CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Notation and lyrics
The Meter/Key view
To delete a meter/key change
1. Select the meter/key change to be deleted from the list.
2. Select additional meter/key changes by using SHIFT-click and CTRL-click.
3. Click Delete .
SONAR removes the meter/key change from the project. You cannot delete the first meter/key
change from measure 1 of a project.
To move a meter/key change
1. Select the meter/key change to be moved.
2. Click Add .
3. Edit the Measure parameter to the meter/key change’s new measure.
4. Click OK .
5. Select the original meter/key change again.
6. Click Delete .
SONAR removes the original meter/key change and inserts a copy of it at the new measure.
To edit a meter/key change
1. Select the meter/key change to be edited.
2. Click Change to open the Meter/Key Signature dialog box.
3. Edit the meter/key change properties.
4. Click OK .
SONAR changes the properties of the meter/key change.
Music notation for non-concert-key instruments
For historical reasons, certain musical instruments are traditionally notated in a transposed key
rather than the actual key. For example, a normal (Bb) trumpet part is written in the key one whole
step higher than the actual concert key, and an Eb alto sax part is written a major sixth higher.
Musicians have traditionally learned to read and refer to the notes they play using the proper
transposition interval for their instrument.
SONAR supports these non-concert instrumental keys through use of the Key+ control in the Track
Inspector. Simply enter or record the notes into the instrument's track transposed as the musician
would expect them, and then set the proper transposition interval in the Key+ control to make it play
in the correct key. For example, a Bb trumpet track should have all its notes a whole note higher than
concert pitch, and should have Key+ set to -2 to transpose it two chromatic steps back down.
Remember, not all trumpets are Bb instruments!