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To display a track with a guitar tablature staff, select the Track Display
dialog from the Display menu and set the clef to 6 String Tab.
You can also enter a 6 String Tab clef symbol at the beginning of the
track to display the track with a guitar tablature staff. (While in the
Score Editor, select the 6 String Tab clef from the Clefs palette, select
the pencil tool from the Tools palette and enter a 6 String Tab clef at
the beginning of the track.)
When you have set your staff to display with a 6 String Tab clef, your
track will appear as a wide six-line staff. Your notes are represented
as fret numbers on the appropriate string in traditional guitar tablature
notation.
To enter new notes, first select the pencil tool. Click and hold down
the left mouse button. Move the mouse to the position on the string where
you want to enter your note. If you let go the left mouse button, the
note is entered as fret 0 on the line (representing the appropriate string)
your mouse is pointing at. To change the number of the fret, press the
UP and DOWN arrow keys while you keep the left mouse button down. When
you let go the left mouse button, the note is entered as the number you've
chosen on the string you've chosen.
For example, to enter a note on the second fret of the highest string,
click and hold the left mouse button on the highest string. Press the
UP arrow key twice so that the number 2 appears. Now let go the left mouse
button.
To move a note from one string to another, use the NS tool (the second
tool from the end in the toolbar). When you grab and move a note up and
down, the fret number will move from string to string. The pitch of the
note stays the same as you move the note from string to string - the fret
number will change to reflect this. The exception is when the note could
not be played on the string to which you've moved the note. In this case
the string is made open and the pitch of the note is changed to reflect
this.
To change the number of the fret, choose the NS tool. After you select
the note by clicking and holding the left mouse button over the fret number,
press the UP and DOWN arrow keys while you keep the left mouse button
down. When you let go the left mouse button, the note has the fret number
you've chosen on the string you've chosen.
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