SmartScore 64 Pro User Guide

Professional Edition
User’s Guide
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User Guide SmartScore 64 Professional Macintosh
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents 3
Registration, Support and Contact 5
Introduction & Tips 6
SmartScore Editions & Serialization 6
Install the correct edition 6
SmartScore 64 User Guide and other aids 6
Welcome7
User manual version 1.5 (May 2022)

SmartScore 64 Professional Edition 7
Getting started 8
The Task Window 8
Global and Local Program Preferences 9
Setting up your scanner 10
Scanning music scores 12
Pay attention when scanning pages 12
Start scanning 13
SmartScore’s Scanning Interface 13
Scanning multiple pages 14
Saving scanned files and converting PDF files 15
Recognition15
The Begin Recognition Window 15
Recognition Options 17
The Recognition Process 18
Processing Individual Score-Parts 19
Processing PDF files 20
Image Editor 21
Working with the Image Editor in SmartScore 21
Functions of the Image Editor toolbar 22
Useful Image Editor tricks 23
Note Editor (ENF - TIF view panes) 26
Display formats 27
Navigating inside the document 29
Tabs, Toolbars and their functions 30
Editing notation symbols 32
Selecting symbols 32
Editing Notes (Selecting/Inserting/Deleting) 34
Deleting notation symbols 34
Changing notation symbols 37
Repositioning symbols using NUDGE mode 38
Inserting notes and voices 39
Articulations, dots, ties and accidentals 40
Working with Grace Notes 42
Articulations over a range of notes 42
Multi-measure rests 44
Inserting Tempo markings 45
Inserting Expressions 46
Repeats, jumps and endings 47
Rehearsal and orientation markings 50
The Properties tool 51
This tool reveals practically everything! 51
SmartScore’s Secret Weapon: The Properties Tool 52
Chord symbols and Guitar Fret Diagrams 53
Chord Symbol and Guitar Fret dialog box 53
How to insert, edit, create, change and save chord symbols 54
Lyrics and Text blocks 55
Inserting, editing and repositioning lyrics and text 55
Transposing your score 57
Transposition dialog box 57
Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate 59
Parts & Systems 61
Working with systems:
The System Manager 61
Working with Instruments (Playback Console and Instrument Templates) 62
Parts and Staff lines 63
Re-linking parts (Part-linking tool) 66
Score Structure 68
Controlling page layout locally and globally 72
Apply spacing changes made in one system to all systems 73
Apply present and custom layouts globally (Page Setup) 73
Reformatting your score 74
Print Preview 75
Playback 76
Setting up Playback 76
The Playback Toolbar 77
SmartScore’s Playback Console 78
Transport Controls 79
The Mini-console 79
Playback via Audio Units Instrument Plug-ins (AU) 80
Playback using Soundfonts 82
More Playback Options 83
Drums and Percussion 85
Working with Tablature 91
Recognition of tablature scores 92
SmartScore’s tablature display 93
Editing tablature notation 94
Converting Notation part to a TAB part (and vice-versa) 96
The MIDI Editor 98
Viewing an active ENF document in the MIDI Editor 99
Using the MIDI Editor 100
The Piano Roll View 104
Working in the Piano Roll environment 105
MIDI Overview 109
Major features of the MIDI Overview 110
The MIDI Event List 111
Major features of the Event List 112
Karaoke View 113
Supported File Formats 115
Try to learn these keyboard shortcuts. It will make your work easier. 118
Tips and Troubleshooting 121
Alternative Scanning Methods 121
Troubleshooting122
Index127
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Table of Contents
Registration, Support and Contact 5 Note Editor (ENF - TIF view panes) 26
Introduction & Tips 6 Display formats 27
SmartScore Editions & Serialization 6 Navigating inside the document 29
Install the correct edition 6 Tabs, Toolbars and their functions 30
SmartScore 64 User Guide and other aids 6 Editing notation symbols 32

