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Entering and editing notes
2. Locate the “Length” setting.
By default, this is set to “Auto”, which means that the note is displayed
according to its actual length (and the Display Quantize settings).
3. Double-click in the value field and enter a new length
value (displayed in bars, beats, sixteenth notes and ticks).
To set the display length to “Auto” again, scroll the value down to zero.
4. Click Apply and close the dialog.
The note is now displayed according to its display length setting. How-
ever, the Display Quantize settings still apply!
Splitting a note in two
If you have two notes strung together by a tie, and click on
the “tied” note head with the Split tool, the note is divided
into two, with the length of the “main” and the tied note,
respectively.
Before and after splitting a tied note
Working with the Display Quantize
tool
There are instances when you will want different staff set-
tings for different sections of the track. The settings on the
Score Settings–Staff page are valid for the entire track,
but by using the Display Quantize tool you are able to in-
sert changes and exceptions wherever you like. This is de-
scribed in detail in the section “Inserting Display Quantize
changes” on page 508.
Split (piano) staves
Setting up the split staff
Proceed as follows:
1. Make a staff active.
2. Open the Score Settings–Staff page for the staff and
select the Polyphonic tab.
3. From the Staff Mode pop-up menu, select Split.
4. Set the Splitpoint value to a suitable note.
All notes below this note value will be put on the lower clef, all above will
be put on the upper clef.
Split mode selected.
• If the default piano clef settings for the upper and lower
staff are not what you want, you can adjust these settings
now (or you can make key and clef adjustments directly in
the score, see “Setting key, clef and time signature” on
page 499).
5. Make whatever additional staff settings you need.
These will apply to both the upper and lower staves of the split system.
6. Click Apply.
Changing the splitpoint
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Score Settings–Staff page for the system
you are working on.
2. Select the Polyphonic tab.
3. Change the Splitpoint value.
4. Click Apply.
Now, some notes that were previously on the lower staff
will be on the upper, or vice versa.
Before and after setting a split at C3