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ENF Editing: Working with the notation editor
SmartScore’s Notation Editor
List of symbols that can be edited with the Properties Tool
Clicking on these symbols ...
allows you to change these parameters
• Staff lines (Yellow arrow)
Staff Properties window (TAB, Visibility)
• Dynamic markings
Dynamic properties (Velocity)
• Hairpins
Dynamic range (Velocities over time)
• Tempo markings such as Allegro, Moderato etc.
Tempo properties (Beats per minute)
• Tempo markings such as accel., decel., rit.
Accelerating / decelerating over time
• Trills
Number permutations
• Metronome
Tempo dialog window
• Arpeggios
Arpeggio properties (Durations)
• Slurs (Legatos)
Legato properties (Durations)
• Multi-measure rests
Multi-measure rest dialog window
• Time Indicators
Time indicator dialog window
• Key Indicators
Key indicator dialog window
• Barlines and repeats
“Play as written”, “Page breaks”
• Chord symbols and guitar fret diagrams (*)
Guitar chord dialog window
• Tuplet brackets
Tuplets dialog window
• Notes with / without articulation marks
Global display properties
* Not included in SmartScore X2 MIDI or Piano Editions
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Removing / deleting symbols
Whether you want to remove only a single dot, one or two notes, a single measure, hide a staff line or delete an
entire part from your score - SmartScore offers a variety of approaches...
Deleting any object in the score
• Hit the “X” key on your keyboard or select the Delete tool found in the Main toolbar. Your mouse
will display a greyed-out X (see above).
• Move your cursor over any symbol until it highlights yellow and click on it. It’s gone.
Deleting specific objects
• First select an object from the same family of symbols you wish to delete e.g. select a note of any value to
delete only a note. Once again, the Quick-Select method (Cntl+Click) is probably quickest.
• Hit the “X” key or select the Erase tool in the main tool palette. The mouse pointer will show the symbol class
(e.g. note) in grey next to its arrow (see above).
• Click on any object of that class with the cursor arrow and it wil be deleted.
Delete multiple objects using the Selector tool
• Activate Selector tool (“O” key) and click-drag a box around a region of objects you wish to eliminate.
• Press the Backspace (Win) or Delete (Mac) key to remove objects that are highlighted.
NOTE: Barlines are not affected. They are deleted by selecting “X” and “I” key. Click on a barline to remove it.
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Deleting multiple articulations
• Activate Selector tool (“O” key) or push the Selector button in the ENF toolbar.
• Click and drag a box to select a region of music area containing articulations you wish to remove.
• Hit the “G” key or select Edit > Special > Selected articulations to remove articulations from highlighted
note range.
SmartScore’s Notation Editor
Hiding systems or staff lines (optimizing your score)
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RIGHT-click to open Staff
Properties window.
• Activate the Properties tool (Esc key).
• Right-click on the active system you wish
to hide.
• To hide a single staff line from a system,
right-click on the active staff line that is to
be hidden.
• The Staff Properties dialog will open.
• Select System > Remove to hide the entire
system.
• Select Staff > Remove to hide a specific staff line.
NOTE: The system or the staff line is not deleted. It is simply not visible in the ENF display.
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Using Score Structure to isolate parts
The Score Structure environment is designed to easily visualize your document in a heirarchical view.
Extracting individual parts to a new document is accomplished most easily in Score Structure. You can use
the System Manager to isolate parts, but we recommend that environment for advanced users.
• Push the Score Structure button in SmartScore’s Navigator bar.
• Locate the parts you wish to REMOVE from the score from the Part column. Click
to highlight each part you don’t want to see in the new document.
• Select the “Remove” button.
• Push the “Apply to New” button.
This will create and open a new docu-
ment containing only the parts that
were deselected. The original will not
be affected.
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SmartScore’s Notation Editor
Chord symbols and Guitar fret diagrams
If “Text” is selected in the Begin Recognition dialog, SmartScore will recognize chord names and fret diagrams.
By default, they will be displayed as fret diagrams. After recognition, the display of chord names and fret diagrams
can be turned off or on from the View >Show > Chord symbols submenu. You can supress their recognition
altogether by checking “Supress Chord Symbols” (this is permanent however and they can’t be retrieved later).
Chord symbols can be edited, added and repositioned. Best of all, recognized symbols and frets will transpose
when and if you transpose the key of your score...
