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Changing the custom scale size of notes
You can change the size of notes according to a custom scale if you want to change the size of
notes to a size other than those available from the Scale menu in the Common group of the
Properties panel.
NOTE
If you want to change the size of notes because you want them to be grace notes, or because
you want them to be cues, you can input them as either grace notes or cues instead.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the notes whose custom scale size you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Custom Scale in the Common group.
3. Change the Custom Scale percentage value in any of the following ways:
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Enter a value into the value eld.
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Click the arrows beside the value eld.
RESULT
The size of the notes is changed according to the percentage change.
NOTE
If you have also activated Scale, the percentage change for Custom Scale is based on the
selected size option for Scale.
RELATED LINKS
Inputting grace notes on page 149
Notehead set designs on page 498
Moving notes rhythmically
You can move notes, including grace notes, to different rhythmic positions along staves after
they have been input.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the notes you want to move.
2. Move the selected notes according to the current rhythmic grid value in any of the
following ways:
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Press Alt-Right Arrow to move them to the right.
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Press Alt-Left Arrow to move them to the left.
RESULT
The selected notes are moved to new rhythmic positions according to the current rhythmic grid
value. If you selected multiple notes, they are moved together as a block.
Notes are automatically positioned according to their rhythmic duration and position relative to
other notes.
Notes
Moving notes rhythmically
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