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372 Chapter 15 Score Editor
Pulling the note to the right or left changes the displayed distance from the adjacent
notes or rests. The bar position (and playback) are unaltered. This is used to create
space for a grace note, or for an arpeggio line, as examples. Symbols, when moved with
the Layout tool, retain their bar position, but the hor.pos and vert.pos parameters are
changed, as indicated in the Help Tag during the process.
There is a shortcut for this tool: press Control while grabbing the note to activate the
Layout tool.
Sizing Tool
The Sizing tool allows you to change the size of any note, and most symbols.
If you want to reset an object to its original size, double-click on it with the Sizing tool.
A dialog will ask if you want to reset the size of the object.
Changes in the Event Parameter Box
You can edit the following parameters in the Event Parameter box:
Notes
MIDI channel, pitch, velocity, and note length.
Note: Several key commands are available for pitch, length, and MIDI channel changes
of selected notes:
• Event Transpose + 1/ − 1: half step up/down
• Nudge Event length by Format + 1/ − 1: lengthens/shortens the note by the current
global display format value
• Nudge Event Channel + 1/ − 1: changes the note’s MIDI channel, accordingly
Symbols
Staff:
Staff number: this parameter is only important when you are using a polyphonic Score
Style with multiple staves (for Piano). It determines which staff a symbol belongs to.
Note: if this value is higher than the number of staves in the Score Style, the symbol
disappears!
Symbol
The internal number of a symbol in its Part box Group: once you know these numbers,
you can edit the symbol by changing this number, rather than deleting a symbol and
inserting a new one. This is especially useful for dynamic symbols: 0 = ppp, 1 = pp, 2 =
p, 3 = mp, 4 = mf, 5 = f, 6 = ff, 7 = fff and so on.