Inputting Key Signatures

Cubase Elements Score Editor Help
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Cubase Elements
Version
14.0
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You can input key signatures using the Key Signatures options on the Symbols tab. Key signatures are markings that show the current key of music by indicating which notes in the scale for the corresponding key are sharpened or flattened. They are shown at the start of each system, on every applicable staff.

Procedure

  1. On the Symbols tab, click Key Signatures.
  2. In the Add Key Signature section, do one of the following:

    • To choose a major key signature, click Major.

    • To choose a minor key signature, click Minor.

  3. Use the More Sharps/Fewer Flats or the Fewer Sharps/More Flats controls to add or remove sharp or flat accidentals from the key signature.
  4. Click the displayed key signature symbol to load the mouse cursor.
    Clicking the displayed key signature loads the mouse cursor
  5. In the score display, click at the position where you want to input the key signature.
  6. Press Esc to unload the mouse cursor again.

Result

The key signature is shown in the score display, and all notes that you subsequently input follow the key signature.

Note

The Music Font that is selected on the Fonts page of the Score Settings dialog is used.

Clicking in the score display inputs the key signature

If you input a key signature that does not show accidentals, such as C major or A minor, this is indicated by a signpost.

A signpost indicates that the input key signature is C major