Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Entering and editing notes
Editing pitches of individual notes
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A copy of the notes is made, and put on the clipboard. The original notes 
remain where they were.
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The clipboard can only hold one set of notes. If you cut or copy and then cut or copy 
again, the notes copied to the clipboard first are lost.
Inserting notes from the clip board to the score
Notes that you have put on the clipboard by cutting or copying can be inserted into 
the score again as...

Entering and editing notes
Editing pitches of individual notes
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Using the Transpose Palette
The Transpose Palette on the toolbar contains buttons for transposing the selected 
notes up or down in steps of one semitone or one octave.
• To show the Transpose Palette, right-click the toolbar and activate 
“Transpose Palette” on the context menu.
Using key commands
Instead of transposing the note with the mouse, you can assign key commands for 
this.
• The commands for which you can assign key commands...

Entering and editing notes
Changing the length of notes
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3. Press a key on your MIDI keyboard.
The note takes on the pitch of the key you pressed. The program then selects the next 
note.
4. To change the pitch of the next selected note, simply press the desired key.
In this manner you can change the pitches of as many notes as you wish, by simply 
pressing the relevant keys. You can also use key commands (by default the left and 
right arrow key) to pass from one note to the other. For example, if...

Entering and editing notes
Changing the length of notes
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By using the info line
You can also edit length values numerically on the info line. The same rules apply as 
when changing the pitch of notes.
RELATED LINKS
Using the info line on page 1142
Lengthening a note by gluing two notes together
You can create unusual note length values by gluing notes of the same pitch 
together.
PROCEDURE
1. Insert the notes that you want to glue together (if they do not already exist).
2. Select the Glue tool on...

Entering and editing notes
Splitting a note in two
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2. Locate the “Length” setting.
By default, this is set to “Auto”, which means that the note is displayed according to 
its actual length (and the Display Quantize settings).
3. Double-click in the value field and enter a new length value (displayed in bars, 
beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks).
To set the display length to “Auto” again, scroll the value down to zero.
4. Click Apply and close the dialog.
The note is now displayed according to its...

Entering and editing notes
Split (piano) staves
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Split (piano) staves
Setting up the split staff
PROCEDURE
1. Make a staff active.
2. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page and select the Polyphonic 
tab.
3. From the Staff Mode pop-up menu, select Split.
4. Set the Split Point value to a suitable note.
All notes below this note value are put on the lower clef, all above are put on the upper 
clef.
Split mode selected.
If the default piano clef settings for the upper and lower staff are not...

Entering and editing notes
Strategies: Multiple staves
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3. Select the Polyphonic tab.
4. Change the Split Point value.
5. Click Apply.
RESULT 
Now, some notes that were previously on the lower staff are on the upper, or vice 
versa.
Strategies: Multiple staves
As described above, when you have parts on several tracks selected in the Project 
window, these are put on one staff each, when you open the Score Editor. This 
allows you to work on several staves in parallel.
Working with several staves is...

Entering and editing notes
Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
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Adding notes
This is done just as on a single system. Please note the following:
• When you enter a note, use the Mouse Note Position display (in the status 
line) to determine the pitch. Whether it ends up on the upper or lower staff 
has nothing to do with where you aim with the mouse. The Split Point setting 
always decides if a note goes on the upper or lower staff. If you change the 
split point, this affects...

Entering and editing notes
Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
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4. Click the mouse button to insert the symbol.
IMPORTANT
Inserting a symbol at position 1.1.1.0 is the same as changing the staff settings which 
are stored in the track. Inserting anywhere else adds the change to the part.
RELATED LINKS
About the Draw tool on page 1212
Inserting a symbol on all staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] when you insert a symbol with the Draw tool, it is 
inserted at this position on all...

Entering and editing notes
Deleting notes
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Moving clefs
Clefs inserted into the score have an effect on how notes are displayed. If you for 
example insert a bass clef in the middle of a treble staff, the staff switches to show 
bass pitches. Therefore it is very important where you insert the clef.
If you want to move the clef graphically, without disturbing the relation between the 
clef and the notes, proceed as follows:
PROCEDURE
1. Select the Layout tool on the toolbar or context menu.
Note that...