User Guide

Chapter 7: Notation Modes40
The
Bars Per Line - From This Beat On
setting lets you change the horizontal
resolution of the screen from this beat on. This will cause the program to insert a
special Bars Per Line marker (Controller Event) into the sequence. This is useful
if you have some sections of the song that you would like to be displayed with a
different number of Bars Per Line than the overall Song setting. The notation
window will then display the bars you selected from the current screen on.
For example, if the Bars Per Line - Song setting is set to 2, and you press page
down to advance to bar 3, you could then set the From This Screen on setting to 4
and the program will display 4 Bars Per Line from the current screen on. The
current screen would now be starting at measure 3 and ending at measure 6. If you
then page down to the next screen you could then, for example, set the From This
Screen On setting back to 2, which would cause the program to display 2 Bars Per
Line from measure 7 onward, since the current screen would start at measure 7.
The
Chord Vertical Position
setting adjusts the vertical position in which the
chord symbols are displayed. This setting can range from 1 to 10.
The
Transpose
setting lets you adjust the Notation window to display notes either
higher or lower than the actual pitches.
NOTE:
This setting is also useful for displaying music for non-concert
instruments such as trumpet or saxophone. Trumpet players (and other Bb
instruments) should set transpose to +2, Alto Saxophone (and other Eb
instruments) should set the transpose to -3. The music is then displayed in the
correct key for the instrument, but still plays in the concert key to the MIDI
playback system.
The Key Signature will be shown if the
Show Key Signature
option is enabled.
If the
Highlight Played Notes
checkbox is checked, notes will be highlighted in
red
as they are played.
The
Minimize Rests
checkbox, when checked, will cause the program to display
the music with minimal rests. Use this setting if notes are displayed as shorter than
they should be.
The
Clefs Split At
setting determines the split point for placing notes on the Bass
or Treble clef. The default setting is 'C 5' which is middle C. For example, you
can use a higher split point, such as 'C 6' 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.