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Additional note and rest formatting
Time signature changes
By inserting time signature changes, you can change the
way notes are cut. This is done in the same way as when
you specify how beamed notes should be grouped – see
“Grouping” on page 545.
The Cut Notes tool
By using the Cut Notes tool, you can disable the auto-
matic cutting mechanism in a bar, and insert manual cuts
at any given position in the score.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the Cut Notes tool.
2. Set the Quantize pop-up menu to an appropriate value.
As usual, this determines where you will be able to click.
3. When you are using polyphonic voices, select the
voice you want to make settings for.
4. Click in the bar containing the notes you want to cut
manually, at the position you want them cut.
This inserts a cutflag event in the bar at the position you clicked. If you
hold down [Alt]/[Option], a cutflag event is inserted for all voices in a
polyphonic staff.
The following rules apply to cutflag events:
• If a bar contains a cutflag event, the automatic cutting mecha-
nism is disabled within that bar.
• All notes or rests that start before and end after a cutflag event
will be cut at the position of the event.
• To display cutflag events, make sure that “Cutflag” is activated
on the filter bar.
• To remove a cutflag event, either click again with the Cut Notes
tool at the same position, or select it and press [Backspace] or
[Delete].
Other options for tied notes
Tie direction
As described in the section “Tie pop-up menu” on page
544, you can set the direction of the tie manually in the
Set Note Info dialog.
Flat ties
If you prefer ties to be displayed as flat lines, rather than
regular “curved” ties, activate the option “Flat Ties” in the
“H.W. Henze Style” category on the Score Settings–Pro-
ject page (Notation Style subpage).
Graphic moving of notes
There might be instances where the “graphical” order of
the notes is not the one you want. In this case, you can
move notes without affecting the score or playback in any
way. This can be done with the Layout tool or using you
computer keyboard.
By using the Layout tool
1. Select the Layout tool in the Score Editor toolbar.
2. Click again on the tool button to open the Mode pop-
up menu and select the desired option.
The following modes are available
With a regular 4/4 time
signature.
With a composite time
signature (3+2+3 eighth
notes).
A half note, placed at 2.1.3. This is by default cut at 2.3.1 (the middle
of the bar). When you click at the position 2.2.1, a cutflag event is
inserted.
As a result, the regular cutting mechanism is disabled and the note is
cut at the position you clicked instead.
Mode Description
Move Single
Object
In this mode, only the object you move with the Layout tool
will be affected (moved). Use this if you want to “correct”
the position of one single note in the score, for example.
Move Notes
and Context
In this mode, other score objects will be moved accord-
ingly when you move a note with the Layout tool. Use this
mode if you want to correct the display of all score objects
within a bar rather than modifying single note positions.