Steinberg Nuendo Expansion Kit User Manual

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About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How to control stem direction.
 How to control beaming, and create cross staff beaming.
 How to make detailed adjustments to note appearance.
 How to perform “graphic moving” of notes.
 How to create grace notes.
 How to create tuplets.
Background: Note stems
The direction of stems is governed by five things:
 How notes are grouped under beams.
 Any manual manipulation of beams.
 The Flip Stems function.
 How the...

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Independent stem direction under a beam
If you need stems attached to the same beam to go in dif-
ferent directions, this is achieved by dragging the beam’s 
start and end points, as described in the section “Manual 
adjustment of beams” on page 120. This feature is avail-
able in Page Mode only.
Independent stem direction under a beam.
Stem direction in the Set Note Info dialog
The Set Note Info dialog can be opened by double-click-
ing on a note head, as...

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Accidentals and enharmonic shift
Making global settings
On the Score Settings–Project page (Accidentals sub-
page), you will find a number of options for how acciden-
tals are displayed in the score. Once set, these are valid 
for all tracks in the project. Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Score Settings–Project page and select the 
Accidentals subpage from the list displayed on the left.
The Accidentals subpage on the Score Settings–Project page.
Now, you can use...

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Changing the note head shape
1.Select the notes for which you wish to change the note 
head shape.
Make sure not to select the stems, only the note heads.
2.Open the Set Note Info dialog.
To do so, double-click one of the notes, click the “i” button on the ex-
tended toolbar, or right-click on a note head and select “Properties” from 
the context menu.
3.Pull down the “Note Head” pop-up menu in the top 
left corner of the dialog.
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Coloring notes
You can assign colors to notes using the color pop-up 
menu on the toolbar.
1.Simply select the notes for which you wish to use col-
ors, click the Color Scheme Selector field to the right in the 
toolbar and pick a color from the pop-up menu.
Only the note heads will be colored. Note that the color will only be visi-
ble once the notes have been deselected.
2.On the far right in the Score Editor toolbar you will find 
the Hide Colors button.
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Copying settings between notes
If you have made various settings in the Set Note Info dia-
log 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 “Ad-
ding note symbols” on page 132).
2.In the score, select the note and select “Copy” from...

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Regular grouping of a number of eighth notes or smaller 
(“Beam”)
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.Click the Group Notes icon on the extended toolbar or 
right-click on one of the notes to be grouped and select 
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Creating an accelerando/ritardando
To create an accelerando/ritardando, proceed as follows:
1.Select the notes as described above and select 
“Accelerando” from the Group/Ungroup submenu.
A dialog appears.
2.Use the radio buttons to select the desired combina-
tion (i.e. define whether you want an accelerando or a ri-
tardando and specify the desired note values) and click 
OK to close the dialog.
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Automatic grouping
The program can also go through the selected notes and 
automatically create grouping for you, where it’s deemed 
suitable. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the notes you want checked for auto-grouping.
Typically, you would select all notes on the track by using the Select All 
command on the Edit menu.
2.Right-click on one of the notes and select “Auto 
Group Notes” from the context menu.
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Beam appearance and slant settings
Global settings
On the Score Settings–Project page (Notation Style sub-
page), you will find the following three options for beam 
appearance in the Beams category:
Thick Beams.
Activate this if you want beams to be displayed as thick lines.
Show Small Slants as Flat Beams.
When this is activated, beams that would be only slightly slanted will be 
displayed flat.
Without and with “Show Small Slants as Flat Beams”.
Slanted Beams...