Tag: Score Editor

Change View — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Change View

Cycle through the view modes, linear, wrapped, and page, of the Score Editor window. The commands are available in the ‘View’ local menu (View Mode), and using the three view mode buttons located in the tool strip/bar at the top of the score window. ‘Page View’ has its own, separate command — control-P.

The typical sizing of the Score Editor window doesn’t have sufficient width to display the view buttons on the tool bar. They are located to the right of the ‘View’ dropdown menu.

View tracks as music notation in Logic Pro — Apple Support

You can also change the view using the View > View Mode menu commands in the Score Editor menu bar.

Settings: Chords and Grids ⌃⌥⇧C — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Settings: Chords and Grids    ⌃⌥⇧C

Open the Score Editor settings in “Project Preferences” to the ‘Chords and Grids’ section.

Chord settings

  • Root Font field: Defines the font for the chord symbol’s root note.

  • Extension Font field: Defines the font for the chord symbol’s extensions.

  • “Follow staff size” checkbox: Displays chord symbols according to staff size.

  • Slash Note Position pop-up menu: Defines the position of the slash note.

  • Accidental Scale field: Changes the accidental size, in relation to the font size setting: positive values result in an increased size, negative values in a diminished size of chord symbol accidentals.

  • Language pop-up menu: Choose which language to use for accidentals and other chord symbols.

  • Alignment pop-up menu: Determines the general horizontal alignment of chord symbols—with an Align parameter set to def (default)—in relation to their bar position.

Grid settings

  • Font field: Sets the general grid font.

  • Grid Scaling: Reduced field: Sets the size of the first chord grid when added in the Score Editor.

  • Grid Scaling: Normal field: Sets the size of the second chord grid when added in the Score Editor.

  • Grid Scaling: Enlarged field: Sets the size of the third chord grid when added in the Score Editor.

  • Chord Scaling: Reduced field: Sets the size of the chord on the first chord grid when added in the Score Editor.

  • Chord Scaling: Normal field :Sets the size of the chord on the second chord grid when added in the Score Editor.

  • Chord Scaling: Enlarged field: Sets the size of the chord on the third chord grid when added in the Score Editor.

  • Show Fingering checkboxes: Select to show the fingering numbers on the chord grid symbols in the Score Editor.

  • Minimum Number of Frets field: Defines the number of frets (four, five, or six) on chord grids.

  • Barre buttons: Define the Barre style on chord grids, whether Tie or Block.

  • Thumb buttons: Define the representation of the Thumb fingering marking on chord grids. It can be represented by a 5 or a T.

  • Left-Handed checkbox: Changes the chord grid orientation for a left-handed user.

Chords & Grids settings in Logic Pro - Apple Support

These settings define the font, position, and scaling of chords and grids, and other settings.

Select All Following ⇧F — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Select All Following    ⇧F

There are multiple meanings of “all following”.

In the Score Editor you can select all of the notes following the current selection.

Select notes in the Logic Pro Score Editor — Apple Support

Choose Edit > Select All Following.

In the tracks area you can select all of the following regions for a project, not simply a track. I am not quite sure about this behavior. It appears that ‘Select All Following’ will select all regions, on any track, that start later in the timeline (following.) Markers are included in the selection.

It appears that all ‘events’ following the current event are selected. Select all following works infall of the lists.

Insert: Decrescendo ⌃⇧. — Logic Pro X keyboard command of the day

  Insert: Decrescendo    ⌃⇧.

Using this command is so much easier than finding the decrescendo in the part box and dragging it to the location. Simply click at the right spot, press the keys, presto.

I have observed that for a software instrument (Classical Piano) a meta event on MIDI channel 2 is inserted — Crescendo — for both crescendo and decrescendo. The length is indicated in bars and beats. I have no idea how (or if) the direction is indicated or used.

Add dynamic marks, slurs, and crescendi to a score in Logic Pro — Apple Support

You can add slurs to indicate notes that should be played legato, and add dynamic crescendo and decrescendo symbols (sometimes called hairpins). Automatic slurs can cover a selected group of notes, and adjust when the notes are copied, moved, or transposed. Using key commands, you can quickly add and edit automatic slurs for an entire phrase, part, or score.