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In Composer, the following symbols are grouped together in the Staff Palette:

These staff symbols all have the general property that they affect the interpretation or organization of notes that are within their relatively large scope. The scope of their effect is generally larger than, for example, the effect of an accidental or ornament on an adjacent notehead.

To add a staff symbol, first navigate to the Staff Symbol Palette, or type one of the SHIFT+Letter shortcuts, as shown below:

Procedures for adding and editing each of these types of staff symbols are described in the topics that follow.