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Staff settings
System Sizes
This section allows you to set the number of system lines
and to control spacing between the lines:
Score Drum Map
These settings are described in the chapter “Scoring for
drums” on page 676.
Fixed Stems
Activate this if you want all note stems to end at the same
vertical position. This feature is perhaps most often used
when scoring for drums (see
“Setting up a staff for drum
scoring” on page 679).
A drum pattern with Fixed Stem length activated
The Up and Down parameters determine which position
(relative to the top of the staff) is used for up and down
stems, respectively. The graphical display helps you get
your settings right.
Note Limits
Use the Low and High fields to specify a note range. In the
active staff, any notes outside this range are displayed in a
different color. When writing a score for a specific instru
-
ment, this makes it easy to find notes that are outside of
this instrument’s note range.
Ö If the “Hide Notes beyond Limits” option is activated in
the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), any notes
outside the Note Limits range are hidden.
The Polyphonic tab
This is where you activate and set up split (piano) systems
or polyphonic voices (several independent score lines in
the same staves). These settings are described in the
chapter
“Polyphonic voicing” on page 593.
The Tablature tab
This tab contains settings for creating tablature scores.
The settings are described in the chapter “Creating tabla-
ture” on page 680.
Option Description
System Lines The number of lines in a system. For regular scoring, this
should be set to 5.
Add Space Allows you to increase or decrease the space between
the lines in a system.
Size Allows you to set a size for the systems, as a percentage
(with 100
% being the default value). In effect, this setting
scales the score vertically.