Multiple
voices
The Layer system treats each staff as four
transparent voices.
Each staff in SongWriter has four transparent
layers of music, identified with different colors; black, red, green, and blue. Each of these voices in rhythmically independent.
- Choose
the layer you want to edit first, using the Layer
push buttons.
- Click
the Simple Entry tool .
Enter the music for the first layer in the
usual way (see Simple
Entry).
- To
flip an individual stem, position the cursor on it and press the L key.
Press L again to make it flip back.
- To
drag a rest,
Ctrl
-click and drag it up or down.
- To
hide a note or rest, position the cursor on it and press the letter H key. Press H again to restore the entry. Use this feature
to hide a Layer 2 half rest, for example, to give the appearance of a
second voice entering on the third beat.