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Note: The abovementioned Automatic Key Transposition option has a similar effect on
the whole song. At a song level, however, the non-transposed basic key signature is still
indicated, and Hide Key suppresses any key signature display.
Rest
The automatic rest display can be switched off (HIDE), or set to display Beat Slashes
instead of rests. This is useful for rhythm section parts, and improvised solos. In this
situation, the number of slashes per bar are determined by the nominator in the time
signature (4 slashes in 4/4-time, 6 slashes in 6/8-time and so on). Inserted notes and
symbols are still displayed, but automatic rests are only shown if shorter than one beat.
You can insert User Rests manually, to replace individual Beat Slashes.
Stem
This controls the direction of stems. The default setting is Auto. Up or Down forces all
stems, regardless of pitch, in the corresponding direction. Hide makes all stems (and
beams and flags) invisible.
Tie
The vertical direction of automatically displayed ties. The default setting is Auto. Up or
Down forces all ties in the corresponding direction.
Tupl
Controls the direction of N-tuplet brackets and numbers. The default setting is Auto. Up
or Down forces all N-tuplet brackets and numbers in the corresponding direction. Hide
prevents the automatic display of triplet brackets and numbers. In this situation, the
numbers are still displayed in brackets on the screen, to allow edits to these triplets.
These bracketed numbers will not appear, however, on the printout.
If you set this parameter to Hide, you can still make particular triplets visible: double-
click on the bracketed number (3) to open a tuplet dialog box. If you close this box
with OK, you will convert the automatically displayed triplet into a “forced” triplet,
which will be displayed in accordance with the parameters set in the dialog box.
Beam
Controls the appearance of beams. The default Slant setting allows slanted beams.
Horiz only allows horizontal beams. Vocal prevents the display of beams, as is typical in
“classical” vocal parts, where notes are only displayed with flags.
Color
Sets the color of the voice’s notes. The color options are: Black (“---”), Pitch, Velocity,
and the 16 colors of the user palette (see “Color” on page 423).
These settings only affect Regions that use an appropriate Score Style. In addition, the
active color mode in the Score Edit Window must be set to Normal (Individual), which
is the default setting.