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Chapter 20 View and edit music notation 680
Interpretation
Music notation is meant as a guide to performance, and rhythmic values are often not notated
with metronomic precision. The Interpretation setting helps you produce a more readable score
from real-time recordings. You should usually turn it o when adding notes via step input or with
the pointer.
If Interpretation is turned on, notes are generally displayed with longer length values than their
actual length, to avoid having many short rests. Short notes on a downbeat in 4/4 time, for
example, are displayed as quarter notes. The score becomes slightly less precise, but is easier
to read.
If Interpretation is turned o, note lengths are displayed as closely as possible to their real values,
as determined by the Quantize value. In the following example, the same MIDI region is shown
twice, the rst with Interpretation turned o, the second with it turned on:
You can use note attributes to use Interpretation on individual notes, overriding the Region
inspector setting. For more information, see Change the syncopation or interpretation of
notes on page 642.
Turn interpretation on or o
m Select or deselect the Interpretation checkbox in the Region inspector.