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The part properties menu for any part is to be reached from the score overview after selecting the desired part.
Part-title
the title is used to keep track of voices.
Part-header
the label to show with the first line in a score (to hide all part-headers set text type
Abbreviation
a label to show near all other lines in a score.
Tuning
an (optional) text to display in single-voice part-extractions when printing a part for transposing instruments.the label to show with the first line in a score (to hide all part-headers set text type
Chord diagrams
the instrument to display chord diagrams for as available in mcdiagrams
Instrument
midi instrument to be used when playing
Top staff height
reserved extra whitespace above the staff.
Bottom staff height
reserved extra whitespace below the staff.
Nr-staff lines
Usually 5 lines. For percussion parts is will be set to 1.
Transposition
Transposition is the number of semitones a part is played higher than written
MIDI-channel
The midi-channel a voice is assigned to. Note that percussion and drums need channel 10 to sound right.
Volume
MIDI-volume (0-127) a part should start with (will be different when using dynamic markers within the tune.)
Pan
Panning (balance) or position in a stereo sound.(0=left, 63=center, 127=right.) See mixer for an easy way to set.
Bar-continuation
Number of bars that will be used for automatic (drum-part) 0 to disable. Note: setting bar-continuation to anything other than 0 will overwrite all bars with a repeated copies of the first # bars (still full of bugs)
Fingering Above
Default position for fingering is above the staff
Fingering below
Default position for fingering is below the staff
Easynotes
"Easynote" display; each note is drawn with a letter inside
Audible
Let a voice be audible on playback
Meter-accents
On playback give important notes extra accentuation (see dynamics)
Visible
Hide a voice from a score.
Break bar lines
Stop bar lines from running from top of score to bottom.
Curly-bracing, BreakCurlybracing, Bracing, BreakBracing
Settings to group bar lines with braces and/or curly braces.
Calculated
Take voice into account for layout without being visible
Only text
Use text from voice without showing the voice's notes
Separate notes
Separate notes instead of clusterize (old fashioned typesetting of sung music)
No bar lines
Hide all bar lines in this voice.
No rest staffs
Whenever a voice contains only rests for one staff line, hide the staff within the score.
Cue-size part
Typeset entire voice with cue-size notes
Sync-rest visible
If a voice is has less bars than other voices MusiCAD will usually make complaints. In a score these 'missing' bars will be padded using special rests, to allow normal score rendering.
