User guide

NEW FEATURES IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 7.24
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Lyrics placement
Various options specify the placement of lyric text on the
QuickScribe page.
☛ When specifying a vertical offset between two staves or
tracks, the offset is the distance beneath the top staff or track.
Syllable extensions
By default, syllables are extended by underlining, but you can
alternatively put a dash under each note.
Apply To Score
The Apply To Score button applies changes made in the Lyrics
preferences to the current project’s QuickScribe score.
QUICKSCRIBE: CHORD SYMBOLS
Chord symbols can now be added to your score in the
QuickScribe Editor. Chord symbols are MIDI track events,
and can be transposed along with MIDI notes.
Entering chord symbols
To enter a chord symbol, choose the Chord Symbol tool in
the QuickScribe tool palette ( ) and click on or above the
desired note. Alternatively, assign a keyboard shortcut to the
Enter Chord Symbol command (Setup menu> Commands)
and press the keyboard shortcut to enter a chord symbol
above the selected note (or if there is no selection, above the
playback wiper).
An empty chord symbol edit box will appear, ready for you
to type in the symbol:
Figure 54: An empty chord symbol edit box
Type the desired chord symbol in the empty box. The first
character, the root note, must be a letter A–G ; after that, you
may use any of the following symbols:
For chord suffixes, type the opening character, the desired
suffix, then the closing character. Use these opening and
closing characters:
For example, to create this chord symbol:
…type “C7(#9b13)”.
After typing a chord symbol, press Enter or Return to
confirm.
To enter additional chord symbols, press Tab or Shift-Tab to
advance to the next/previous metric position in the measure
(as determined by the “Tab key advances” preference
explained below) or Option-Tab or Shift-Option-Tab to
jump to the next/previous measure. If a chord symbol
already exists at or before the next position that you will Tab
or Shift-Tab to, the chord symbol will be pop-edited for
editing.
Symbol Description What to type
sharp pound sign ( # )
flat B
minor sign hyphen (-)
° diminished symbol Shift-Option-8
ø half diminished symbol Option-O
Δ major 7th triangle Option-J
6/9 chord suffix 6/9
diagonal slash for hybrid chord,
inversion, or altered bass
slash ( / )
horizontal slash for a poly chord underline ( _ )
any other text the text itself
Symbol Description What to type
stacked suffix with parentheses Left parenthesis,
Right parenthesis
stacked suffix with braces Left Braces ( { ),
Right Braces ( } )
stacked suffix with brackets Left Bracket ( [ ),
Right Bracket ( ] )
stacked suffix with no braces or
brackets
Option-Backslash ( « ),
Shift-Option-Backslash
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