in the 
same way.
Add to Auto Layout 
DistanceThis number is added to the distance between staves that is 
added when you use any of the Auto Layout functions. The 
higher the number, the larger the distance between staves.
‘Spread Page’ Bottom 
DistanceThis is added to the white space that appears on the bottom of a 
page when using the Spread Page functions. 
Max. Number  
of Bars
This allows you to specify the maximum number of bars per staff 
when using the “Bars and Staves” or “Optimize All” functions.