Basic Musical Editing; Inserting Notes On The Staff - CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO User Manual

Erase
Scrub
Layout
Select Fretboard Track
Export to ASCII TAB
Mirror Fretboard
Rosewood Hi
Rosewood Lo
Ebony Hi
Ebony Lo
Maple Hi
Maple Lo

Basic Musical Editing

The Staff view's tools let you edit a song by manipulating the elements of
standard music notation. Using these tools, you can create and edit
notes, pedal marks, expression marks, hairpins, and lyrics.

Inserting Notes on the Staff

You can add notes to your composition with simple point-and-click
techniques. To help with your composing, Pro Audio gives you audio
feedback as you place each note.
You can insert notes anywhere in the Staff pane, but inserting them at
the Now time gives you control over the exact time you want to insert to.
The Shift-Right/Left Arrow command moves the Now Time forward or
backward by the amount of the note duration you choose. Six buttons let
you select a note duration ranging from a whole note to a 32nd note.
Buttons to the right of the notehead buttons let you select dotted note or
triplet modiÞers. The Ctrl-Right/Left Arrow command pages you
through the track, sounding each note as the cursor passes over it. You
Changes your cursor to the Erase tool.
Changes your cursor to the Scrub tool.
Opens the Staff View Layout dialog box.
Controls which of the displayed tracks receive the
notes you enter on the Fretboard.
Saves the track in ASCII TAB format with the extension
TXT.
Inverts Fretboard so highest-sounding string appears at
the bottom.
Fretboard appears in rosewood with high screen
resolution.
Fretboard appears in rosewood with low screen
resolution.
Fretboard appears in ebony with high screen resolution.
Fretboard appears in ebony with low screen resolution.
Fretboard appears in maple with high screen resolution.
Fretboard appears in maple with low screen resolution.
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