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Additional note and rest formatting
Cue notes
Cue notes
You can create cue notes by using voices or by converting individual notes into cue
notes.
Setting a voice to display cue notes
1. Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page and select the Polyphonic tab.
This is described in the section “Setting up the voices” on page 781.
2. Click in the “Cue” column for the voice, so that a checkmark appears.
3. Decide how to handle rests for the voice.
You might for example leave “Rests–Show” activated and activate “Reduce”. If you
do, you get rests in this voice, but not as many as otherwise. Empty bars, for
example, do not have any rests at all.
4. Close the dialog.
5. Move the notes into the cue voice.
Polyphonic voicing is described in detail on “Polyphonic voicing” on page 779.
An example of a cue note voice
A quick example
Let’s say you have a flute part and want some cue notes for it:
1. Switch on polyphonic voices and activate voice 1 and voice 2.
2. Set voice 2 to “Auto” stem direction and centered rests.
3. Set up voice 1 to be a cue voice, with hidden rests and stems pointing up.
4. Insert the cue notes into voice 1.
Turning individual notes into cue notes
1. Select one or several notes.
2. Double-click one of the notes.
The Set Note Info dialog appears. You can also click the “i” button on the extended
toolbar, or right-click on a note head and select “Properties” from the context
menu to open this dialog.
3. Select Cue from the Type pop-up menu.
4. Click Apply.
The settings are applied to the selected notes.
5. Close the dialog.
“Cue” activated
for voice 3