Sorry to cross post from C15, but IDK if they would have the answer there…
I know it’s a bit of a job, but maybe, like I did, you’re expecting too much from the score editor. It’s in parts more powerful than the old score editor, in other parts more cumbersome. I do my basic editing in cubase and than transfer to Sibelius for the fine tuning.
I mentioned this about the grace notes because I had the same problem with disappearing notes. It’s just a trick, turning off ‘grace notes’ in instrument settings, and also turning off DQ prevents notes from getting lost, strangely. I think, but I’m not sure, you also have to turn off ‘fill gaps’
As for the chords not to show globally switch off ‘show chord symbols’ in the Instrument Settings per instrument.
And as for the slash notes, too bad you can’t set a keyboard shortcut for it. Select as many notes as you can and do it in one go I would say. Mind you, I see it’s an up tempo song, can the guitar player switch from playing melody notes to a chord in such a short time? Well, I’m not a guitar player.
Articulation as well, select as many notes as you can and do it in one go. If the notes are on different staves, it’s not going to work in the score editor. Select the notes there, switch to the list editor, you’ll see the selected notes hilited and you can set the articulation for all notes in one go (in the last column). Be sure to close the score editor before you make the edit, otherwise you’ll get a crash.
Michel
i totally agree - Almost like one step forward and two steps back. I have been using Score since Steinberg added it to the original midi sequencer. I am pretty sure there is no way to put un - stemmed slashes (like what a guitar reads in place of quarter notes), but C13 would do that. I understand the Steinberg tried to make a sort of Dorico lite work in C15, but apparently, it wasn’t successful.. Like mine will hang if I select a note, then a chord symbol - it won’t un - select the chord symbol, so the work around is just to close the score window and re- open.. C13 would let you leave an edit window open, then select and edit, then hit “Apply”, and still leave the window open..
A problem is auto assigning accidentals.. The chart I’m working - Pensativa - does not have a key signature because it shifts key centers. Intro in D major, A section in Gb, B section in C major. So what happens is the melody on Trp starts at letter A with a Db, but the harmony part on the Tenor tarts with an A#, but two measures over, the same part appears as an Ab. Heck, it even spelled an F as an E#.. The obvious, manually changing accidentals doesn’t always work properly - sometimes it changes the pitch. That is, when in Concert. Which means, when I transpose to Bb, I must check all accidentals.
A tip for making Jazz charts in Cubase - use iReal Pro to make a rhythm section - export it as midi or mxml, into C15, use “make chords” and you have your chord chart and a passable rhythm section to build off of..
Yes, guitar players can read single note lines mixed with chords. Especially for jazz, indicating the chord symbol, rather than spelling out the chord, is much preferred. They want to voice the chord they way they prefer. Check out some Herb Ellis / Barney Kessel tracks.