Technical information

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
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Editable Notation Mode
Enter the Editable Notation mode from the Standard Notation screen with a single mouse click on the [N]
button. In the Editable Notation mode you can enter, move, and edit notes and rests using standard mouse
techniques – point and click, drag and drop,
and right click to open the Note Edit dialog box.
This is the screen for step-entry of a melody or for editing existing parts. Notice the grid of vertical lines, which
sub-divide each beat. These lines indicate where the notes will be placed according to the resolution of the song.
Resolution
The above example is in Jazz Swing style; so Band-in-a-Box has automatically set the grid resolution to 3 per beat
(triplets) based upon the style that is in use.
- Swing styles use 3 lines to divide each beat into eighth note swing triplets.
- Straight styles use 4 lines to divide each beat into sixteenth notes.
Beat Resolution
The user can manually set the resolution for any beat in the Beat Resolution dialog, which opens with a right click
on the black vertical time line.
Setting the Treble Clef Resolution for this beat to 5 allows a group of five notes to be
placed on one beat.