Instruction Manual

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Tablature
Notation and Lyrics
5. If you want to reverse the standard string orientation, in the Orientation
field click Low String on Top (Mirror).
6. Click OK.
The Fretboard changes to reflect your choices.
Quick TAB
SONAR quickly creates a tablature based on standard fingering patterns.
After you try the quick version, you can customize the tablature to your
liking.
To Create a Quick TAB
1. Open a file that contains a MIDI guitar track.
2. In the Track view, select the track number of the track you want to
display tablature for.
3. Select Views-Staff.
The Staff view appears, displaying a fretboard and the notation of your
MIDI track. To see everything, you may need to resize the Staff view by
dragging the top border upward a few inches.
4. From the Staff view toolbar, click the dropdown arrow on the Staff View
Layout button to display the tablature dropdown list.
5. Choose Quick TAB from the dropdown list.
A tablature grid appears, displaying the fret numbers for all the notes in
the track.
6. From the File menu, choose Save. Saving your file saves TAB settings
for each track you generated TABs for.
Press the Spacebar to play your file. Notice that the Fretboard displays the
name of each note above the string and fret you would play it on as the note
plays.
Regenerate TAB
The Regenerate TAB command works on selected regions in a track to
modify the fingering according to the method you choose. The TAB display
by default uses the 'floating' algorithm which allows the notes to spread over
the entire fretboard. By choosing the "fixed" algorithm instead, you can
designate a specific finger span and lowest fret which causes the TAB of a
selected region to be displayed within this range. This usually creates a
more compact fingering system.