User Manual

8.8
Notion supports chords from simple to complex for any instrument and can
be used in multi-voice parts. You must be in Edit mode.
Add Notes
To build chords in a standard musical sta:
1. Enter the rst note of the chord the same way you Enter a single note. It doesn’t matter which note in the chord you
Enter rst.
2. Place the Music Cursor at the pitch of the next note at about the same horizontal position.
3. Click the mouse or press Enter.
» If two notes lie at the interval of a second, Notion automatically moves one of the note heads to the other side of
the stem (example, right).
4. Repeat until you nish Entering all the notes.
5. You can also add chords directly to a Tablature sta.
Hear a Chord
Double-click any note in a chord. All its notes appear in an orange color. Now you can
hear (audition) how the entire chord sounds for the duration you hold down the A key.
Alter a Chord
The quickest way to highlight an entire chord is to double-click any note. All notes appear in an orange
color to show they are selected as a group. As long as the notes remain orange (selected), you can:
8 Copy (or cut) a selected chord and paste it elsewhere.
8 Change all notes equally up or down in half steps by holding down Shift as you press the Up Arrow or
Down Arrow key.
8 Transpose it with the same basic structure by pressing the Up or Down Arrow keys. All notes move through the sta
degrees as a single unit.
◙ Changing a chord while keeping the same basic structure
8 You can quickly change octaves by holding down Windows: Ctrl + Shift Mac:  + Shift – as you press either the
Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.
8 You can select individual notes in the chord - use Alt + Shift + Up/down arrow
Clicking any note in the chord selects that particular note and de-selects the other notes in the chord.
Chords