Score details
Some writing activities - "2-part Composition" is an example - include a button called "Score Details." This brings up a window that allows you to control various details concerning the appearance and behavior of the music being edited.
Options that apply to the whole score
The following choice can also be made in the Music Editing Options menu.
Draggable symbols, no autopositioning
Use this option only if you're editing a very large score and don't want to wait while the program
realigns symbols after each change. With this option notes can be dragged left and right.
Continuous automatic positioning
This is the best choice for normal editing, and will keep all symbols automatically in position.
(Notes can still be dragged up and down with the arrow - just not right and left).
Hide the chordline control. If you don't need it.
Hide the chords altogether. Can be useful for certain exercises.
Turn on metronome for this. This really applies only when creating a
template for an activity. If on, the program would automatically use the
metronome when beginning a play. But for normal use you can turn the metronome on and off manually.
Turn off metronome for this. Would turn it off if it had been on.
Justify. It's best to leave this off while editing. This option is also available in the
Music Editing Options menu.
Beat markers are triangular symbols that show the position of each beat according to the current meter. They also show the
places where chord changes can be placed. Show these markers:
Never.
When the chord layer is active.
Always.
Options that apply to the current active staff
Connections between staves.These should be self-explanatory. The following are useful mostly when creating exercises:
This staff is for student input.
This staff will display an example or answer.These two options matter only when creating
an exercise template. Example staves will be the destination for any generated example material
and normally cannot be edited. For your own composition, all staves will be for "student input."
Staff can be edited. Allows you to make an example staff that can also be edited.
Staff is heard with student work. A "play student work" command will thus include this staff even if
it's an example staff.
5-line staff. The normal staff.
1 line only. Draws just the center line. Can be useful for a rhythm example.
No lines. But notes are still visible.
Draw this staff and its contents in blue.
Hide this staff and its contents in blue.But contents are still audible.
Rhythm guide.A rhythm guide staff controls the rhythmic values of any notes placed into
the next staff below. Notes placed in the second staff will automatically assume the same rhythm as those above.
Pitch guide.A pitch guide staff controls the pitches of any notes placed into
the next staff below. Notes placed in the second staff will automatically assume the same pitches as those above.
Conceal pitches. All notes will be drawn on the center line, but still sound at their correct pitches.
Hide staff sound button. Prevents one from turning the sound of this staff on or off.
Hide the textline control. A text control is usually not required in an exercise.
Hide the text until evaluation. Lets you place some text in an example that will appear only after an exercise is evaluated.
Use invisible note heads. That is, draw the notes using 'stick notation.'
Use X note heads. As in percussion notation.
Use stemless note heads.