User Guide

Chapter 12: Wizards, Tutors, and Fun
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- 1st ending lasts for 8 bars.
- Type of Repeat/Ending = 1st/2nd endings.
By entering this data we’ve defined the complete 1st and 2nd ending. If the 1st ending begins at bar 9 and lasts for 8
bars, the 2nd ending must begin at bar 17+8=25 (there’s an 8 bar repeated section from bar 1 to 8).
Now, this was a pre-existing song, and it already has all of the bars laid out. So we
make sure that we don’t select the “Generate (insert) new bars” checkbox.
Click on [OK-Make Repeat], and the repeat gets made, and the chordsheet redraws with the
1st/2ndrepeat showing.
Make sure you have Fake Sheet mode selected on the chordsheet.
As you can see there is a 1st ending at bar 9. At bar 16 there is a repeat symbol, indicating that the form goes back
to bar 1 for 8 bars, and then will go to the bar after bar 16 for the 2nd ending. The 2nd ending is marked there. The
bar # is 25, because the bars are numbered in linear fashion, and it is the 25
th
bar of the song as it would be played.
Then the song goes to the end which is bar 32.
Now we can see a LINEAR view of the same song, similar to the way it was before we put the 1st/2nd
endings on it. To do this, deselect the Fake Sheet checkbox on the main page. You’ll then see the song like this.
This shows all of the 32 bars, including the bars that are part of the repeat – these are highlighted in gray. Exposing
these bars shows the linear view of the song, the way the song would be played. It also allows you to enter custom
information for any of the bars, including the bars in the “gray area.” For example, if you wanted the chord at bar
21 to be an Em9 instead of an Em7, just type it in, even though it’s in the repeated section leading to the 2
nd
ending.
You can toggle between the 2 views for the traditional lead sheet view with the Fake Sheet mode, and the “normal”
(linear) view with Fake Sheet mode OFF.