Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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Now, the following happens:
• If you activated “Note Symbols” in step 4 above, the note symbols are copied 
from the “source” bar and pasted onto notes at the same positions in the “tar-
get” bar. If there is a note symbol for a certain note in the “source” bar, but no 
note at the corresponding position in the “target” bar, the symbol will simply 
be ignored.
The actual position of notes are used as a basis for this operation – not the displayed 
position.
• If you...

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Duplicating note symbols with the Paste Note Attributes 
function
By using the “Paste Note Attributes” function on the Scores–Staff 
Functions menu, you can copy the properties of one note (including all 
note symbols) to any number of other notes. This is described on 
page 133.
About moving note symbols
Note symbols, slurs and ties all have “default positions”. This deter-
mines the vertical distance between the note head(s) and the symbol. 
•You can manually...

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Changing length and shape
Generally you can change the shapes of any symbol that has a length. 
Proceed as follows:
Resizing
1.Select the symbol.
The handles appear.
Symbols with a length have two handles when selected.
2.Drag one of the handles.
You may be restricted to vertically or horizontally only, depending on the type of symbol.
❐In the Preferences–Scores dialog, there is a preference called “Keep 
Crescendi Symbols Horizontal”. When this is activated,...

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•By selecting a slur or a tie and clicking the “Flip” symbol on the ex-
tended toolbar, you can change the direction and positioning of the 
slur or tie.
Actually, there are three “modes” for a slur or tie. You step through these three modes 
by clicking the button:
•By dragging the end points of a slur or tie, you can change its shape 
without affecting its “relation” to the notes it belongs to.
In other words, the end point of the slur/tie will then keep its...

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Deleting symbols
This is done as with all other objects in Cubase SX, either with the 
Erase tool or by selecting and pressing [Delete] or [Backspace].
Copy and paste
All symbols except those in the Layout and Global Symbols palettes 
can be copied and pasted just as any other object in Cubase SX. The 
following rule applies:
•Symbols that were tied to notes (e.g. accents) will become “free-floating” 
objects when pasted. 
That is, they are not tied to any note any...

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Alignment
Symbols can be aligned as in drawing programs. Proceed as follows:
1.Select all objects you want to align.
2.Select one of the options from the Scores–Align Elements submenu.
❐Note symbols like staccato and accents can only be aligned horizontally.
The “Dynamics” option is a special function for aligning dynamic sym-
bols, as described on page 199.
Option Result
Left
Right
Top
Bottom
Center Vertical
Center Horizontal 

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Symbol details
This section further describes some of the symbol palette options.
The “Clef etc.” palette
Clefs
You can insert a clef symbol anywhere in the score. This will have an 
effect on the notes, just as the first clef on the staff has. And just as 
with the first clef, the type is selected from a dialog that appears as 
soon as you click. More details on page 88 and page 31.
When you double click on an existing clef the same dialog appears al-
lowing you to...

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The “Dynamics” palette
Dynamics
There are dynamic symbols ranging from ffff to pppp, plus “special” 
dynamic symbols such as sforzando, fortepiano, etc. 
•By selecting a dynamic symbol and clicking the “+” and “–” buttons 
on the extended toolbar, you can quickly edit dynamics in the score.
You can use this feature to step between pppp, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff and ffff.
•In the Line/Trill palette you will find a line symbol which allows you to 
create the following...

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• To insert a diminuendo-crescendo (>

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The “Graphics” palette
There are a number of note head, rest and accidental symbols in the 
“Graphic” symbol palette. These work only as drawing elements, i.e. 
they do not insert any note data into the track.
The “Line/Trill” palette
Octave symbols
The octave symbols (8va and 15va) act as a “local display transpose” 
(see page 38) – they shift the display of the score one/two octaves 
down.
•By dragging the end of the dotted line, you can specify exactly which...