Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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Customizing note head pairs
If you don’t like the default pairs of note heads, you can edit these:
1.Click the Edit button to open the Head Pairs dialog.
2.To change a symbol in a pair, click on it and select a new symbol from 
the pop-up menu that appears.
3.When you’re done, click Exit to close the dialog.
Editing the drum map in the score
If you activate the checkbox “Edit in Scores” in the Score Drum Map 
Settings dialog, you can change the settings for the score...

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Setting up a staff for drum scoring
1.Open the Staff Settings dialog and select the Options tab.
2.Make sure “Use Score Drum Map” is activated.
As mentioned above, this can also be activated from the Score Drum Map Settings 
dialog.
3.If you want a single line drum staff, activate the corresponding option.
This is described in detail below.
4.If you want flat beams, activate the corresponding option (see page 134).
5.If you want all stems to end at the same position,...

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Entering and editing notes
This is just as entering notes on a normal note system. However, 
please note:
• Notes are edited using their display pitch when the drum map is used. This 
means that when you move a note vertically, you move it to another display 
pitch. What actual pitch it gets depends on which pitch uses the display pitch 
you now “dropped it on”.
Using “Single Line Drum Staff”
When this option is activated in the Staff Settings dialog (Options tab),...

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14
Creating tablature 

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In this chapter you will learn:
• How to create tablature, automatically and manually.
• How to control the appearance of the tablature notes.
• How to edit tablature.
Cubase SX is able to produce score in tablature format. This can be 
done automatically, by “converting” recorded MIDI information. You 
can also create a tablature staff from scratch and enter the notes “by 
hand”.
❐Even though we use the term “converting” in this chapter, please note 
that tablature...

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4.Activate “Tablature Mode”.
5.If you are not using one of the predefined instruments, set the open 
tuning of each string using the value fields.
You can create tablature for up to 12 strings. To disable a string, set it to Off, the low-
est value.
6.If so desired, activate “No Stems/Rests” and “MIDI Channel 1-6”.
No Stems/Rests will give you a score where the notes have no stems and where all the 
rests are hidden. The “MIDI Channel 1-6” feature is described below....

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Using “MIDI Channel 1-6”
This feature will make notes automatically appear on the correct string 
according to their MIDI channel value.
Normally, the program automatically decides on which string to dis-
play a note, by looking at the pitch and then putting the note at the 
lowest possible string. While you can then manually move a note to 
the correct strings, using the “MIDI Channel 1-6” is automatic, at least 
if you make the right preparations.
1.Many guitar...

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Manual creation
To set up an empty system for inputting tablature, proceed as follows:
1.Change the clef to the tablature symbol.
The tablature clef.
2.Open the Staff Settings dialog and select the Options tab.
3.Set the “System Lines” to as many strings as the instrument you are 
scoring for has.
4.Raise the Add Space value to 1 or 2.
You will need a little extra space between note lines to make room for the numbered 
note heads.
Suggested system line settings for...

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7.Select the Insert Note tool and move the pointer over the score.
8.Press the mouse button (without releasing it) and drag up and down 
until the note appears on the desired string with the correct fret num-
ber (you can also verify the actual pitch on the toolbar, as usual).
When you drag up and down, the program automatically selects the lowest possible 
string. If you want a fret number higher than 4 on a guitar tablature, for example, you 
have to use “Move To...