The Staff View - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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The Staff View

The Staff view is composed of a Staff pane and a Fretboard.
When you first open the Staff view, you may see only the Staff and not the Fretboard. Resize the Staff
view by dragging its edges until you can see everything easily. When you save your file, whatever size
the Staff view is will be the way it appears the next time you open the file.
The Staff pane displays MIDI note events as musical notation. For some musicians, this may be the
most familiar and comfortable view in which to work. The Staff pane provides many features that make
it easy for you to compose, edit, and print music.
For guitar players who are new to musical notation, the Fretboard represents the notes in the Staff
pane as they would appear on a six-string guitar neck in standard tuning. The number of strings and
the tuning are configurable. All notes that appear in the Staff pane at the Now time are shown in the
Fretboard. If you enter notes in the Staff at the Now time, they appear on the Fretboard. Likewise, you
can enter notes into the Staff at the Now time by clicking the guitar strings on the fretboard. Notes and
chords shown in the Fretboard can be easily edited by dragging them up and down the guitar strings.
Zoom
Editing tools
Fretboard pane
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Snap grid Fretboard display button Notehead tools Dynamics and markings
Time and
pitch locater