How to get there
Choose Playback Controls from the Window menu.
What it does
Playback Controls is a docked toolbar or floating window that give you tape-deck–like buttons for controlling the playback of your score.
Stop • Play • Pause. Click Stop to halt playback and reset the Measure text box to its original value. Click Play to begin playback. While the music is playing, the Measure text box shows you the measure being played. If you click Pause, playback will stop and the Measure text box will show the measure you stopped at. After you click Pause, click Play to resume playback from the place you stopped.
Measure__. This text box has two functions. Before you begin playback, it indicates the first measure to be played. And while playback is underway, it changes to show you the measure being played.
Tempo: Whole Note • Half Note • Quarter Note • [etc.]. The Playback tempo controls let you establish the playback tempo for your piece. Not every tempo is measured in quarter notes per minute, of course, so you can select the basic unit of the tempo pulse (Half Note, Dotted Quarter Note, and so on) from the Tempo drop-down list. To set the number of beats per minute—the actual tempo—either type a new number into the text box, or click the arrows to increase or decrease the displayed number.
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