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Create your first score
Import scores and tabs
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Inputting your first notes
Composing with tabs
Composing with drums
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Music notation tools
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Layout
Toolbar: Document
Toolbar: Note
Toolbar: Tab
Toolbar: Articulation
Toolbar: Ornament
Toolbar: Dynamic
Toolbar: Measure
Toolbar: Text
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Text styles
Notes heads modes
Color music notes
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Available in toolbar | Note |
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What are ghost notes?
In music theory, a ghost note should be muted or soften when played. Usually, it has no distinctive pitch and is used to add a rhythmic value to the score. In music notation, the ghost note is represented by an “X” or in brackets for the note head.
Add a ghost note on Flat
Select the note you want to ghost, then go to the “Note” toolbar and click on the ghost note tool, symbolized by a note head in brackets. To transform a ghost note into a regular note, use the same icon in the toolbar.
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