You can insert lyrics and other text types into your 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.
Cubase provides a Symbols tab that holds specific symbols that you can insert in your score.
You can insert chord symbols into your score or have Cubase analyze selected notes and create chord symbols.
Text is tied to the bar and staff position, that is, if you move the bar or the entire staff, it moves with it.
Lyrics are tied to the note position. If you move the note, the text moves with it. The spacing between notes is adjusted to make the lyrics fit.
Block Text is text that you can paste from the clipboard or import from a text file.
Layout Text is text that is inserted on the layout layer. You can insert it for multiple staves. Layout Text is tied to the bar and staff position.
Page Text is text that you can insert on the Layout Layer or on the Project Layer. Page Text that you insert on the Project Layer is part of the project layout and is shown in all layouts.
You can save words that you use frequently as dedicated symbols in the Words section. This saves time, since you do not have to type the same word repeatedly.
Text attribute sets are presets that contain all font, size, and style settings. By creating text attribute sets for the settings you use most often, you can save a lot of time.
The context menu for text contains several options.
You can set up the text font for selected text or for all text.
You can make settings for virtually all text and numbers that appear in the score.
You can replace all occurrences of a specific word or group of words with another word or group of words regardless of font, size, and style settings.
You can set up staff names in the Score Settings dialog.
Melisma lines extend from lyrics to indicate that a syllable should be sung over several notes, for example. You can also add melisma lines to text that is an advice about articulation or playing style to indicate that it applies to a specific musical phrase.
You can set up how bar number are displayed.
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.