Apple Logic Pro X User Manual
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Chapter 20
View and edit music notation
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Change the independent status of notes
When Additional Score Options is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, you can
display notes in the score as independent notes and edit their independent status.
Independent notes are not tied to a rhythmic position in the staff, and can be moved freely. This
can be used to add grace notes, for example, and for other purposes.
Change the independent status of a note
Do one of the following:
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Choose Functions > Note Attributes > Independent from the Score Editor menu bar, then choose
one of the following settings:
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Independent Grace: The note is displayed as a single (independent) grace note.
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Independent: The note is displayed independent of the rhythmic context.
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Not Independent: The note is displayed in the regular rhythmic context.
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Control-click a note head, choose Attributes > Independent from the shortcut menu, then
choose an option from the submenu.
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Use one of the following key commands:
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Not Independent
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Independent
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Independent Grace
Change the color of notes
When Additional Score Options is selected in the Advanced preferences pane, you can
assign different colors to individual notes, using the available colors in the three color palettes.
Assign a color to a note
Do one of the folllowing:
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Select the note, then choose Functions > Note Attributes > Colors from the Score Editor menu
bar, and choose a color.
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Control-click a note head, choose Attributes > Colors from the shortcut menu, then choose an
option from the submenu.
You can also turn on the Velocity or Pitch Color mode in the Colors submenu. Pitch colors
can be diatonically or chromatically mapped. Note that velocity colors match particular MIDI
velocity ranges.
You can edit the 16 color options of the Score Editor’s Functions > Attributes submenu, the
velocity colors, and the pitch colors in Logic Pro > Project Settings > Score > Color. For more
information, see
on page 894.
Note: As note attributes, these settings have priority over the staff style settings, but they only
apply if the Color mode is set to Normal in the Score Editor’s View > Colors submenu.
Reset note attributes
You can reset all note attributes to their default settings if you decide you don’t want to keep
your changes. When resetting note attributes, be aware that all symbols directly attached to
notes (accents, fermatas, jazz symbols, and so on) are deleted.
Reset note attribute settings
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Choose the Score Editor’s Functions > Note Attributes > Reset All Attributes option (or use the
Reset Note Attributes key command).
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Control-click a note head, then choose Attributes > Reset All Attributes from the shortcut menu.