Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 628)

Chapter 20 View and edit music notation 628
Change the appearance of note heads
Logic Pro offers a wide variety of note heads for percussion notation, harmonics, and other uses.
You can change note heads by dragging a note head from the Part box into the score. Note
heads are visual symbols only and have no effect on project playback.
The Part box is available when Show Advanced Tools is selected in Logic Pro
Advanced preferences.
Change a note head
1 If the Note Heads section of the Part box isn’t visible, click the Note Heads button in the Part box.
2 Do one of the following:
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To change a single note head: Drag a note head from the Part box onto the note.
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To change multiple note heads: Select multiple notes, then drag a note head from the Part box
onto the selected notes.
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To return altered notes to a standard note head: Select the notes, then drag the black, round
note head from the Part box onto the altered notes.
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To make a note head invisible in the printed score: Drag the gray note head onto the note.
The note is displayed with a gray note head onscreen, allowing further edits. Nothing but the
stem is visible in the printout. You can combine this feature with the Note Attributes > Stem >
Hide command to completely hide these notes in the printed score.
You can also change the appearance of note heads from the Attributes submenu of the local
Functions menu.
Add accents and other symbols to notes
The Part box includes symbols such as accents, fermatas, phrasing marks, bow markings, and
others that apply to a single note, over which the symbol appears. (Trills are in a separate
section).
The Part box is available when Show Advanced Tools is selected in Logic Pro
Advanced preferences.
Add an accent or other symbol to a note
1 If the Accents section of the Part box isn’t visible, click the Accents button in the Part box.
2 Do one of the following:
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To add a symbol to a single note: Drag a symbol from the Part box onto the note.
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To add symbols to multiple notes: Select multiple notes, then drag a symbol from the Part box
onto the selected notes.