Reference Guide

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Chords and marks
Notation and lyrics
To add a hairpin symbol
1. Select the Draw Freehand tool in the Control Bar.
2. Click the Hairpin button in the Staff view.
3. Position the pointer below the staff (the pointer changes to a pencil when you are in a legal
position).
4. Click to place a hairpin symbol.
SONAR inserts a copy of the most recently added hairpin symbol, which you can edit as desired.
To edit a hairpin symbol
1. Right-click on the hairpin symbol you want to edit.
The Hairpin Properties dialog box appears.
2. Change any of the following parameters:
• Time. The beginning time of the hairpin symbol
• Crescendo or Diminuendo.
• Duration. Enter the number of beats followed by a colon (for example 4: for one measure in
4/4 time) or a PPQ number value.
Adding pedal marks
Pedal marks traditionally indicate where the sustain pedal of a piano is to be pressed and for how
long. With SONAR, you can achieve the same effect by inserting a pair of symbols indicating when
the sustain pedal controller is to be turned on (down) and when it is to be turned off (up). Unlike
chord symbols, expression marks, and hairpin symbols, each pedal symbol corresponds to a MIDI
event. The other symbols are purely ornamental, intended to provide a composer with a way to
communicate suggestions or requirements to performers.
Pedal event parameters are as follows:
If the track is split into treble/bass staves, pedal marks are allowed only below the bass staff.
You can suppress the display of all pedal marks by deselecting the Show Pedal Events option in
the Staff view's Layout dialog box.
Parameters Meaning
Time The time of the event, in measures, beats, and ticks (MBT).
Channel The MIDI channel on which the event will be sent.
Value The event value. A value of 127 depresses the pedal, a value of 0 raises it. (Some
advanced synthesizers support values between 0 and 127 for “partial pedaling.”)
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