Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How to control stem direction.
 How to control beaming, and create cross staff beaming.
 How to make detailed adjustments to note appearance.
 How to perform “graphic moving” of notes.
 How to create grace notes.
 How to create tuplets.
Background: Note stems
The direction of stems is governed by five things:
 How notes are grouped under beams.
 Any manual manipulation of beams.
 The Flip Stems function.
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Independent stem direction under a beam
If you need stems attached to the same beam to go in dif-
ferent directions, this is achieved by dragging the beam’s 
start and end points, as described in the section “Manual 
adjustment of beams” on page 555. This feature is avail-
able in Page Mode only.
Independent stem direction under a beam.
Stem direction in the Set Note Info dialog
The Set Note Info dialog can be opened by double-click-
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Accidentals and enharmonic shift
Making global settings
On the Score Settings–Project page (Accidentals sub-
page), you will find a number of options for how acciden-
tals are displayed in the score. Once set, these are valid 
for all tracks in the project. Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Score Settings–Project page and select the 
Accidentals subpage from the list displayed on the left.
The Accidentals subpage on the Score Settings–Project page.
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Changing the note head shape
1.Select the notes for which you wish 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 ex-
tended toolbar, or right-click on a note head and select “Properties” from 
the context menu.
3.Pull down the “Note Head” pop-up menu in the top 
left corner of the dialog.
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Coloring notes
You can assign colors to notes using the color pop-up 
menu on the toolbar.
1.Simply select the notes for which you wish to use col-
ors, click the Color Scheme Selector field to the right in the 
toolbar and pick a color from the pop-up menu.
Only the note heads will be colored. Note that the color will only be visi-
ble once the notes have been deselected.
2.On the far right in the Score Editor toolbar you will find 
the Hide Colors button.
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Copying settings between notes
If you have made various settings in the Set Note Info dia-
log for a note, and want to use these settings for other 
notes as well, there is an easy way to do this:
1.Set up the first note as desired.
This includes the settings in the Set Note Info dialog, but also any note-
related symbols (such as accents, staccato, articulation, etc. – see “Ad-
ding note symbols” on page 567).
2.In the score, select the note and select “Copy” from...

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Grouping quarter notes or larger under a beam 
(“Brillenbass”)
It is also possible to use the grouping feature for notes 
that are not displayed with beams (quarter notes, half 
notes, etc.). The result are so called “Brillenbass” sym-
bols, commonly used for indicating repeated accompani-
ment patterns, etc.
Double-clicking on the “Grouping” text opens the 
Grouping dialog, allowing you to adjust the “note value” 
for the symbols.
Grouping notes using Repeats
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Removing groups
If you have made a grouping as described above, and 
wish to remove it, proceed as follows:
1.Display the display filter bar in the Scores window (by 
clicking the “Show Filter View” button on the toolbar) and 
make sure the “Grouping” checkbox is activated.
Now, you will see the text “Grouping” below all the groups you have 
created.
2.Select a group by clicking on its “Grouping” text.
3.Press [Backspace] or [Delete].
The grouping is removed.
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5.If needed, adjust the beam appearance (see “Manual 
adjustment of beams” on page 555).
Cross staff beaming with the beam in the middle.
As the name of the option already implies, Display In Staff 
does not move the affected notes to another track, but 
merely displays them as if they belonged to the other staff.
Handling beam groups
There are two settings for groups under a beam, Beam 
Subgroups and 16th Subgroups, both found on the Op-
tions tab on the Score...