Selecting symbols 32
Welcome7
Editing Notes (Selecting/Inserting/Deleting) 34
SmartScore 64 Professional Edition 7
Getting started 8 Changing notation symbols 37
The Task Window 8 Repositioning symbols using NUDGE mode 38
Global and Local Program Preferences 9 Inserting notes and voices 39
Setting up your scanner 10 Articulations, dots, ties and accidentals 40
Scanning music scores 12 Working with Grace Notes 42
Pay attention when scanning pages 12 Articulations over a range of notes 42
Start scanning 13 Multi-measure rests 44
SmartScore’s Scanning Interface 13 Inserting Tempo markings 45
Scanning multiple pages 14 Inserting Expressions 46
Saving scanned files and converting PDF files 15 Repeats, jumps and endings 47
Recognition15 Rehearsal and orientation markings 50
The Begin Recognition Window 15 The Properties tool 51
Recognition Options 17 This tool reveals practically everything! 51
The Recognition Process 18 SmartScore’s Secret Weapon: The Properties Tool 52
Processing Individual Score-Parts 19 Chord symbols and Guitar Fret Diagrams 53
Processing PDF files 20 Chord Symbol and Guitar Fret dialog box 53
Image Editor 21 How to insert, edit, create, change and save chord symbols 54
Working with the Image Editor in SmartScore 21 Lyrics and Text blocks 55
Functions of the Image Editor toolbar 22 Inserting, editing and repositioning lyrics and text 55
Useful Image Editor tricks 23
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Transposing your score 57 Working with Tablature 91
Transposition dialog box 57 Recognition of tablature scores 92
Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate 59 SmartScore’s tablature display 93
Editing tablature notation 94
Parts & Systems 61
Converting Notation part to a TAB part (and vice-versa) 96
The System Manager 61 The MIDI Editor 98
Working with Instruments (Playback Console and Viewing an active ENF document in the MIDI Editor 99
Instrument Templates) 62 Using the MIDI Editor 100
Parts and Staff lines 63 The Piano Roll View 104
Re-linking parts (Part-linking tool) 66 Working in the Piano Roll environment 105
Score Structure 68 MIDI Overview 109
Major features of the MIDI Overview 110
Controlling page layout locally and globally 72
The MIDI Event List 111
Apply spacing changes made in one system to all systems 73
Major features of the Event List 112
Apply present and custom layouts globally (Page Setup) 73
Reformatting your score 74 Karaoke View 113
Print Preview 75 Supported File Formats 115
Playback 76 Keyboard shortcuts118
Setting up Playback 76 Tips and Troubleshooting 121
The Playback Toolbar 77 Alternative Scanning Methods 121
SmartScore’s Playback Console 78 Troubleshooting122
Transport Controls 79
Index127
The Mini-console 79
Playback via Audio Units Instrument Plug-ins (AU) 80
Playback using Soundfonts 82
More Playback Options 83
Drums and Percussion 85
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Registration, Support and Contact

Product Registration Tech Support & Contact & Support Info
Copies of SmartScore 64®, are licensed to individuals directly by the Due to the limited number of live bodies present
publisher, Musitek® of Ojai, CA. Institutional seat licenses are available at Musitek, we ask that technical issues be handled
at significant discounts under special arrangement with Musitek. primarily by e-mail. In nearly every case, we will
Individual licenses can be transferred to other individuals provided the ask for your original .TIF and or .ENF files anyway.
original holder contacts Customer Service and authorizes the transfer; In the interest of time and convenience, please attach your problem
whereupon, by agreement, the original holder of the license will be files along with a (not too) detailed description and send to the address
disallowed from using the software. below. Of course, we will try to catch your tech support phone calls
whenever possible.
Additionally, current members of a school, church or non-profit are
entitled to personalized licenses at a significant discount provided an In additon to in-house support, there is a very active and helpful Smart-
active member of that institution is a registered owner of SmartScore 64. Score forum on-line populated by experienced users and administrators.
Interested parties should contact Musitek customer service. The URL for the forum is:
https://bsmartscoreusertechresources.runboard.com/
Licensing and End User License Agreement (EULA) details are found in
the product packaging as well as in the software installation sequence Musitek Contact Info
itself.
Customer Service: 805-646-8051
[email protected]
Limits on number of installations
Tech Support: 805-646-5841
Each license holder is allowed up to 5 installations on any computer [email protected]
regardless of platform (Mac, Windows or Linux)* (phone support 10AM-2PM Pacifc Time M-F)
Web: www.musitek.com
* In cases where a qualified user exceeds the installation limit, a simple e-mail
or telephone call to Customer Service will initiate a reset of the counter to FAX: 805-646-8099
zero. Musitek reserves to right to withhold resetting the installation counter
if fraud is expected.
A reminder ...
Don’t forget to attach your originating .TIF and/or .ENF files when
contacting Tech Support. We’ll get right back to you. Thank you !

