Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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The symbol palettes
Displaying palettes
From the main menus
1.Select Symbol Palettes from the Scores menu.
2.From the submenu that appears, select any of the symbol palettes.
3.If you want one more palette, of some other type, select it as with the 
first one.
You can have more than one symbol palette on the screen at a time.  

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Directly from the palette
1.Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) in a palette.
A pop-up menu appears.
The symbol palette pop-up.
2.If you want the new palette to replace the current one, simply select 
the desired palette from the list.
The window will now show the selected palette.
3.If you want to display the new palette without closing the current one, 
hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and select a palette from the list.
A new window opens with the selected palette....

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The available symbols
The illustrations below show all the symbols available, divided by 
group (see above). The captions contain additional information about 
the symbols in the group.
The “Clef etc.” palette.
The “Dynamics” palette.
Clef change
Key change (and/or display transpose change)Time signature change
Slur down
Slur up Dynamics
Diminuendo
“Dynamic” crescendo
Tie up
Crescendo
“Double” cresc./dim.Bezier Slur
Tie down  

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Line Octave
Tuplet bracketLine Octave
Tuplet bracket Beam
Beam BeamBeam Arpeggio
Hand indicationArpeggioArpeggio
Trill
Trill Trill StrumStrum Staccato
Tenuto
Accent
PizzicatoAccent
Accent
AccentAccent
Staccato
Staccato
ArticulationTremolo Bow up
FallTremolo Bow down
Articulation Glissando
Articulation Articulation ArticulationFermat Thumb pos.Damped
Fall Fermat
Diamond note Spoken tone
Glissando Closed Hihat Open Hihat
Bracket beam Acc. voice
Main voice
Bracket beam...

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The “Graphics” palette. This contains note heads, accidentals and rests that can be 
“drawn in” without affecting the score in any way. They do not affect MIDI playback!
The “Other” palette.
The “Layout” palette. All these symbols are drawn in their own “layer”.
Lyrics
Guitar chord symbol
Chord Regular text
Block Text (import)
Pedal down
CodaRepeat
Pedal up
Segno
Segno (sizable)
Box symbolRepeat
Keyboard symbol
Segno
EndingPage Text
Rehearsal mark
Coda
Ending D.C. al...

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The “Global” palette. These symbols will be present in all layouts.
The “Words” palette. This is described on page 231.
The “User Symbols” palette. This is described on page 204.
Further details about many of the symbols can be found on page 197.   

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Creating a custom palette
On the Symbol Palettes submenu, you will find a palette called Custom. 
Cubase SX allows you to fill this palette with any selection of symbols 
from other palettes. In this way, you can have instant access to the sym-
bols you use often:
1.Open the Custom palette.
If it’s the first time you are using this, it will be empty.
2.Open another palette from which you want to copy a symbol.
3.Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on the symbol you...

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Important! – Symbols, staves and voices
Most symbols belong to a staff when inserted. Only note symbols, slurs 
and ties are an exception. They belong to notes and therefore to voices. 
It is extremely important that the correct staff is active when you insert 
a symbol (if you are editing multiple staves, of course).
If you for example insert a symbol with the wrong staff active, the sym-
bol might later appear to have disappeared, simply because you edit 
another...

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Adding symbols to the score
Making space and handling margins
• If you find there isn’t enough space between staves to add symbols (like for 
example text) please see page 263 for info on how to separate the staves.
• If you find the score looks crammed after adding symbols, check out the sec-
tion on automatic layout on page 267.
❐Symbols you add outside the margins will not be printed!
About the Pencil tool
Unlike the other MIDI editors, there is no Pencil tool...

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Adding note symbols
Adding a symbol to one note
1.Make sure the Note Symbols palette is visible.
2.Click (or double click) on the desired symbol in the palette.
As mentioned above, the “Double Click Symbol to get Pencil tool” preference deter-
mines whether you need to double click. In any case, the Pencil tool is automatically 
selected.
3.Either click on the note or above or below it.
If you click on the note, the symbol is put in at a predefined distance from the...