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Basic Musical Editing
The Staff view's tools let you edit a project 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, SONAR 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 modifiers. The Ctrl+Right Arrow/Ctrl+Left Arrow
commands pages you through the track, sounding each note as the cursor passes
over it. You can also page through the track by clicking the Play-Next button or
the Play-Previous button that are in the Staff view toolbar.
Note: You cannot insert notes whose durations are less than the value in the
Display Resolution field, which is located in the top level of the Staff view toolbar.
You may want to pick a different snap-to grid value for a particular note. For
example, if you want to insert a half note in the last quarter note position in a
measure (in order to get two tied quarter notes), you must set the snap resolution
to a quarter note. SONAR will automatically convert the half note to two tied
quarter notes. The same method can be used to insert a syncopated note, such as a
quarter note at an eighth note position.
You may also wish to disable the Fill Durations and Trim Durations
options before you enter notes on the staff. This will allow you to see the true
durations of all the notes you enter. These options are discussed in “Changing the
Way Notes Are Displayed” on page 539.
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