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Introduction & Tips SmartScore 64 User Guide and other aids

SmartScore Editions & Serialization User Guide
SmartScore 64 Professional Edition for Macintosh
SmartScore comes in 5 flavors or editions. You can tell which edition
you own from the first characters of your Customer ID and serial Use the table of contents and/or the Index to locate a topic of interest.
number: This publication is not intended for bedside reading unless you believe it
will help put you to sleep...
Customer IDs:
• (1) Download Fxxxxxxx

• (2) Manual Exxxxxxx
Other helpful resources
Serials:
• SmartScore 64 Professional Edition DZD-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx We have some helpful videos located on our website at:
http://www.musitek.com/videos.html
• SmartScore 64 Songbook Edition SZD-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
• SmartScore 64 Guitar Edition GZD-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
• SmartScore 64 Piano Edition PZD-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx And don’t forget about our Online Forum at:
https://bsmartscoreusertechresources.runboard.com/
• SmartScore 64 MIDI Edition MZD-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx
Install the correct edition
When installing from a DVD, you will be asked to identify the edition you
purchased. Be sure you know which edition you own when installing.
On first run, SmartScore will ask for your ID and serial number. This
process is required to validate your ownership. Once validated, you will
not be asked again unless you change computers. The software will not
validate with an incorrect serial number.

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Welcome
SmartScore 64 Professional Edition
SmartScore 64 Professional is a work-box containing many powerful

tools that will enable you to scan, edit, modify, play back and export
scores for print or to digital audio.
SmartScore Pro employs a highly accurate recognition engine for

capturing notes, articulations, lyrics, text, chord symbols and page
structure. The powerful notation editor allows you to modify nearly
every aspect of your score including transposition, part extraction and
page layout. Playback and nuance are enhanced with variable dynamics
and extensive MIDI controls including karaoke and jukebox environ-
ments. Control of page layout, margins, orientation and scaling allows
for publisher-quality print, PDF, MusicXML or MP3 output. But it’s not all
work. It’s also fun to use. So let’s get started...
Workspace Tabs
Access and control your scanner directly. Import and recognize music images downloaded as PDF or TIF.
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Getting started
The Task Window

This window appears immediately after SmartScore 64 starts. It displays the most important for beginning your work. It can be disabled at any time.
Each function can also be activated at any time using the corresponding commands in the File menu. The start window can be opened with the keyboard
command CMD + SHIFT + T or with the menu command, File > Task Window.
Shortcut:
Access & control scanner
CMD ñ T
Defaults: 300 dpi /
Greyscale / Save to PDF
Opens the Task Window (if hidden).
What’s inside the Task Window?
• Open the last-saved SmartScore (ENF) file. Begin Recognition
• Locate and control your scanner directly. Load multi-page music

images, re-sort or remove
• Browse for files that SmartScore can open. pages.
• Begin the Recognition process.
• Open and edit scanned / PDF images prior
to recognition.
• Create
File browser
blank music score from preset
Open SmartScore (ENF),
templates. PDF or TIFF files.
• Import MIDI files for playback or conver-
sion to standard music notation.
• Access the User Manual. Image Editor

Open PDF or image files prior to
recognition (Very important for
removing covers and front-matter.)

