Project-wide engraving options for notes

There are a number of options for the appearance of notes and noteheads project-wide that you can choose from on the Notes page in Engraving Options.

The options on this page allow you to change the design, appearance, and position of noteheads, ledger lines, stem flags, and rhythm dots. You can also change the appearance of double whole notes (breves) and the size of grace notes relative to normal notes.

There are musical examples for many options to demonstrate how they affect the appearance of your music.

You can open Engraving Options in any of the following ways:

  • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E in any mode.

  • Choose Engrave > Engraving Options in Engrave mode.

You can then click Notes in the page list on the left of the dialog.