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The Set Note Info dialog contains the following settings:
Option Description
Note Head Used for selecting custom note head shapes (see page 129).
Tablature on/off 
and numberUsed for creating or editing tablature (see page 285). This fea-
ture can be used for individual notes or together with the auto-
matic tablature function.
Bow Up/Bow Down Used for adding bow up/bow down articulation.
Bow up and down
Display Length This allows you to change the displayed length of notes, with-
out affecting playback. Note that the display quantize settings 
still apply (see page 96). To reset this value to “Auto” (so that 
notes are displayed according to their actual length), scroll the 
value down to zero.
Accidental Distance Use this to specify how far from the note, horizontally, you want 
the accidental. The higher the number the further away.
No Helplines Turns off help lines for notes with high or low pitches.
With and without help lines
No Stem Hides the note stem completely
Bracket Head When this is activated, notes will be displayed with brackets:
Bracket Head off and on.
X Stem (Spoken) When this option is activated for a note, it is displayed with an x 
across its stem. This is normally used to indicate spoken words. 
						

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About colored notes
You can colorize selected notes using the color pop-up menu on the 
toolbar.
If you have activated the option “Use Colors for Additional meanings” 
in the Preferences–Scores dialog, some objects will automatically be 
displayed in color, to indicate that they are “special” in any way. For 
example, slurs and note symbols that are moved from their default po-
sitions (see page 192) will be displayed in red.
Hide Note Ticking this checkbox will hide the selected note(s).
Stem pop-up Determines the stem direction, see page 123.
Tie pop-up Determines the direction of ties. When this is set to “Auto” (the 
default setting) the program will choose a tie direction depend-
ing on the stem direction of the tied notes.
Type pop-up Determines the note type. There are four options:
• Normal. This is how notes usually are displayed.
• Grace. When this is selected, notes will be displayed as 
grace notes. This is described in detail on page 150.
• Cue. When this is selected, notes will be displayed as cue 
notes (smaller notes, often used as “guide notes” or optional 
lines). See page 148.
• Graphic. These are special notes, useful for example for gui-
tar notation (pull-offs) and trills (as “help notes”, indicating 
which notes to trill between). In both these cases the “No 
Stems” option could be useful. 
Graphic notes are not included in the “automated cutting” 
(see page 145). They are positioned after the note(s) they 
“belong to” (as opposed to grace notes).
Grace note options These options are available when Grace is selected on the 
Type pop-up menu. See page 150. Option Description 
						

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Copying settings between notes
If you have made various settings in the Set Note Info dialog 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 page 170).
2.In the score, select the note and select “Copy” from the Edit menu.
3.Select the notes to which you want to copy the attributes.
4.Pull down the Scores menu and select “Paste Note Attributes” from 
the Staff Functions submenu.
The selected notes will now get the attributes of the first, copied note, but their pitches 
and note values will remain unchanged. 
						

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Handling beaming
Turning beaming on/off
Beaming is turned on/off independently for each staff.
1.Open the Staff Settings dialog.
See page 44 and page 91 for details.
2.Click the Options tab.
3.To turn off beaming, activate No Beams and click Apply.
Even if beaming is turned off for the staff, you can put some notes un-
der beams, as described below.
Grouping
When beaming is on, the program automatically groups notes under 
beams. However, there are a number of ways to determine how notes 
are grouped.
Using the Edit Time Signature dialog
The time signature for the piece naturally affects grouping. But you 
can control this yourself by creating a composite time signature used 
only for grouping:
1.Open the Edit Time Signature dialog.
2.Set up the numerator with the grouping you desire.
If you for example want eighth notes in two groups of three and one group of two, enter 
3+3+2.
3.Set the denominator, if necessary. 
						

