Working With Notation And Lyrics - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

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This chapter describes three Pro Audio views that are used to edit the
musical aspects of your project.
¥ Pro AudioÕs Staff view lets you work with your composition in a
standard musical staff, guitar tablature and a virtual guitar
fretboard. You can add, move, and delete notes with your mouse or
with your computer keyboard. You can add chord names, guitar
chord grids, expression marks, hairpin symbols, pedal marks, and
lyrics. And you can print professional-quality notation of a complete
arrangement or individual parts, with up to 24 staves per page.
¥ The Meter/Key view lets you view, insert, and edit meter and key
changes at any measure boundary in the song.
¥ The Lyrics view lets you edit a trackÕs lyrics, and can be used to cue
you with the lyrics during playback or recording.
In This Chapter
The Staff View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Basic Musical Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chords and Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tablature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Meter/Key View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Working with Notation
and Lyrics