Instruction Manual

750 Notation and Lyrics
Basic Musical Editing
4. Select the Triplet option .
5. Enter the first note at the desired location in the staff.
SONAR inserts all three triplet notes at the same pitch. You can then drag
the second and third notes to their correct pitch locations.
Beaming of Rests
The Staff view supports beaming of rests, a practice that is popular with
rhythmically complex music. Beam lengths are extended to include rests
that are integral parts of the beamed group of notes. Short stems, called
stemlets, extend from the beam toward the rest. This makes the rhythms
easier to read, because the beat boundaries are made clear.
To Enable Beaming of Rests
1. Click Layout button to open the Staff View Layout dialog box.
2. Select the Beam Rests option.
3. Click OK.
Thereafter, the Staff view beams rests as though they were notes.
Changing the Way Notes Are Displayed
Unlike musical notation programs, SONAR uses the MIDI events
themselves as the permanent representation of the music; thus, the Staff
view is only an interpretation of a MIDI performance.
MIDI notes do not always correspond exactly to notes on a staff. Whereas a
staff defines precise grid-like starting times and durations for notes, a MIDI
note can start at any arbitrary time during the project, and last for any length
of time. If you record a performance from a MIDI keyboard, for example,
you’ll find that some notes may start slightly before the beat, and some a
little after, and that the notes end a little late or a little early. Although these
slight imperfections are what gives a performance its “human” quality, you
don’t necessarily want to see all these imperfections notated with
excruciating precision.
The Staff view has two options you can select to affect the way MIDI notes
are displayed on the staff: