Change metronome mark, Accel – PreSonus Notion 6 - Notation Software (Boxed) User Manual

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Metronome marks and accel ./rit . texts affect the tempo when you play a score . By default, Notion plays a score at the
moderate pace of

90 . Ordinarily, metronome marks appear at the top of a score, which serves most small and middle-

sized orchestrations . But if you write for a large ensemble, we show you on the next page how to define two or more

vertical locations for these marks .

Add a Metronome Mark

See Chapter

for the basics of adding a metronome mark, shortcuts, adding a descriptor, changing playback, and

dealing with compound times .

Edit an Existing Metronome Mark

To change the speed (or the descriptor) of an existing metronome mark:

1 . Ensure you are in Edit mode .
2 . With the Pointer, double-click an existing metronome mark .

» A temporary text box appears with the mark’s current specifications .

3 . Type the speed you want, or edit the descriptor text, or both .
4 . Either click anywhere outside of the temporary box or press Enter .

Hide a Metronome Mark

RIght click the Metronome Mark, and select Attachments>Hide . The metronome mark will be hidden, but will still play

back . (To see all hidden items in a score, go to View>Show Hidden Items)

Tempo Change Text (Accel/Rit)

You can add tempo change text to the score at any point before a metronome mark . Notion automatically calculates

the increase or decrease in tempo between the

accel.

rit.

text and the new tempo at each beat . To place the text on

your Music Cursor, Enter Edit mode and then press the R key once for

rit

. and twice for

accel

. Position the text so its first

character is on the beat you first want to affect and either click your mouse or press Enter . A temporary box appears

where you can fine-tune how much you want the beats before the metronome mark to change . Ordinarily, you Enter

the pace of the target metronome mark, but you can use a different number if you want the change to be more subtle .

How adding the target metronome speed to the text box shows up in the score marking.

accel

(200)

Then either press Enter or click anywhere in the score area away from the temporary box

Change Metronome Mark