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Working with symbols
• To change the shape of the slur, click on one of the mid-
dle curve points and drag in any direction.
Right-clicking on a curve point brings up a context menu
with the following options:
Creating trills
If you have recorded or entered a trill, Cubase can help
you display this properly:
1. Select the notes that make up the trill.
2. Right-click on one of the notes and select “Build
Trill…” from the context menu.
3. Select an option from the dialog that appears.
The radio buttons determine how the trill should look. Activate the “Help
Note” option if you want an extra note to indicate between which notes
the trill should be played.
4. Click OK.
Now the following happens:
• All notes except the first one (and possibly the second) are
hidden.
• The first note automatically gets a display length matching the
length of the whole trill.
• If you chose to include a help note, the second note is con-
verted to a “Graphic” note, with brackets but without stem.
Otherwise, the second note is hidden, too.
• The trill symbols you selected in the dialog are inserted.
Inserting symbols across staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] while adding a symbol to
one staff in a grand staff, this symbol will be put in at cor-
responding positions on all staves. This allows you for ex-
ample to insert rehearsal marks, repeats, etc. for all instru-
ments at the same time.
Adding a keyboard symbol
The “Other” tab contains a piano keyboard symbol, useful
for example in educational scores. The symbol has the fol-
lowing properties:
• To insert the keyboard symbol, select it from the Inspec-
tor, click with the Pencil tool at the desired position and
drag a box to specify the approximate size of the keyboard.
• After you have inserted the keyboard symbol, you can
drag its edges to resize it vertically or horizontally.
Option Description
Add Points/
Reduce Points
Adds another pair of curve points to the Bezier slur. This
allows you to create very complex slur shapes. After add-
ing points, there will be an additional menu item “Reduce
Points” – selecting it removes the additional curve points.
Add Thickness Makes the Bezier slur thicker.
Reduce
Thickness
Makes the Bezier slur thinner.
Hide This hides the slur symbol, see “Hiding/showing objects”
on page 604.