User Guide

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
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You may change this setting, but normally Band-in-a-Box will determine the best tick
offset automatically.
Tip: The notation of Jazz Swing music will often be improved by a Tick Offset setting
of about minus 5. This is because Jazz music is typically played a little after the beat
or, in Jazz terms, “laid-back.”
Transpose
The Transpose setting lets you adjust the Notation window to display notes either higher
or lower than their actual pitches. It includes presets for commonly transposed
instruments, with the option to make your own setting in semitones.
For example, if you select Guitar +12 the guitar music will be displayed an octave higher,
which is the way guitar music is normally notated.
Clefs Split at
The “Clefs Split” at setting determines the split point for placing notes on the Bass or
Treble clef. The default setting is C5, which is middle C. For example, you can use a
higher split point, such as C6 if you want some notes up to a G above middle C to be
displayed on the bass clef with ledger lines instead of on the treble clef. If the split point
is above middle C, and a note in the music is high enough that any of the ledger lines
above the bass clef would overwrite the treble clef, the note will be placed on the treble
clef.
Chord Vert. Pos
The chord vertical position affects the printout, not the display, it controls how high the
chords will be printed above the staff. If set to =5, the chords will be written 5 notes
above the top of the Staff (i.e., 5 notes above the F - at high D).
If your piece contains a lot of high notes, then set the chord position to a high setting. If
you're using a big font (e.g. 32 point music font size), you should set the chord height to a
low value (1 or 2) so it won't be too high and encroach on the staff above.
Default =5 Range 1 to 10
Show Key Signature
If turned off, you won't have the key signature box displayed on the Notation screen,
which will save some space on the screen. Usually set it to true.
Show Bar/Beats/Lines, Show Note Durations, Show Velocity Lines
These options are for the Staff Roll mode, and determine which lines will show up.
Normally you'll want all of them displayed.