Changing the staff position of rhythmic cues

You can change the staff position of individual rhythmic cues, independently of your project-wide setting. By default, rhythmic cues are positioned above the staff.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing Graphic Editing button is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Procedure

  1. Select the labels of the rhythmic cues whose staff position you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate Distance in the Cues group.
  3. Change the value in the value field.

    For example, entering 0 positions rhythmic cues in the space immediately above the top line on the staff.

    Higher values increase the distance between rhythmic cues and the staff. Negative values position rhythmic cues inside or below the staff.

Result

The position of the selected cues is changed according to the new value.

Tip

You can change the default distance between all rhythmic cues and the top line of the staff project-wide in Engraving Options > Cues > Rhythmic Cues.

Example

Figure 1. Rhythmic cue above staff
Figure 2. Rhythmic cue below staff