Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

CUBASE SXWorking with symbols 8 – 201
The “Other” palette
Lyrics and text symbols are described in the chapter “Working with text”. 
Chord symbols are described on page 210.
Pedal down and up symbols
When you insert a Pedal down or up symbol, you will also insert an ac-
tual MIDI event (damper pedal, control change 64) at that position. 
Similarly, inserting or recording a damper pedal event in another edi-
tor will display a pedal down/up symbol in the score.
•If the option “Hide Pedal Markers” is...

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The “Layout” palette
Rehearsal marks
These come in two flavors, as numbers and as letters.
When you place the first of these in the score, it will be labelled 1 or A 
(depending which you chose in the palette), the second will then auto-
matically be labelled 2 or B, the next 3 or C etc. If you delete one, the 
labelling of the others will be shifted so that they always make up a 
complete series of numbers/letters.
•You can select a font and size for rehearsal marks...

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Endings
There are two types of endings, closed (“1”) and open (“2”). Both can 
be stretched to any length or height by dragging the handles. You can 
also double click on the existing number and enter any text you like.
Endings are available both in the Layout palette (for the layout layer), the 
Global Symbols palette (for the global layer) and the Line/Trill palette 
(for the note layer). Which one to choose depends on the score; while 
it’s handy to insert endings...

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User Symbols
The User Symbols palette lets you create your own graphic symbols 
and use these in the score. 
Creating a user symbol
Initially, the User Symbols palette is empty. To create symbols you use 
the User Symbols editor:
1.Double click on the empty symbol field in the palette.
The User Symbols editor opens.
2.Pull down the Functions pop-up menu and select the desired zoom 
factor from the View submenu.
Often you want to work at a reasonably high zoom factor...

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•You can edit existing symbols at any time by selecting them to the left 
and using the tools and functions.
Any changes you make are automatically stored in the User Symbols palette for the 
project. You can also export symbols and palettes to disk, for use in other projects, see 
below.
•To insert a user symbol into the score, click or double-click it in the 
palette to select the Pencil tool and then click at the desired position 
in the score.
The User Symbols...

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The Note Linked pop-up lets you create symbols linked to note posi-
tions. This affects the whole symbol, not a selected graphic object.
The Functions pop-up menu contains the following items (some of 
these can also be accessed on the context menu for the User Symbols 
palette):
Frame Color When this is selected, the Colors pop-up menu selects the color for 
the object frame.
Fill Color When this is selected, the Colors pop-up menu selects the fill color 
for...

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Transform – 
Scale SymbolLets you scale (resize) the selected object by specifying a per-
centage.
Transform – Mirror 
horizontal/verticalMirrors the selected object along the horizontal or vertical axis.
Transform – Flip ± 90 Rotates the selected object by + or – 90 degrees.
Draw – Group Groups the selected objects so that they are treated as one.
Draw – Ungroup Ungroups the selected group.
Draw – Bring To Front/
Send To BackThese items let you arrange the objects...

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Working with chords 

CUBASE SX9 – 210 Working with chords
Chord symbols
Inserting chord symbols manually
How to use the Pencil tool and the symbol palette to enter symbols is 
described in general in the chapter “Working with symbols”.
When you insert a chord symbol, a dialog is opened where you can 
specify the type of chord.
The Edit Chord Symbol dialog.
1.Enter the key (root) note in the Key Note field.
You can either type in a chord letter or select a note from the pop-up menu to the right.
2.Specify a chord type in the...