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Working with symbols
3. Either click on the note or above or below it.
If you click on the note, the symbol is put in at a predefined distance from
the note. If you instead click “above or below” the note, you decide for a
vertical position yourself. In either case, the symbol is aligned horizontally
with the note. It can later be moved up/down.
Clicking on a note inserts the note symbol (in this case a tenuto) at a
predefined distance from the note head.
There are three options in the Accents category of the
Score Settings dialog (Project page–Notation Style sub-
page) that affect the vertical positioning of note symbols:
• Accents above Stems.
When this is activated, accent note symbols are displayed at the stem
side of notes instead of the note head.
• Accents above Staves.
When this is activated, accent note symbols are displayed above the
staff, regardless of the stem direction of the notes. This setting overrides
the “Accents above Stems” option.
• Center Note-Linked Symbols on Stems.
When this is activated (default setting), accents are centered on stems
an not on note heads.
Adding a symbol to several notes using the Pencil tool
You might for example want to add a staccato symbol to
all notes within a few measures. Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Note Symbols tab in the Inspector.
2. Select the notes to which you want to apply the symbol.
3. Click (or double-click) on the desired symbol in the
Inspector.
4. Click on one of the notes.
The symbol is added to each selected note, at a predefined distance.
The symbols can be moved later.
Adding a symbol without tying it to a note
Note-dependent symbols can be entered freely, too. This
allows you to add a fermata to a rest symbol for example.
1. Make sure the correct staff is active.
2. Click (or double-click) the symbol so that the Pencil
tool is selected, as described above.
3. Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click where you
want to add the symbol.
Adding other symbols
1. Open the desired symbol tab in the Inspector.
2. Click (or double-click) on the symbol you want to add.
As mentioned above, the “Double-click Symbol to get Pencil tool” prefer-
ence determines whether you need to double-click. In either case, the
Pencil tool is selected.
3. Click once or click and drag somewhere in the score.
The symbol appears. For many symbols with a length, you can drag to set
the length of the symbol directly. The symbol appears with its handles
selected (if it uses handles) so that you can change its size directly if you
wish. This is all described in detail in the section “Changing length, size
and shape” on page 572.
Press the mouse button – drag – and release!
• You can change the size of most of the note symbols
and dynamics in a score by right-click on the correspond-
ing object and selecting the desired option from the Size
submenu on the context menu.
About note-dependent symbols
Note-dependent symbols like arpeggios and strum direc-
tions must be put in front of a note or they will belong to
the following note instead (if there is no following note, the
symbols will not be inserted at all).
Adding text
There are special methods for working with text, described
in their own chapter, “Working with text” on page 584.