TUTORIAL & REFERENCE MANUAL Compiled by Luis E. Juan, 2002 r. 05 2 INDEX TUTORIAL .................................................................................................................................................... 9 RUNNING ENCORE ................................................................................................................................. 9 OPENING A FILE..................................................................................................................................... 9 SPLITTING THE STAFF .......................................................................................................................... 10 SETTING THE KEY SIGNATURE.............................................................................................................. 11 ADDING A PICKUP BAR......................................................................................................................... 12 ENTERING A NOTE ............................................................................................................................... 13 MIDI PLAYBACK .................................................................................................................................. 14 ADDING MEASURE NUMBERS ............................................................................................................... 17 DRAGGING TO A NEW PITCH................................................................................................................. 17 ENTERING AN ACCIDENTAL................................................................................................................... 17 CHANGING DURATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 18 ERASING OBJECTS .............................................................................................................................. 19 ALIGNING PLAYBACK............................................................................................................................ 19 TIED NOTES ........................................................................................................................................ 19 COPYING NOTES ................................................................................................................................. 20 JUSTIFYING NOTES AND RESTS ............................................................................................................ 21 INSERTING A MEASURE ........................................................................................................................ 21 COPYING A MEASURE .......................................................................................................................... 22 BEAMING NOTES.................................................................................................................................. 23 CHANGING BARLINES ........................................................................................................................... 23 REPEAT ENDINGS ................................................................................................................................24 LAYING OUT THE MUSIC....................................................................................................................... 24 Changing Staff Size ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Reducing the Music ..................................................................................................................................... 25 Moving Staves ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Moving Systems........................................................................................................................................... 26 Dragging Barlines ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Adding a Staff .............................................................................................................................................. 28 Breaking the Barline..................................................................................................................................... 28 MIDI STEP ENTRY............................................................................................................................... 28 REAL TIME ENTRY ............................................................................................................................... 30 ENTERING LYRICS................................................................................................................................31 Editing Lyrics ............................................................................................................................................... 32 FITTING IT ON THE PAGE ...................................................................................................................... 32 THE FUN PART .................................................................................................................................... 32 REFERENCE MANUAL.............................................................................................................................. 33 QUICKSTART............................................................................................................................................. 33 RECORDING IN REAL TIME.................................................................................................................... 33 STEP-ENTERING MUSIC FROM A KEYBOARD.......................................................................................... 33 KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS............................................................................................................................ 34 NAVIGATING ........................................................................................................................................ 34 FILE MENU .......................................................................................................................................... 34 EDIT MENU.......................................................................................................................................... 35 NOTES MENU ...................................................................................................................................... 35 MEASURES MENU................................................................................................................................35 VIEW MENU......................................................................................................................................... 35 WINDOWS MENU ................................................................................................................................. 35 SETUP MENU....................................................................................................................................... 35 SCORE WINDOW TOOLBAR................................................................................................................... 36 NOTES PALETTE .................................................................................................................................. 36 QWERTY KEYBOARD MODE ............................................................................................................... 37 LAYOUT............................................................................................................................................... 37 MISCELLANEOUS ................................................................................................................................. 37 3 THE SCORE WINDOW................................................................................................................................38 THE SCORE WINDOW TOOLBAR............................................................................................................ 38 THE VOICE SELECTOR ......................................................................................................................... 38 THE ARROW TOOL ............................................................................................................................... 38 THE ERASER TOOL .............................................................................................................................. 38 THE PENCIL TOOL................................................................................................................................39 THE RECORD BUTTON ......................................................................................................................... 39 THE PLAY BUTTON............................................................................................................................... 39 THE STOP BUTTON .............................................................................................................................. 39 THE THRU BUTTON .............................................................................................................................. 39 THE MEASURE INDICATOR...................................................................................................................