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Global and Local Program Preferences
Global Preferences that apply to all documents are found under Edit > Program Preferences. Preferences that apply to the current
document are found under Edit > Document Preferences. The English version of SmartScore is preset to U.S. Letter page size (8.5 x 11“).
Portrait orientation.
Page Formatting and Printing Defaults.
1. From the EDIT menu, select Program Preferences.

2. Select Page Type & Printing.
3. Choose the page type and orientation you wish to set as a default (e.g. Legal or A4)
Program Preferences
Click on a heading to reveal
settings and attributes in
that category that you can
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Units of Measure
1. From the Units and Zoom category, you can control whether to choose inches or cm. Inches or cm...
Setting up your scanner
Scanning from inside SmartScore

It’s preferable to allow SmartScore to control your scanner. The scanning interface will automatically detect print size and set the optimum resolution.
Using your scanner’s software or Apple image Capture for scanning

If necessary, you can scan outside of SmartScore.
Basic defaults:
• Scan at 300 to 400 dpi (NOTE: Higher resolutions DOES NOT necessarily equate to higher accuracy !
• NOTE: Full orchestral and miniature scores may need to be scanned in at 400-600 dpi.
• Scan in grayscale (not color). If scanning in Apple Image Capture, select Black & White in Kind (it’s really grayscale):
• Scan multiple pages and save to PDF (Larger scores should be broken up into bite-sized sections of no more than 50 pages).
For Details, refer to Alternative Scanning Methods on Page 121.

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Getting it right ...
Check these items if any issues occur when you are scanning your music:
1. Is the scanner connected and turned on?

2. Have you installed the most current Mac OS drivers from your scanner’s manufacturer?
3. Did you add the latest scanner drivers using Bonjour in System Preferences > Printers & Scanners?
Connecting SmartScore to your scanner
1. From the File menu, choose: Scan music > Select Scanner.
2. In the Select Source dialog box, look for your scanner’s name or model. This will be the scanner’s “driver”.
3. Push “OK” to select your driver.
What should you look for?

If your scanner is not shown in the Select Scanner window, then the driver
for your scanner was not installed or it is not supported by your operating
system. Visit your scanner manufacturer’s website then download and install
the latest Mac scanner driver for your scanner model.
Alternative Scanning Methods?

SmartScore will process PDF files downloaded from the Internet. Select File > Open
then browse to the PDF file saved to your computer. It will automatically be convert-
ed to SmartScore’s preferred format, TIF. We recommend processing only scanned
TIFs and PDFs. We don’t recommend capturing music scores using cell phone cam-
eras or video scanning devices. Flatbed scanners work best.
More about alternative Scanning Methods on Page 121.

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Scanning music scores

Pay attention when scanning pages
Good scanning technique is essential for getting the best recognition accuracy from SmartScore.
Place the first page in the scanner. Make sure that the area containing the music itself lies within the borders of the scanning area (white margins can be
outside the glass). Keep the page as square to the glass as possible. Do not scan double or multiple pages in one pass since SmartScore turns each pass
into a page. Avoid scanning in handwritten manuscripts... the results will probably create more problems than it’s worth.
Good dog. Bad dog.
Center the image area of the music onto the glass, keeping the page as square as possible.
Avoid skewing the page. NOTE: Don’t worry if there is some twisting. You can de-skew later in the Image Editor.
Do not allow any part of the music to be cut off. SmartScore needs to see everything on the page !
If scanning from a book, avoid light leaking onto the image. MAKE SURE you apply plenty of pressure onto the spine.
Don’t scan in multi-page sheets. Scan one page per pass.
Don’t waste a lot of time trying to process handwritten manuscripts.

