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Additional note and rest formatting
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.
The pop-up menu contains all the available head shapes and an “Auto”
option, which selects the normal default shape for the note.
The Note Head menu.
4. Select one of the note heads.
5. Click Apply.
The settings are applied to the selected note(s).
6. If you like, select other notes and make settings for
them.
When you are done, close the dialog by clicking its Close button.
Other note details
Each note has a number of settings in the Set Note Info
dialog.
• To open the Set Note Info dialog, double-click on a
note, select a note head and click the “i” button on the ex-
tended toolbar, or right-click on a note head and select
“Properties” from the context menu.
• If the Set Note Info dialog is already open, you simply
select the desired notes, adjust the settings in the dialog
and click Apply.
The settings are applied to all currently selected notes.
The Set Note Info dialog contains the following settings:
Get Info
Option Description
Note Head Used for selecting custom note head shapes (see
“Changing the note head shape” on page 545).
Tablature on/off
and number
Used for creating or editing tablature (see “Creating tabla-
ture” on page 619). This feature can be used for individual
notes or together with the automatic tablature function.
Bows pop-up
menu
Used for adding bow up/bow down articulation. When
selecting “Off”, bow symbols will not be displayed for the
selected notes.
Bow up and down
Display Length This allows you to change the displayed length of notes,
without affecting playback. Note that the display quantize
settings still apply (see “Notes and Rests display quan-
tize values” on page 529). To reset this value to “Auto”
(so that notes are displayed according to their actual
length), scroll the value down to zero.
Accidental
Distance
Use this to specify how far from the note, horizontally, you
want the accidental. The higher the number the greater
the distance.
No Ledger
Lines
Turns off ledger lines for notes with high or low pitches.
With and without ledger lines