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Entering and editing notes
Working with the Display Quantize
tool
There are instances when you want different staff settings
for different sections of the track. The settings on the Staff
page of the Score Settings dialog are valid for the entire
track, but by using the Display Quantize tool you are able
to insert changes and exceptions wherever you like. This
is described in detail in the section
“Inserting Display
Quantize changes” on page 571.
Split (piano) staves
Setting up the split staff
Proceed as follows:
1. Make a staff active.
2. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page 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 are put on the lower clef, all above are 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 clef, key, and time signature” on
page 562).
5. Make whatever additional staff settings you need.
These apply to both the upper and lower staves of the split system.
6. Click Apply.
Changing the split point
Proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that the system you are working on is active.
2. Open the Score Settings and select the Staff page.
3. Select the Polyphonic tab.
4. Change the Splitpoint value.
5. Click Apply.
Now, some notes that were previously on the lower staff
are on the upper, or vice versa.
Strategies: Multiple staves
As described above, when you have parts on several tracks
selected in the Project window, these are put on one staff
each, when you open the Score Editor. This allows you to
work on several staves in parallel.
Working with several staves is not much different from
working with one. Below follow some guidelines that apply
specifically to working with multiple staves.
Score settings dialog, Staff page
The settings on the Staff page of the Score Settings dia-
log are local to each staff. You can have the Score Set-
tings dialog open and select each staff in turn to make
settings – just remember to click Apply before selecting
another staff, otherwise your changes are lost.
Before and after setting a split at C3