STAVES

 

    

 
Drag Handle: Drag Handles allow you to move selected items in the program. By selecting an item (ranging from notes and dynamics to articulations or even text) and adjusting its Drag Handle, you can maneuver the selected item to make your notation appear less "cluttered." In this particular example, moving the Drag Handle adjusts your staves up or down the page. The Drag Handle reacts differently, depending on how many staves you have in your file.
 

If you are starting with a new file:

  • Moving the Drag Handle adjusts your staff up or down the page.

If there are multiple staves on your work space:

  • When the top staff is selected, the Drag Handle will move all staves.
  • When any other staff is selected, the Drag Handle will move the selected staff closer/farther from the staff above your selected staff. All staves below your selected staff will move with your selected staff as well.
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    		 Insert Staff: Adds a new staff to your work space. The new staff is added above your currently selected staff. You may add staves below a staff by opening the the Staff Palette on the Conductor staff (the grey bar below your work).
    Text: Selecting the Text button allows you to input special instructions for a staff. Select a preset from the list, or type your own customized phrase. Once you have input the text, you may select it and a Drag Handle will appear, allowing you to adjust where on your staff the text will sit.
    Bracket: Pressing the Bracket button places a bracket around the selected staff/staves.
    Swap Staff: When you have two staves selected, pressing this button will swap their places on the score. This is helpful when changing score order in your file.
    Brace: Adds a brace to two selected staves.
    Close: Closes the palette.
    Delete: Deletes the currently selected staff. Note that the Delete key has different functionality, depending on what palette you currently have open.
    Options: Selecting the Options button opens the Staff Options window, where you may customize scores with instrument labels and sounds, as well as many other features to make your notation unique.
     

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