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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

Getting started............................................................................................................................3

Installation..................................................................................................................................................3

New Features...............................................................................................................................................6

mySongBook Score Portal..............................................................................................................................6

Technical Support.........................................................................................................................................7

Overview.....................................................................................................................................8

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................8

Understanding Notation.................................................................................................................................9

The Main Screen.........................................................................................................................................10

Using Guitar Pro........................................................................................................................12

Writing a Score.......................................................................................................................12

Creating a New Score..................................................................................................................................12

Adding Tracks.............................................................................................................................................14

Organizing Bars..........................................................................................................................................15

Adding Notes to the Score...........................................................................................................................15

Inserting Events.........................................................................................................................................19

Adding Symbols..........................................................................................................................................20

Adding Lyrics.............................................................................................................................................28

Adding Sections..........................................................................................................................................29

Cut, copy, paste.........................................................................................................................................30

Using Wizards............................................................................................................................................31

The Guitar Pro 6 Stylesheet.........................................................................................................................32

Drums and Percussions................................................................................................................................33

Working with a Score..............................................................................................................34

Looking for Tablatures.................................................................................................................................34

Navigating Around the Score........................................................................................................................34

Display Settings.........................................................................................................................................35

Sound Settings...........................................................................................................................................36

Score Playback...........................................................................................................................................40

Printing.................................................................................................................................. 42

Importing Scores....................................................................................................................42

Exporting Scores.....................................................................................................................43

Using mySongBook....................................................................................................................45

Tools for Guitarists....................................................................................................................47

Chord Diagram Generator............................................................................................................................47

Scale Engine..............................................................................................................................................49

Virtual Fretboard........................................................................................................................................50

Virtual Keyboard.........................................................................................................................................51

Tuner........................................................................................................................................................52

Metronome................................................................................................................................................52

References.................................................................................................................................54

Drop-Down Menus..................................................................................................................54

Keyboard Shortcuts...................................................................................................................61

Index.........................................................................................................................................65