Creating and inserting rests in the score editor, Creating and inserting rests in, The score editor – Apple Logic Pro 9 User Manual
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• Independent Grace: These are always displayed as miniature eighth notes, with a slash
across the stem, and a tie. The tie direction, stem direction, enharmonic interpretation,
accidental distance, and note head can be changed.
Both types of independent notes can only appear as single notes, without beams to other
notes.
To convert regular notes to independent notes (and vice versa)
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Select the notes, then choose Attributes > Independent > Independent or Independent
Grace, or use the corresponding key commands.
Choose Attributes > Independent > Not Independent to convert independent notes back
into regular notes.
To insert an independent note directly
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Hold down Option while selecting a note in the Part box, then drag it to the desired
position.
Independent grace notes cannot be inserted directly. They need to be created by
converting regular or independent notes.
In most situations, you will need to create additional space between the grace note and
the note it is associated with. The best way to do this is with the Layout tool, which can
be used to move the main note away from the grace note. (See
.)
Tip: If you want to create beamed grace notes, try using a polyphonic staff style with no
rests displayed for the second voice. Assign the grace notes to the second voice, and
resize them with the Resize tool. (See
Adding Staffs to a Staff Style
for more information
on staff styles.)
Creating and Inserting Rests in the Score Editor
In certain situations, you may want to insert rests manually. These manually inserted rests
(also called user rests) can be used if you don’t like the way a particular automatic rest is
displayed; for example, to avoid dotted rests, or for the syncopated display of rests, even
when Syncopation is turned off. (See
In rhythmic display terms, user rests behave like notes, with enabled Syncopation and
disabled Interpretation parameters. (See
.) User rest interpretation is affected
by the display quantize setting just as notes are. (See
.)
Other properties of user rests are as follows:
• They replace automatic rests, but unlike automatic rests, are listed as events in the Event
List. These events have a MIDI channel and a velocity value. The velocity value
determines their vertical position in the staff. (Normal middle position is achieved with
velocity value 64.)
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Chapter 31
Working with Notation