User Manual

6.3
As an example of how the Music Cursor works, here are the steps to adding a Fermata symbol:
1. Ensure you are in Edit mode. Have the Entry Palette visible.
2. In the palette, hover over the fourth pane from the right: .
3. In the pop-up menu click the Fermata symbol.
» Notice you have a representation of that symbol on your Music Cursor.
4. Position the Music Cursor so the fermata is in the location where you want it to appear in the score.
◙ Position the symbol where you want it.
5. Either click your mouse or press Enter.
» Once you add the symbol to a sta, it appears in a solid black color.
◙ The symbol is now part of the score
To quickly return the cursor from the Music Cursor back to the Pointer shape, either:
8 Press Esc, or
8 In the Entry Palette, hover over the rst pane and, in the pop-up menu, click the Pointer symbol.
Use NTempo While in Edit Mode
Performing a score with NTempo has a few major changes in Edit mode, to ensure you can quickly make edits to the score:
8 You rst tell Notion that you want to use NTempo.
> To tell the software where you want to start tapping, click the beat you want to begin, in any sta.
» The editing marker appears at this beat across all staves in the system.
> Press Shift + Spacebar.
» Now you can begin tapping.
> You can set an automatic loop by selecting the number of measures to loop, followed by R. (e.g., 2, R).
To be complete, we should mention that you can also begin by playing a score (with the Spacebar or Play button)
and at any point switch to NTempo simply by tapping a key on the “A” row (or an NTempo key on the MIDI
keyboard).
8 Whenever you stop (with the Stop button , Esc, or Spacebar), you come out of NTempo playback and
immediately return to Edit mode. (You remain in NTempo playback if you use the Q key to pause.)