User Guide

Chapter 7: Notation and Printing
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2. Move to the note that you want to edit, and then press the Chord Advance (INS or DEL key on the Numeric
Keypad). This highlights the current note.
3. With the note highlighted in red, use the cursor up/down keys to change the pitch of the note. You hear the
pitch change as the note changes.
4. Use the cursor left/right keys to change the note's start time, duration, channel, or velocity (depending on the
setting of the “Right/ Left Cursor Edits” field in the Notation Options Dialog.
Press the [Esc] key or [Stop] button when you're done.
Section Text for Notation
You can add custom Section Text and Boxed Text messages at any position in the notation track, with
optional box to appear around the text.
To put a section text comment on the notation track:
- Open up the notation window, and press the [N] button to enable editable notation.
- Right click on the track at the point that you want to enter the section text. Answer YES to the question
“Would you like to enter Section Text?”
- This launches the Section Text Event dialog box that allows you to type in the text. You can set the text type
to “Boxed” or “Regular.”
Scrub Mode on Notation
Scrub mode allows you to move the mouse over a group of notes and hear them playing. To enable the
scrub mode, press the Scrub button in the Notation window toolbar. Then hold the mouse and drag it over
the notes that you want to hear.
Lead Sheet Window
The Lead Sheet window displays a full screen of notation with one or more parts. Other options include a selectable
number of staffs per page, clefs to show, font size, margin, scroll-ahead notation, and lyrics. If you like to sight-read
along with Band-in-a-Box, this is the window for you.
Launch the Lead Sheet window from the main screen by pressing the Lead Sheet button (or Alt+W
keys), or with the Window | Lead Sheet Window menu option. This button is also available from the
Standard Notation window. As the notation scrolls ahead, you can read ahead without waiting for a page turn.
During playback, red rectangles highlight the current bar. If the bar is empty (or in Fake Sheet mode), the Lead
Sheet will draw the staff lines and bar lines in red.
The Lead Sheet is also useful as a kind of “Print Preview” feature, as it offers you the ability to correlate the on-
screen notation to a hard copy printout.
You can move around the Lead Sheet window in various ways. Cursor keys and mouse clicks will move a small
blue rectangle around the screen, which lets you type in chords at that location. Double-clicking the mouse at any
bar will start playback from that position.