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Once the first page is properly positioned...
a) Click on the Scan Music button in the SmartScore Task Window or ...
b) Click the Scan button from the toolbar in the Input/Output tab or ...
Resolution (DPI)
c) From the main menu, select File> Scan Music>Acquire. Auto-resolution allows
SmartScore to determine
the optimum resolution for
each page. Turn off “Auto-
Define a bounding box resolution” if necessary.
SmartScore’s Scanning Interface (300 dpi is nominal.)
The bounding box de-
fines the area that will be
The Scan dialog box will immediately open and a low- scanned. Leave some room
resolution image should quickly appear in the preview pane. on all sides of the image.
SmartScore’s scanning interface controls your scanner’s

settings. By default, Automatic Resolution is selected. This
allows SmartScore to choose the optimum resolution for
each page. If you wish to set resolution manually, uncheck
Resolution and enter your desired setting, e.g. 300 dpi.
1. Once previewed, user your cursor to drag a box around the

image of the music leaving about 1/4“ of white on all sides.
2. Uncheck Auto-Resolution if you wish to set DPI manually.
3. Click on Final Scan to begin scanning the first page.
4. If you wish to review the scan again, push Preview.
Should a dialog box appear, Scanning resolution is too low/too

Final Scan
high - Reset / Ignore, it is most likely due to variations in staff line
widths which may have confused SmartScore's auto-resolution Click to initiate scanning
for the previewed page.
algorithm. If so, you would normally choose Reset and manually
You will have the opportu-
set the resolution to 300 dpi.
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Scanning multiple pages
SmartScore allows you to scan and recognize multiple music pages. When finished, all scanned pages are grouped into a multi-page file format (CCITT
Group 3 TIF format). Following recognition, each scanned page becomes a page in SmartScore’s .ENF file format.
Scanning successive pages ...
1. After scanning the first page, you will be prompted to place the
next page into the scanner. Click Next Page after
2. Click the Next Page button. Continue this process for all each page of your score is
scanned until ....
remaining pages.
Once you’ve scanned the
When you have scanned all the pages of your score... last page of the score, click
Finish. If you wish to inter-
rupt the scanning process,
1. Click the Finish. click Cancel.
2. You will be prompted to Save As and Begin Recognition or
Open Pages in Image Editor.
NOTE: We always recommend you open your scanned music in We always recommend
SmartScore’s Image Editor. This will allow you to fine-tune darkness/ you open your scanned
lightness of greyscale images using the Thresholding tool. You will music in SmartScore’s Im-
age Editor. This will allow
also be able to De-skew, Crop, Draw, Erase and Cut and paste the
you to fine-tune
images prior to Recognition. darkness/lightness of
greyscale images using
the Thresholding tool.
You will also be able to
Processing PDF files... De-skew, Crop, Draw,
If you've downloaded PDF files from the Internet or saved your scanned music sheets as PDF, then you can move directly to Erase and Cut & paste
Recognition. Select File > Open, browse to your PDF file location and double-click on the filename. The PDF file will automatically objects inside the images
prior to recognizing the
convert to multi-page TIF and open in SmartScore's Image Editor for previewing, editing and recognition. Or simply push the
scan.
Recognition button in the Input / Output toolbar. For more information on processing PDF files see Page 20.
See Page 21 for more information on working with the Image Editor.

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In SmartScore, you’re always working with two files: the scanned

file (TIF or PDF) and the recognized file (ENF). If you click on the
button Save and start recognition after scanning or a PDF con-
version or if you call up the save function in the image editor, you
can save your note templates in the TIF graphic file format.
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converted .TIF file. When

recognition begins, the name TIFF CCITT G4
you give will be assigned to the
The Begin Recognition Window resulting SmartScore .ENF file.
This is the preferred file type.
Other file types may not be
able to save multiple pages
The Begin Recognition window will open after the last page
or have the same high level of
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a) Click the Recognition button in the Task Window.

b) Click the Recognition button in the Input / Output toolbar.
c) Select File > Recognize from the main menu.
Scanning Outside of SmartScore

In some cases, whether with an older scanner or one without a TWAIN driver, SmartScore's scanning interface may not be available. If so, simply use Apple Image
Capture to scan in your music as PDF. Be sure to follow these guidelines:
1. Open Apple Image Capture app located in the Applications folder.

