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Tips and Tricks
Zero system lines
Having no system lines at all might seem like a stupid idea
to start with. But this option allows you to create chord
sheets really quickly, see “Using Make Chord Symbol” on
page 582.
A lead sheet created by specifying “0” system lines.
Examples and scales
If you are creating scale examples and similar, you can use
the Real Book option and manually hide all symbols at the
beginning of the first staff to make the score appear like
separate unconnected “lines”.
Remember you can also hide the bar lines.
An example scale without bar lines.
Controlling the order and appearance of grace
notes
Normally, grace notes are beamed. Their order under the
beam is controlled by their order in the track. It is enough
to put a grace note one tick before the next grace note to
make them appear in the desired order under the beam.
Initially the grace notes are put in with a 32nd note beam.
By double-clicking the note and changing the “flag” type
in the Set Note Info dialog, you can change this.
Complex grace notes.
Speeding up inserting key changes
If you have a grand staff with many instruments, inserting
key changes one by one can take an awful lot of time.
In this case, activate “Key changes for the entire Project”
on the Key context menu or on the Score Settings–
Project page (Notation Style subpage, Keys category).
This way, all changes made to the key will always affect
the entire project.
Speeding up inserting staccato and accents
Symbols linked to notes can also be put in for a number of
notes at the same time, even on different staves. See
“Adding a symbol to several notes using the Pencil tool”
on page 563.
Setting the distance between staves in a piano
score
Drag the first bass staff on the first page. This will copy the
spacing to all staves. Please note that this can only be
done in Page Mode.
If you wish you had a faster computer
Here are some tips for those who find some operations
slower than they would like:
• Work on a smaller section of the score at a time. Break the
project up into parts and work on those parts individually until
the final layout stage.
• Switch on multi-rests as late as possible.
• When working in Edit Mode, set Default Bars Across The
Staff to a small value, for example 2.
• In Edit Mode, resize the window so that only one grand staff at
a time is visible.
• Consider upgrading your computer hardware.