Avrella Music Score Editor
Brief product guide
- INTRODUCTION
- System Requirements
- Overview
- DOCUMENT (SCORE) CREATION
- Clean sheet
- Midi import
- FORMATTING and PRESENTATION
- Overall staff layout
- Defining measures per system
- Some of the other format and presentation tools
- EDITING
- Properties Dialog
- Pop up (pull right) menus
- Pages and Measures
- Drag into place
- Undo / Redo
- NAVIGATION
- Page navigation
- Go To Dialogs
- Zoom In / Out
- MIDI
- Playback
- Midi Import
- Midi Export
- Entry from a Midi keyboard
- LYRICS
- Setup Lyric Lines
- Editing Lyric Lines
- GUITAR
- Tablature
- Guitar symbols
- PRINTING
- HELP
- Integrated application help system
- Contents and Index command
- Context Help command
- Using F1 for Help
- Tip of the Day
- Tutorial linked into the application
- Online help
This document for the Avrella Music Score Editor is a brief guide
covering the main functionality of the program.
Thanks to those who have helped test out and
review the program to date, along the way providing many useful comments and
suggestions. The resultant is what you see. Given that - if after having tried
out the program, and you have any suggestions/comments, please feel free to email
your comments.
IBM PC or compatible. Mouse
pointing device. Preferable: Sound Blaster or compatible sound card.
Operating Systems: Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000.
The program has been designed with the intention of enabling easy creation of
scores along with editing and navigation.
Features include:
- Straightforward insertion of notation.
- Drag notation / text into place.
- Insert / edit lyrics on screen.
- Guitar notation - chords symbols, bends, vibrato etc.
- Tablature.
- Support of user designed fonts for notation. - including user specific symbols.
- Properties dialog - facilitating editing.
- Playback
- Import / Export MIDI files.
This section covers the initial creation and set up of a score.
2.1 Clean sheet
Starting from scratch. Select File -> New to create a new document in Avrella. You will then be prompted for the Composition Details in the Details dialog box. Having entered the details and clicking OK, you will be prompted to define the basic staff layout in the
Music Sheet Framework Dialog. After which you have a blank score framework and are ready to start. Notation and symbol entry via computer keyboard / mouse.
Palettes
for access to commonly used symbols.
2.2 Midi import
Select File -> Open (Files of Type: Midi File filter) to import a Midi file
to create a score based on the Midi import data.
3.1 Overall staff
layout
- Select File -> Framework to adjust the base framework for the overall
score via the
Music Sheet Framework Dialog. This allows you to specify the number and types of staffs, initial key and
time signatures, instrument details etc.
3.2 Defining measures per
system
- For new documents the default measures per system may be set up via File
-> Document Setup New Documents Tab.
- After document creation the default measures per system for any new
systems / pages may be updated via File -> Document Setup Active Documents
Tab.
- To change the measures per system for current system(s) select Score ->
Measures per System to display the
Measures per System Dialog.
3.3 Some of
the other format and presentation tools
- Format Current measure: Format -> Current Measure to display Current Measure Dialog.
Width Tab
: Can adjust width of measure, Bar Markings Tab: Sections, repeat
dots etc., Ottava (8va) Tab: Set Ottava over measure range, upper / lower / 8
/
8va
/ 8va bassa
/15ma / 15 / generic; dash / solid line. Misc. Tab: Staff links for measure,
define fixed or proportional accent spacing for measure.
- File -> Details to display
Document Setup Dialog.
Facilitates the selection and / or adjustment of
various variables including: Specifying measure numbers. Start of system only
/ all / font etc., Header / staff separation adjustment.
- File -> Details to display
Details Dialog.
Set up Composition Title / Author / Copyright / Header / Footer etc.
4.1 Properties Dialog
4.2 Pop up (pull right) menus
- Cut / copy / paste for notation, text and symbols via standard menu and
(pull right) pop up menus
- Cut / copy / paste for measures.
- Note separation default spacing.
- Set line width for line symbols.
4.3 Pages and Measures
- Pages: Insert / Delete / Clear.
- Measures: Copy / Paste / Clear / Delete / Insert.
- Page / Measure - note separation format commands.
4.4 Drag into place
Easy drag of notation, text and most other supporting symbols. Drag beam tails to suit.
4.5 Undo / Redo
- Notation, symbol and text undo / redo.
5.1 Page navigation
- Standard Next / Previous / First / Last Page navigation buttons. (Menu
option via View menu.)
5.2 Go To Dialogs
- Go to page dialog and go to measure dialog. (Menu option via Edit menu.)
5.3 Zoom In / Out
- Zoom 2 (33%) to 12 (200%). (Base zoom: 6 (100%))
6.1 Playback
- Playback score through sound output device. Pause and resume playback and
specify playback from a measure number.
6.2 Midi Import
- Specify note resolution, split keyboard track to 2 staffs,
raise by an octave for guitar. (Select File -> Open (Files of Type: Midi File
filter)
6.3 Midi Export
- Export score to Midi File (format type 1). (Select File -> Save As (Save
as type: MIDI Files (*.mid))
6.4 Entry from a Midi keyboard
- Currently entry / record facility from a Midi keyboard is not supported.
However this is down to be implemented in a future 1.xx release of Avrella.
Although by use of a Midi sequencer you may record a Midi file and then import
the generated Midi file into Avrella (ref: 6.2 Midi Import). A
recommended Midi sequencer is Jazz++ freely available from
SourceForge.
7.1 Setup Lyric Lines
- Straightforward on screen Insert (Insert -> Insert Lyric Line) and Delete
(Edit -> Delete Lyric Line) of Lyric Lines
7.2 Editing Lyric Lines
8.1 Tablature
- Tablature
supported.
- Auto associate facility - for notation with tablature.
8.2 Guitar symbols
Includes standard print options Print, Print Preview, Print Setup - operation similar to that on any standard Windows
application.
Use this command to display the Contents, Index and Find dialogs for Help. From the opening screen, you can jump to step-by-step instructions for using
Avrella and various types of reference information.
Once you open Help Contents, you can click the Contents button whenever you want to return to the opening screen.
Index allows searching of words indexed in Avrella help.
Use the Context Help command to obtain help on some portions of
Avrella. When you choose the Toolbar's Context Help button, the mouse pointer will change to an arrow and question mark. Then click somewhere in the Avrella window, such as another Toolbar button or a menu selection. The Help topic will be shown for the item you clicked.
Whilst in the application the status bar often displays the message 'For Help Press F1'. Pressing F1 whilst in a dialog box for example brings up the relevant help screen for that dialog box.
10.1.4 Tip of the Day
- Selectable for tip at start up plus browse via Help -> Tip of The Day
- 2 levels, Advanced or Beginner.
10.1.5 Tutorial linked into
the application
- Select Help -> Tutorial to access the Tutorial.
Refer to Support Overview
for details of online help.
