Apple Logic Pro 7 - Manual (Page 535)

Chapter 16 Score Editor 535
Editing One-Staff Score Styles
These are the parameters that are relevant for One-Staff Score Styles. The other
parameters are only relevant if the Score Style consists of more than one Voice, which
does not refer to the display of chords and so on, but to rhythmically independent,
polyphonic voices.
Name
The Name of a Score Style can be edited by double-clicking on the name box, which
opens an entry field.
Space
These values determine the distance to the next higher and lower staves or, for the top
and bottom staves of a full score, to the page margins.
This also creates additional space belonging to the staff above and below the actual
staff. If, for example, symbols are inserted between staves in full score mode, it is
important which staff an inserted symbol is assigned to. When parts are extracted from
the full score, the symbols will go with whichever staff they were inserted to.
The vertical distance above the staff can also be changed directly in the score, by
dragging the staff up or down at its clef.
The distance below the staff can be edited in the score as well, but only for the bottom
staff in the score display, or if only one staff is displayed. Here, the bottom line of the
score display area is dragged with the mouse, as shown in the opposite illustration.
These editing procedures change the settings of the corresponding Score Style itself.
This means that all Regions which use the same Score Style will be affected, which is
not always what you might want. To prevent this, use the fast method for creating new
Styles, based on existing ones
Size
The size of the staff and the notes and symbols it contains. There are 16 available sizes
(0—15). Here are some size recommendations: for regular instrument parts and lead
sheets, use size 7 or 8. The staff size you should use in full scores depends on the
number of staves in the score, and the size and format of the paper used. When using
A4 or US letter paper: full orchestra: 2, big band: 3, wind quintet: 4.
However, the size of all staves in an Instrument Set can also be affected by the Scale
parameter (see “Full Score and Part Layout” on page 557) in the Instrument Set window.
Therefore it is possible to use the same sizes both for score and parts of a piece.