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Apple Logic Pro X User Manual

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Chapter 20

View and edit music notation

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Change note heads

When Additional Score Options is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, you can

choose note heads to use for a variety of specific situations, such as percussion parts, harmonics,
tremolo, and for other special conditions.

Change note head attributes
Do one of the following:

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Drag a note head from the Part box to the note you want to change.

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Double-click a note, then choose a note head from the Note Head pop-up menu in the Note
Attributes window.

For more information about dragging note heads from the Part box, see

Change the appearance

of note heads

.

Change the size and horizontal position of notes

The default note size is set with the Size parameter in the Staff Style window. You can change the
size of individual notes, and also change their horizontal position in the score.

Change a note’s size
Do one of the following:

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Drag the note upward (increase) or downward (decrease) with the Resize tool.

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Double-click a note, then choose a size from the Size pop-up menu in the Note
Attributes window.

Change a note’s horizontal position
Do one of the following:

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Drag the note horizontally with the Layout tool.

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Double-click a note, then choose a value from the Horizontal Position pop-up menu in the Note
Attributes window.