Manual

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Lyrics, Score, Markers
Score page
Score page
When you are in Song Play mode, and you are playing a Stan-
dard MIDI File, you can open the Score page by pressing the
SCORE button.
To exit from this page, press either the SCORE or the EXIT but-
ton.
Note: Master or Track Transpose do not affect the Score display.
Song title
Name of the Song.
Tempo
Current Tempo of the Song (in BPM, Beats Per Minute).
Staff
The selected track is shown as traditional music notation.
Depending on the content of the track, either notes or chords are
shown. Pa900 takes care for you of ‘cleaning-up’ the score, so that
it is always easy to read.
Several automatic operations are carried on to clean-up the
score: Pa900 automatically quantizes to 1/16 notes, detects trip-
lets, avoids note overlaps, correctly notates syncopation, and
draws beams according to the time signature. In addition, spac-
ing and measure length are dynamic, and single, double and end
measure bars are automatically added.
If a KeySign (Key Signature) event is found at position
‘001.01.000’ of the Song’s Master track, the correct key signature
is also shown.
Currently selected staff marker
This red vertical line shows the approximate position of the play-
back, by indicating the current staff in play.
Current measure indicator
This red triangle shows the current measure in play.
Lyrics button
Touch this button to make the lyrics (if available) appear or dis-
appear.
Chord button
Touch this button to make the chord symbols (if available)
appear or disappear. Chords are shown either according to the
English or Italian system, depending on the selected language
(see “General Controls: Interface” on page 248).
Note button
Touch this button to make the note name appear or disappear
next to each note. Note names are shown either according to the
English or Italian system, depending on the selected language
(see “General Controls: Interface” on page 248).
Clef
Touch here to open a pop-up menu, where to choose a clef from.
Available clefs are:
Treble Standard Treble clef ( ).
Treble+8 Treble clef with transposition one octave upper.
Treble-8 Treble clef with transposition one octave lower.
Bass Standard Bass clef ( ).
Bass-8 Bass clef with transposition one octave lower.
Play/Mute
Use this button to let the selected track play, or to mute it. If the
track is muted, the score is still shown, so that you can play or
sing it.
Hint: The “Melody Mute” function, that can be assigned to an
assignable switch or footswitch, allows for muting the melody track
of a Song (default: Track 4, see “SMF Melody Track” on page 253).
If your song has the melody part assigned to the same track, you
can mute or unmute it by using this button, or the assigned switch/
pedal.
Selected track
Touch here to open a pop-up menu where to chose the track to
be shown from.
Hint: The backing vocals are often assigned to Track 5.
Song title Temp o
Currently
selected
staff (in
red)
Current
measure
indicator
Tou ch
here to
turn lyrics
on/off
Touch here to turn
chord symbols on/
off
Touch here to turn note
names on/off
Selected track
Play/Mute
Clef
Chord symbols
Lyrics
Measure
number