Fretboard pop-up menu

When you right-click the Fretboard in the Staff view, the Fretboard pop-up menu appears, giving you choices for note editing, Staff view layout, and Fretboard appearance.

Table 147.  

Menu command	Result
Layout	Opens the Staff View Layout dialog box.
Select Fretboard Track	Controls which of the displayed tracks receive the notes you enter on the Fretboard.
Export to ASCII TAB	Saves the track in ASCII TAB format with the extension .txt.
Mirror Fretboard	Inverts Fretboard so highest-sounding string appears at the bottom.
Rosewood Hi	Fretboard appears in rosewood with high screen resolution.
Rosewood Lo	Fretboard appears in rosewood with low screen resolution.
Ebony Hi	Fretboard appears in ebony with high screen resolution.
Ebony Lo	Fretboard appears in ebony with low screen resolution.
Maple Hi	Fretboard appears in maple with high screen resolution.
Maple Lo	Fretboard appears in maple with low screen resolution.

To change the Staff view layout

1.	Click the Staff view Edit menu and choose Layout to open the Staff View Layout dialog box.

Figure 236. The Staff View Layout dialog

2.	Select a track from the list (if the track you want to edit is not in the list, click the Tracks menu and choose Pick Tracks, then select the desired track). The Clef option shows the track’s clef.

3.	Select a new clef from the list.

4.	If you select Treble/Bass, select a Split point. C5 represents middle C.

5.	If you select one of the Percussion options, click Percussion Settings to set up the appearance of percussion notes.

6.	Repeat steps 2-5 for other tracks.

7.	Click Close when you are done.

Music Creator displays tracks using the new staff settings.