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Working with Symbols
Cubase provides a Symbols tab that holds specific symbols that you can insert in your score.
Layers
In Cubase, a score page always has multiple layers: the note layers, the layout layer, and the project layer. Any symbol that you add to the score belongs to one of these layers, depending on the type of symbol.
Assigning Note Layer Symbols to Layers
Notes, note symbols, and note-dependent symbols are automatically assigned to note Layer 1. However, you can assign these symbols to Layer 2 or Layer 3. This is useful if you want to lock specific layers to avoid accidentally selecting or deleting these objects in the score, for example.

Assigning Note Layer Symbols to Layers

Notes, note symbols, and note-dependent symbols are automatically assigned to note Layer 1. However, you can assign these symbols to Layer 2 or Layer 3. This is useful if you want to lock specific layers to avoid accidentally selecting or deleting these objects in the score, for example.

Prerequisite

Page Mode is active.

Procedure

On the extended toolbar, open the Set Up Score Lock Layers menu.
In the menu, activate the event types that you want to assign to that layer.

Tip
Activate different layers for symbol types that might conflict graphically, such as bar numbers and note symbols, for example.

Result

The symbol types are assigned to the layer.

Note

You can also edit the layers in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Note Layer page).