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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 drum map 
directly in the score:
•Transposing a note will change the display pitch of its drum sound – 
the actual note will not be transposed.
•Double clicking a note allows you to make note head settings for that 
drum sound.
•Using the “Move to Voice” function will change the voice assignment 
of the drum sound.
•This requires that you leave the Score Drum Map Settings dialog open – 
closing the dialog will automatically turn this option off, allowing you to 
perform normal editing. 
						

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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, activate Fixed Stems 
and set a length for up/down stems.
An example of drum staff settings.
•You may also want to use polyphonic voices, for separate rest and 
stem handling. 
However, you can still activate the “Fixed Stems” option if you like. See the chapter 
“Polyphonic voicing” for more information about polyphonic voices. 
						

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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), there is only one line in the system. Furthermore, notes can only 
appear below the line, on the line and above the line.
To decide which notes go where, proceed as follows:
1.Open the Staff Settings dialog and select the Options tab.
2.Activate Use Score Drum Map and Single Line Drum Staff.
3.Set up the two pitch values to decide which pitches go on the line.
Notes below this range automatically wind up below the line and notes above wind up 
above the line.
When you enter and edit the pitch of notes on a single line drum staff, 
the best way is to drag the note up or down while watching the mouse 
box on the toolbar. 
						

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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.
Nuendo 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 is a mode. You can switch between regular notation and 
tablature at any time.
Automatic creation
This assumes you have a regular score on screen already. We also 
suggest you perform basic editing like quantizing to make the score as 
legible as possible as regular notes before converting into tablature.
1.Make sure the notes in the score are inside the range of the instrument.
Notes with a pitch lower than the open tuning of the lowest string cannot be converted.
2.Open the Staff Settings dialog and click the Tablature tab.
3.Select one of the predefined instruments from the pop-up menu.
4.Activate “Tablature Mode”. 
						

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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.
7.Click Apply.
The tablature appears. You will get as many note lines as you have activated strings. 
All the notes will now have a fret number instead of their regular note heads. 
Before and after activating tablature mode.
8.Edit the score, if needed.
Generally you can make display quantize settings, add symbols etc. as usual. How-
ever, editing the actual notes is a bit different from regular notes. See 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 synthesizers are able to transmit each string on a different 
MIDI channel. If you have such an instrument, set it up so that the high 
E string transmits on MIDI channel 1, the B string transmits on MIDI 
channel 2 etc.
This feature can be used for MIDI string instruments with up to six strings.
2.Record the piece. Quantize and edit it as desired.
3.Convert the piece into tablature, as described above, with the “MIDI 
Channel 1-6” feature activated.
4.Now, the notes will automatically appear on the right string. 
For example if you played a “B” on the low E-string, it will appear as a “7” on that 
string, not as a “2” on the A-string. 
						

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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 guitar tablature.
5.On the Tablature tab, activate “Tablature Mode”.
Tablature Mode activated.
6.Set up whatever other parameters you need in the Staff Settings dia-
log, and click Apply. 
						

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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 String”, see below.
Setting the correct pitch. Use the pitch box on the toolbar as an additional guide.
9.Release the mouse button.
The note is displayed.
Tablature number appearance
In the Text Settings dialog (Scores–Global Settings–Text), you will 
find text settings for the tablature numbers. This allows you to select 
any font, size and style for the number note heads.