Instruction Manual

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Basic Musical Editing
Notation and Lyrics
2. Click the Select tool .
3. While pressing Shift, click each of the notes you would like to change.
4. While continuing to press Shift, drag the notes along the strings.
SONAR moves the notes you selected to the new pitches.Tip:
you can also
move the Now time pointer to the exact note by using the Step Play buttons.
Auditioning
Sometimes it is useful to listen to your music slowly, note-by-note, rather
than at full speed. For example, you may need to locate a bad note, or you
may be trying to learn the correct fingering for a difficult passage.
The Staff view has two features that let you audition your composition at
reduced speed: Scrub and Step Play. The Scrub tool lets you drag a vertical
bar over the staff, playing the notes as it goes. You can scrub backward or
forward at any speed. Step Play lets you step through the project note by
note, in either direction.
To Audition with the Scrub Tool
1. Click the Scrub tool .
2. Drag the mouse horizontally through the Staff pane to play the notes.
SONAR plays any notes the scrub line passes over.
To Play Notes with Step Play
1. Set the Now time by clicking in the Time Ruler.
2. Step through the music as follows:
Changing Note Properties
The Staff view lets you edit all the MIDI parameters for a note, including
those not normally portrayed by standard musical notation. Note properties
are as follows:
To do this… Do this…
Step forward Click , or press Ctrl+right arrow
Step backward Click , or press Ctrl+left arrow