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842Logic Pro User Guide
Edit Staff parameters for the selected staff style
In the Staff section of the Staff Style window, do any of the following:
• Change the clef: Choose a clef from the Clef pop-up menu. In addition to the standard
clefs, there are some additional options:
• Drum.0 to Drum.8: Staffs with 0 to 8 lines and a neutral percussion clef. The
relationship of MIDI note pitches to the top line of all staffs corresponds to the top
line in a regular bass clef (A2). No accidentals are displayed in these drum staffs.
Drum.0 also omits any ledger lines. These clefs are often used in mapped drum
styles, where the vertical position of a note on the staff doesn’t correspond to pitch,
but is determined by different drum map parameters. See Use mapped staff styles
for drum notation in Logic Pro for more information on mapped drum styles.
• no clef.0 to no clef.8: Like the Drum.0 to Drum.8 staffs, but without a clef.
• TAB Guitar and TAB Bass: Twelve different options for displaying notes as guitar or
bass tablature. Tablature tuning sets are defined and edited in the Tablature window
(Layout > Guitar Tablature).
• Show or hide the key signatureA: Select the Key checkbox for the staff.
When the Key checkbox is unselected, the staff is displayed without a key signature.
Accidentals are placed directly beside all affected notes. This can be used, for example,
for transposed French horn parts, which are sometimes written without a key signature.
• Change the distance to adjacent staffs: Drag the upper and lower space values up or
down. The upper value controls the space above staffs, and the lower value controls the
space below staffs. For the top and bottom staffs in a full score, this controls the page
margins.
Tip: You can also change the vertical distance above the staff directly in the score,
by dragging the staff up or down (at the clef). The distance below the staff can also
be edited in the score, but only for the bottom staff in the score display (or for a single
staff). You drag the bottom line of the score display with the pointer.
• Change the staff size: Drag the size value up or down, or double-click and edit the
value.
The Size parameter sets the size of the staff, and the notes and symbols (including
slurs and ties) displayed on the staff. There are 16 sizes available (0–15). Here are some
size recommendations:
• For regular instrument parts and lead sheets, use size 7 or 8.
• The staff size you should use in full scores depends on the number of staffs in the
score, and the size and format of the paper being used. When using A4 or US letter
paper:full orchestra:2, big band:3, wind quintet:4.
Note: The size of all staffs in a score set can also be affected by the Scale parameter in
the Score Sets window. (See Logic Pro score sets overview.) This makes it possible to
use the same sizes for both the whole score, and parts of a piece.
• Change the display transposition: Drag the transpose value up or down in semitones, or
double-click and edit the value.
Display transposition does not affect playback of notes, but only how they appear in the
score. If a staff contains chord symbols, these are also transposed accordingly. If the
Automatic Key Transposition project setting, in the Clefs & Signatures pane, is turned
on (which is the default), key signatures are also transposed.