Inserting chord names and fret diagrams
• Press the Guitar chord button in the ENF toolbar.
• Click anywhere in the score to insert (usually above the topmost staff).
• The Guitar Chord dialog box will open (see illustration to the right).
• Enter a chord configuration by entering values the various fields.
• When you have selected the chord you want, push OK.
Changing existing chord names and fret diagrams
• Press the Guitar chord button in the ENF toolbar.
• Click on an existing chord symbol or fret diagram. The Guitar Chord dialog will
automatically open.
• Select the chord configuration you want (or create your own and Add it to the
library). Press OK. The existing chord symbol/fret diagram will be changed.
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Add a chord configuration:
Click here to define your
own chord names and
fret diagrams. These will
be permanently added to
SmartScore’s guitar chord
library.
Display:
Choose how you want
symbol is to be displayed:
As a chord name only, as
a chord name with fret
diagram or as a fret diagram
without text. Global display
options can be set here:
View > Show > Chord
symbols.
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Fret diagrams and chord names can easily be repositioned.
• Hold down the Shift key and drag the yellow handle visible in the chord name
or fret diagram to reposition it.
• To reposition mulitple chord symbols, use the Selector tool (“O” key) to drag a
box around the chord symbols you want to reposition. Hold Shift key down and
click-drag on any of the handles. Selected chord symbols will move together.
The Guitar Chord Library
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SmartScore’s Notation Editor
Editing Lyrics and Text
Text, titles, subtitles, composer name, copyright info, and lyrics are recognized by SmartScore as long as the “Text”
box is checked in the Begin Recognition Options section. Lyrics are treated differently than text. Lyrics are displayed
in blue and text in black. Lyric syllables are hard-linked to their associated notes and rests. Therefore, editing text
or lyrics calls for 2 different tools: the “L” button for lyrics and the “T” button for text.
Inserting and editing Lyrics
• Push the “L” button in the ENF toolbar. You will now be in Lyric Edit mode.
• Click on the notehead immediately above the lyric syllable you want to edit.
• When the cursor appears, type and edit as would in any word processor.
• Press the space, underscore (_) or hyphen (-) button to move to the lyric syllable (next
note or rest). Use the Backspace key (Delete key for Mac) to remove a character.
NOTE: Underscores (_) represent melissmas. Hyphens (-) connect syllables in a word.
• Press the ENTER key to start a new line lyrics (new verse).
• To Exit Lyric mode, press the “L” button again.
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Tip:
With your cursor
positioned inside a
lyric syllable of text
block, right-click
(Alt-click for Mac) to
open the Text Styles
window. There you
can define the font
size and style for
lyrics. For text, you
can select a different
font style and/or
create a new one.
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Creating and Editing Text blocks
• Push the “T” button in the ENF toolbar. You will now be in Text Edit mode.
• Position your cursor to the place you wish to enter text. Click and begin typing as you would in a word
processor. NOTE: Text blocks are always associated with an active staff line. To visual their positions, turn on
“View > Show > Active staff line” submenu.
• To edit an existing text block, push the “T” button and position your cursor over some text until it high-
lights yellow. Left-click anywhere inside the text block to begin editing.
• Begin typing as you would in a word processor.
Repositioning Text and Lryics
• Hold down the Shift button for Nudge mode. Locate the
handle associated with a text block, then click and drag.
• For lyrics, hold down the Shift button to enter Nudge
mode. Locate a small blue box along the left margin of
the staff line. Click and drag the box up or down to repo-
sition the vertical position of the lyrics.
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SmartScore’s Notation Editor
Cut, paste, copy and duplicate notation
For copying, cutting and pasting various notation objects, whole measures and even larger areas of music you
generally use the Selector tool (“O” key). When using this tool, it is important to remember what you copy or cut
and how or where you want to paste it.
Copying / Cutting individual note or objects
• Activate the Selector tool (“O” key).
• Click and drag a box to highlight the notes and/
or symbols you want to copy or cut
• To copy, press CTRL + C (Cmd + C for Mac) or
CTRL + X to cut (Cmd + X for Mac).
Copying / Cutting multiple measures of music
• Activate the Selector tool (“O” key).
• Right-click and drag your mouse (Alt-click for
Mac) and drag horizontally or vertically highlight-
ing measures you wish to copy in in blue.
• To copy, press CTRL + C (Cmd + C for Mac) or
CTRL + X to cut (Cmd + X for Mac).
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