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4.Activate “For Grouping Only”.
The time signature dialog with “For Grouping Only” activated.
5.Click OK.
❐Please note that the “For Grouping Only” only refers to how the numera-
tor is divided. Any changes you make to the “sum” of the numerator num-
ber or the denominator will result in a change of actual time signature in 
the piece. If you need a grouping which can’t be entered in the current 
time signature, you will have to group notes manually, see below.
Grouping a number of notes
If the grouping the program assigns isn’t the one you want, you can 
put any selection of eighth notes or smaller under a beam:
1.Select at least two notes, where you want the beam to begin and end.
You can also select notes in between these two if you wish, it doesn’t matter.
2.Group the notes, either by selecting “Group Notes” on the Scores–
Staff Functions menu or by clicking the Group icon on the extended 
toolbar.
The Group icon
Before and after grouping. 
						

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Group options
You can choose individually for each group whether you want it to be 
shown with regular beaming or as “Repeats”:
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 created groups.
2.Double click on the “Grouping” text for the group you want to make 
settings for.
A dialog appears.
3.Use the two radio buttons to the left to select whether you want regu-
lar beaming (“None”) or Repeats.
In this example, the “Repeat” feature is used to display two pairs of sixteenth notes, 
as two eighth notes with “repeat bars”. Note that the second and fourth sixteenth 
note have been hidden – playback is not affected!
4.If you selected “Repeat”, use the radio buttons to the right to select 
the note value for the repeats.
5.Click OK to close the dialog. 
						

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Grouping quarter notes (or larger)
It is possible to use the grouping feature for notes that are not displayed 
with beams (quarter notes, half notes, etc.). The result is “spectacle 
bass” symbols, commonly used for indicating tremolo, etc.
•Double clicking on the “Grouping” text opens the Grouping dialog, al-
lowing you to adjust the “note value” for the symbols.
Removing groups
If you have made a grouping as described above, and wish to remove 
this, 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 created groups.
2.Select a group by clicking on its “Grouping” text.
3.Press [Backspace] or [Delete].
The grouping is removed.
•If you need to remove all groups from the score, hold down [Shift] and 
double click on the first “Grouping” text. 
This selects all “Grouping” symbols, so you can delete them all at once by pressing 
[Backspace] or [Delete]. 
						

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Removing a note from a group
There is no dedicated “ungroup” command, simply because it isn’t 
needed. A group can consist of one note if you wish. In other words… 
• To remove one note at the end of a group, select it and proceed with grouping 
as above.
• If you select notes in the middle of a beam and then group, three groups are 
created.
Before and after grouping.
Automatic grouping
The program can also go through the selected notes and automati-
cally create grouping for you, where it’s deemed suitable. Proceed as 
follows:
1.Select the notes you want checked for auto-grouping.
Typically, you could select all notes on the track by using the Select All command on 
the Edit menu.
2.Pull down the Scores menu and select Auto Group Notes from the 
Staff Functions submenu.
In 4/4 you will for example get two groups of eighth notes per bar, in 3/4 you will get 
one group per bar, etc.
Before and after using auto grouping in 4/4. 
						

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Cross staff beaming
To create a beam that extends from one staff to another, proceed as 
follows:
1.Set up a split or polyphonic voicing system or open the Score Editor 
with more than one track.
2.Set up a beam of notes (using the group command) and adjust their 
pitches so that they are correct even though some of the notes are on 
the wrong staff.
Use the info line to edit the pitches if they are very low or high.
3.Select the note(s) that should appear on the other staff.
4.Select “Move To Staff” from the Scores menu. Select a staff from the 
submenu that appears. 
						

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The notes are “graphically” moved to the selected system, but keep 
their actual pitch.
Before and after moving a note to the lower staff.
5.If needed, adjust the beam appearance (see page 142).
Cross staff beaming with the beam in the middle.
The Move To Staff operation doesn’t really move the note to another 
track. It only makes it “look” like the note 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 Options tab in the Staff Settings di-
alog. If Beam Subgroups is activated, the program displays subgroups 
after four sixteenth notes under a beam. If you also activate 16th Sub-
groups, subgroups appear after only two sixteenths.
Beam Subgroups off, on and on with 16th Subgroups activated.