Add Cue Notes Plug-in

How to get there

  1. Select a region with the Selection tool icon that you would like to use as a cue.
  2. Choose Plug-ins > Scoring and Arranging > Add Cue Notes.

What it does

The Add Cue Notes plug-in allows you to easily place cue notes of the selected region in any staff.

  • [List of Staves]. Select the staves in which you wish to place the selected region as cues. Click to select one, SHIFT-click to select several at a time, even if they are not sequential. Press CTRL to select non-consecutive staves.
  • Read the cue from Layer. Select from the dropdown menu a layer for the source of the cue notes.
  • Write the cue in:. From the dropdown menu, select the layer in which you would like to place the cue.
  • Reduce cue noteheads. Type in the percentage reduction for the cue noteheads in this text box.
  • Name the cue. If you would like the cue identified by an instrument name or other text, type the text in this text box. The plug-in uses the staff name as a default. Text is inserted as a note attached expression attached to the first note of the cue.
  • Include: Articulations • Smart Shapes • Clefs • Lyrics • Chords. Check items to include in the destination staves in addition to the cue notes.
  • OK • Cancel. Click OK to place a cue note with the selected options. Click Cancel to dismiss the dialog box without making any changes.