Click the staff to add a note (starts a new beat). Shift+click adds another note to the
current beat as a chord.
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Keyboard entry: once the staff has focus (click it once), the Up/Down
arrow keys add a note a step at a time from the last note placed, instead of having to
click each one. Shift+Up/Down adds to the current chord, and the 1/2/4/8 keys switch
duration the same as their toolbar buttons.
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Tie: connects the next note placed to the previous note, as long as
it's the same pitch — the standard way to sustain a note across a bar line.
- Rest: adds a silent beat of the selected duration.
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New Measure: forces a bar line right after the last note placed, even
if the measure isn't full — for a pickup/anacrusis measure at the start of a piece.
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Guide Lines: shows extra dashed ledger-line guides above and below the
staff, covering the full playable range for the current tuning/capo, to make it easier
to click accurately for notes beyond the 5 regular lines.
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Chords: up to 6 notes each. Chord-shape recognition only applies in
standard tuning (a fret pattern only means "E major" etc. under standard tuning's
open-string pitches).
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Fixing a note: click a note below (in the list) to select it, then
either click the staff to move it there, or click "Delete Selected" to erase it — click
the selected note again to cancel.
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Editable note list: the list below is also directly editable as text —
click into it and type, e.g. "C4(q)", a chord as "[C4+E4+G4](q)", a rest as "Rest(q)",
a tie as "⌣D5(q)", a forced bar line (same as "New Measure") as "|" after a note, and a
manual chord label for that whole bar as "{Cm7}" right before its first note (or "{}"
to force no label, overriding automatic detection either way) — the staff updates as
you type.