Apple Logic Express 8 - Manual (Page 781)

Chapter 33 Working With Notation 781
Adding Staffs to a Staff Style
You can add a staff to your staff style. This allows you to create a two-staff piano style
from a single staff style, for example.
Each staff is represented by a number in the first column. These numbers are assigned
automatically, and cannot be changed.
To add a staff to a staff style:
m Determine the staff insert position by clicking in the narrow column to the left of the
staff numbers in the Staff Style window, then choose New > Insert Staff.
The new line is inserted at the insert mark (>) position.
Adding Voices to a Staff Style
You will need polyphonic staff styles (staff styles with independent voices) to display
rhythmically different melodic lines in the same staff (typical for choirs). Theoretically,
you can create up to 16 independent voices in a staff style.
To add a voice to a staff style:
m Choose New > Insert Voice.
The new voice will be inserted at the insert mark (>) position, set with a click in the
narrow column to the left of the staff numbers (this is important if you want to insert a
new voice between existing voices).
The newly inserted voice will inherit the parameters of the voice above it. These can be
freely edited. The staff field in the first column remains empty.
The default project contains a number of polyphonic staff styles for piano (Piano 1+2/
3+4, for example) and church organ (Organ 1+2/3+4/5, with three staffs, for example).