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Additional note and rest formatting
Removing groups
If you have made a grouping as described above, and
wish to remove it, proceed as follows:
1. Display the display filter bar in the Scores window (by
clicking the “Show Filter View” button on the toolbar) and
make sure the “Grouping” checkbox is activated.
Now, you will see the text “Grouping” below all the groups you have
created.
2. Select a group by clicking on its “Grouping” text.
3. Press [Backspace] or [Delete].
The grouping is removed.
• If you need to remove all groups from the score, hold
down [Shift] and double-click on the first “Grouping” text.
This selects all “Grouping” symbols, so you can delete them all at once
by pressing [Backspace] or [Delete].
Removing a note from a group
There is no dedicated “ungroup” command, simply be-
cause it isn’t needed. A group can consist of one note if
you wish. In other words…
• To remove one note at the end of a group, select it and pro-
ceed with grouping as above.
• If you select notes in the middle of a beam and then group,
three groups are created.
Before and after grouping.
Automatic grouping
The program can also go through the selected notes and
automatically create grouping for you, where it’s deemed
suitable. Proceed as follows:
1. Select the notes you want checked for auto-grouping.
Typically, you would select all notes on the track by using the Select All
command on the Edit menu.
2. Right-click on one of the notes and select “Auto
Group Notes” from the context menu.
In 4/4 you will for example get two groups of eighth notes per bar, in 3/4
you will get one group per bar, etc.
Before and after using auto grouping in 4/4.
Cross staff beaming
To create a beam that extends from one staff to another,
proceed as follows:
1. Set up a split or polyphonic voicing system or open the
Score Editor with more than one track.
2. Set up a beam of notes (using the group command)
and adjust their pitches so that they are correct even
though some of the notes are on the wrong staff.
Use the info line to edit the pitches if they are very low or high.
3. Select the note(s) that should appear on the other
staff.
4. Select “Display in Staff” from the context menu for a
selected note. Select a staff from the submenu that ap-
pears.
The notes are “graphically” moved to the selected system,
but keep their actual pitch.
Before and after moving a note to the lower staff.