User manual

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The basics
On the key context menu
When you right-click on a key symbol, a context menu
with a list of all available keys is opened. This menu also
contains the following options:
• Key changes for the entire Project
If this option is activated, all changes made to the key will always affect
the entire project, so that it is not possible to define different keys for dif-
ferent staves.
• Hide
If you select this, the key will be hidden.
• Properties
If you select this, the Edit Key dialog is opened.
In the Edit Key dialog
If the current key is anything but C major/A minor (no acci-
dentals), you can set the key directly in the score:
1. Double-click on the accidentals at the beginning of a
staff.
The “Edit Key” dialog opens.
2. Use the scroll bar to select a key and click OK.
• You can also enter a Display Transpose value, see
“Transposing instruments” on page 503.
On the Score Settings–Staff page
1. Make the desired staff active, open the Score Settings
dialog and select the Staff page.
The Clef/Key section on the Score Settings–Staff page
2. Use the right scroll bar in the Clef/Key section to se-
lect the desired key.
3. Click Apply.
• You can select other staves in the score and make set-
tings for these, without having to close the Score Settings
dialog.
Setting the key for a split system
If you have a split system with two staves (see “Split (pi-
ano) staves” on page 521 and “Strategies: How many
voices do I need?” on page 535) you can set different
keys for the upper and lower staff.
1. Click in the system to make one of its staves the active
staff.
2. Open the Score Settings–Staff page.
3. Set a key for the upper staff.
This will automatically set the lower staff to the same key.
4. If you need to set a different key for the lower staff, ac-
tivate the “Lower Staff” checkbox and set a key for this.
The Lower Staff checkbox
Setting a local key
You can also set a different key for the selected staff only.
This is useful for instruments like oboe and english horn
that change display transpose and therefore also the key.
1. Make the desired staff active, open the Score Settings
dialog and select the Staff page.
2. Activate the option “Local Keys” on the Main subpage
in the Clef/Key section.
Ö This option is only available if “Key changes for entire
Project” is activated on the Score Settings–Project page,
Notation style subpage (Keys category).
3. Use the scroll bar to the right to set the desired key.
4. Click Apply to set the selected key for the staff.
Double-click here…
…to open the Edit Key dialog.