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The basics
On the Score Settings–Staff page
1. Make sure the desired staff is the active staff and open
the Score Settings–Staff page.
The Clef/Key section on the Score Settings–Staff page.
2. Use the right scroll bar in the Clef/Key section to se-
lect the desired key.
3. Click Apply.
• You can select other staves in the score and make set-
tings for these, without having to close the Score Settings
dialog.
Setting the key for a split system
If you have a split system with two staves (see “Split (pi-
ano) staves” on page 523 and “Strategies: How many
voices do I need?” on page 535) you can set different
clefs for the upper and lower staff.
1. Click in the system to make one of its staves the active
staff.
2. Open the Score Settings–Staff page.
3. Set a key for the upper staff.
This will automatically set the lower staff to the same key.
4. If you need to set a different key for the lower staff, ac-
tivate the “Lower Staff” check box and set a key for this.
The Lower Staff check box
Setting a local key
You can also set a different key for the selected staff only.
This is useful for instruments like oboe and english horn
that change display transpose and therefore also the key.
1. Make sure the desired staff is the active staff and open
the Score Settings–Staff page.
2. Activate the option “Local Keys” on the Main subpage
in the Clef/Key section.
Ö Note that this option is only available, if “Key changes
for entire Project” is activated in the Score Settings–Project
page on the Notation style subpage (Keys category).
3. Use the scroll bar to the right to set the desired key.
4. Click Apply to set the selected key for the staff.
Transposing instruments
Scores for some instruments, for example a lot of brass in-
struments, are written transposed. Therefore, the Score
Editor provides a “display transpose” function. With this
function notes are transposed in the score without affect-
ing the way they are played back. This allows you to
record and play back a multi-staff arrangement, and still
score each instrument according to its own transposition.
Setting display transpose
1. Make the desired staff active and open the Score Set-
tings–Staff page.
2. Select your instrument from the transpose pop-up or
adjust the value directly in the Semitones field.
The Display Transpose section on the Score Settings–Staff page.
3. Click Apply.
For some instruments, you may wish to set the different
keys in the notation. In this case, activate the “Local Keys”
option, see above.
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Display transpose does not affect MIDI playback!