User manual

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The basics
Setting clef, key, and time signature
When preparing to enter notes into a score, you probably
want to start out by setting the desired clef, key, and time
signature for the staff. The text below assumes you are
working on one track only. If you have multiple staves, you
either make this setting independently for each staff or for
all staves at once, see
“Staff settings” on page 570.
Normally, all these symbols appear at the beginning of
each staff. However, you can control this by using the Real
Book option (see
“Real Book” on page 664) and by hiding
objects (see “Hiding/showing objects” on page 665).
When entering or editing keys, there is one important thing
to note:
Using the Symbols Inspector to set the initial
clef, key, and time signature
1. Click the “Set up Window Layout” button on the tool-
bar and activate the Symbols option.
The Symbols Inspector is displayed.
2. Open the Clefs tab of the Inspector and click on the
symbol for the clef that you want to use in your score.
3. Click anywhere in the first bar of the staff to set the
clef for this track.
4. Select the Keys tab and click on the symbol for the key
that you want to use.
5. Click anywhere in the first bar of the staff to set the key
for the track.
6. Open the Time Signature tab of the Inspector and
click on the symbol for the time signature value that you
want to use.
If you cannot find the desired time signature, you can use the Edit Time
Signature dialog (see below).
The settings you have made so far are valid for the entire
track. If you want to further edit these settings, or if you
need different settings for different bars of your track, pro-
ceed as described in the next section.
Editing the time signature
1. Double-click on the time signature symbol at the be-
ginning of the staff.
A dialog opens.
2. If the project is in 4/4 or 2/2, you can select common
time/cut time directly by clicking one of the two symbols
on the right.
This sets the time signature to 4/4 or 2/2, respectively and also inserts a
common/cut time symbol on the staff.
3. If the project is in any other time, set the numerator
and denominator above and below the line, respectively.
The numerator can consist of several numbers for composite time signa-
tures. However, if the project is in a simple time signature you only need
to fill in the first number above the line. The more advanced options are
described below.
• The “Pickup Bar” option is described in the section “By
using the Pickup Bar feature” on page 668.
4. Click OK or press [Return].
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In the Score Settings dialog on the Project–Notation
Style subpage (Keys category) you can find the “Key
Changes for the entire Project” option. When this
option is activated, all changes made to the key al
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ways affect every staff in the project, i.e. it is not pos-
sible to define different keys for different staves.
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All tracks share the time signature! In other words,
when you set the time signature, you do this for all
tracks in the project.