Cubase provides a Symbols tab that holds specific symbols that you can insert in your score.
The Symbols tab contains symbols that you can add to the score. These symbols are arranged in different sections.
The Words section allows you to save custom words and use them in the score.
The Score Editor window shows MIDI notes as a musical score. It is divided into several sections.
The Score Editor allows you to display any possible piece of music as a score, complete with all the necessary symbols and formatting. You can extract parts out of a full orchestra score, add lyrics and comments, create lead sheets, drum scores, tablatures, etc.
You can create scores by transcribing your MIDI recordings.
You can create scores by entering and editing notes in the Score Editor.
The Score Settings dialog is divided into several tabs that allow you to set up your score.
Cubase allows you to set up polyphonic voicing with up to eight voices. This can make music with multiple voices clearer and easier to read.
Cubase provides advanced options for formatting notes and rests.
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.
The Favorites section is a customizable section that allows for instant access to the symbols you often use.
The Keys section contains shortcuts to key symbols that you can insert at the start of a system. Key signature symbols can show the key of the music.
The Clefs section contains shortcuts to the most common clefs that you can insert at the start of every system. Clefs determine the name and pitch of the notes on each line of the staff.
The Time Signatures section contains shortcuts to the most common time signatures that you can insert directly into your score to indicate the meter of the music.
The Chord Symbols section contains shortcuts to some common chord symbols that you can insert into your score. Chord symbols indicate the vertical harmony of the music at a specific position.
The Guitar Symbols section contains shortcuts to some common fretboard diagrams that you can insert into your score.
The Expression Map section contains shortcuts to articulations that are contained in the Expression Map that is loaded for your MIDI or instrument track.
The Dynamics Mapping section contains shortcuts to dynamic symbols that have a MIDI meaning, that is, that can be played back by modifying the velocity values in percentages, by sending volume controller messages, or by sending additional generic controllers.
The Clefs etc. section contains shortcuts to a clef, a key, and a time signature symbol. Activating one of these symbols and clicking in the score allows you to edit the inserted symbol.
The Note Symbols section contains articulations and other symbols that you can insert above or below notes to indicate how the note should be played.
The Dynamics section allows you to insert dynamic symbols that indicate the loudness of the music.
The Properties tab for gradual dynamics in the right zone of the Score Editor allows you to edit gradual dynamics.
The Lines/Trills section contains trills, lines, and brackets that you can insert in your score.
The Other section allows you to insert lyrics, text, and other symbols into your score.
The Form Symbols section contains repeat markers and other form symbols that you can insert in your score.
The User Symbols section allows you to create your own graphic symbols and use them in the score.
You can insert note symbols such as articulations and ornaments to one or several selected notes.
You can insert note-dependent symbols, such as arpeggios and strum directions, for specific notes, or you can insert them freely.
Symbols that have a length or a size, such as crescendo/diminuendo, slurs/ties, image files, or bars, have handles that allow you to resize or edit the symbol.
You can move notes and symbols with and without affecting the score playback.
You can move or copy notes and symbols from one bar to one or several other bars.
You can resize symbols.
You can resize note symbols and dynamics.
You can align symbols horizontally.
You can align dynamic symbols horizontally.
You can insert chord symbols into your score or have Cubase analyze selected notes and create chord symbols.
You can insert lyrics and other text types into your score.
Cubase automatically creates layouts when you edit a single track or a combination of tracks. Layouts are presets that contain settings for the layout layer. They are an integral part of the specific track combination.
Cubase can import and export MusicXML files.
Cubase provides advanced options for designing your score.
In Cubase, you can score for drums and assign unique noteheads to individual pitches and note values.
In Cubase, you can display staff notation in tablature, or you can create tablature from scratch.
In Cubase, you can display your score in rhythmic notation. This is useful if you want to focus on rhythmic information only, for example in cues or the conductor’s score. Rhythmic notation can also help you to create lead sheets.
In Cubase, you can play back repeats, project symbols, and mapped dynamics.
