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Entering and Editing Notes
You can create scores by entering and editing notes in the Score Editor.
Note Values and Positions
The most important settings for entering notes are the position of the note, the length of the note, that is, the note value, and the minimum spacing between notes, that is, the value that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu.
Note Positions
You can use the graphical position in the score to determine the note position. However, you can also verify the position numerically.

Note Positions

You can use the graphical position in the score to determine the note position. However, you can also verify the position numerically.

The relation between beats and bars depends on the time signature: In 4/4 there are 4 beats to a bar. In 8/8 there are eight, in 6/8 there are six, etc. The third number is the sixteenth note within the beat. The time signature determines the number of sixteenth notes to each beat. In a quarter-note-based time signature (4/4, 2/4, etc.), there are four sixteenth notes to each beat, in an eighth-note-based time signature (3/8, 4/8, etc.), there are two sixteenth notes, etc. The last value is in ticks, with 480 ticks per quarter note (and thus 120 ticks per sixteenth note).

Some note positions and their corresponding position values:

Eighth note positions

Eighth note triplet positions

Sixteenth note positions