2. In the Kind pull-down, select Black & White.
3. Set the scanning resolution to 300 DPI (for music with “normal-sized” print). For miniature or orchestral scores with many parts per system,
increase resolution to no more than 500 DPI.
4. Be sure to set Auto Selection to Off.
5. In the Format pull-down, select PDF. If you’re scanning more than one page, be sure to check the box Combine into single document.
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Once pages are scanned and saved, you can now begin the recognition process. Recognition is activated after scanning or from inside the Image Editor,
pages are automatically loaded into the Begin Recognition window.
Preview and Options List of pages Add Files to List...

The Preview tab allows you to view each All pages contained in your TIF or PDF file appear, in If you find one or two pages were mis-
scanned page prior to recognition. order, inside the list of pages window pane. Individual scanned, you can easily remove and
The Options tab includes various preset pa- pages can be added, removed, reordered, and re-saved replace the bad pages with good. Simply
rameters that may assist in recognition. into a highly-compressed CCITT 3 TIF file format. Remove, Add and Move pages up or down.
Reorder pages
Select one or more pages
and press the Move Up or
Move Down button.
Re-save list of pages

Recombine selected TIF-
pages into a single, multi-
page, highly-compressed
image file (CCITT Group 3
FAX format).
Group to Score-Part
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informations.
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Click to begin the Recognition
Recognition Options process on pages shown in
The most common and useful options are pre-selected. the List of Pages.
Normally, you can simply accept the pre-selected defaults.

Recognition Options
You may or may not want to recognize specific elements in your scanned score. The Options tab in the Begin Recognition window contains a list of those
elements; some of which are selected and some which are ignored by default. In general, selected default should simply be accepted.
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2 N Notation
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3 2 Chord symbols (Chord name and guitar fret symbol)
N 3 Lyrics
5 4 Lyrics (located under the last line of system)
5 Tuplet numeral
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Option selections for different requirements [ Red = ignored ]

For scores with lyrics below last line For scores with lyrics below last line Ignore Text. Ignore Lyrics. Ignore Lyrics.
and no chord symbol recognition.
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NOTE: Check the last box for scores with tablature, percussion staff lines and split systems (Coda fragments).

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The Recognition Process
1. Ensure all pages of your score are loaded in proper order. Re-order list of pages, if necessary with Move Up or Move Down buttons.
NOTE: Once pages are recognized and a SmartScore .ENF file is created, you will not be able reorder pages or append one file to another.
2. Select or change default Recognition Options.
3. Click Begin Recognition button.
4. Wait for the recognition function to complete. It shouldn’t take more than a few seconds for each page.
5. Following recognition, a System Report will appear. We recommend you check the number of parts in Largest System Found before continuing to the
ENF editor. NOTE: While you are able to reconnect “broken” systems in the editor, you will not be able to break a system up into smaller ones.
6. If System Report looks good, select the default button, Open SmartScore File. If not, Open Image Editor will allow you to make changes to the image
(such as erasing lines that mistakenly connect one system to another or using the Line Draw tool to reconnect broken system brackets). After that,
you can re-recognize again. Open Super System will allow you confirm the correct number of parts were recognized and nothing more.
7. In the Unify Score window, we recommend you accept the default, Based on Topmost Staff line.
NOTE: If yours is an orchestral score with “optimized” system (disappearing/reappearing parts), we suggest
un-checking the Unify Key Signatures.

Processing Individual Score-Parts
Most recognition sessions are done with ensemble scores, where instruments are grouped together into systems. Alternatively, you may want to process
Individual instrumental parts and have them play simultaneously or even recombine them into a conductors score. SmartScore provides special tools for
those purposes. Following Score-Part recognition, individual parts are displayed as separate documents, one after the other, but during playback, all parts
will sound simultaneously. Using Score Structure you will be able to interleave parts so they group into larger systems, forming an ensemble (or conduc-
tor’s) score. For more information on combining parts into larger systems, see Score Structure on Page 68.
Flöte Violine 1 Violoncello

Grouping and recognizing Score-Parts
1. Select Recognition from the File menu or Input/Output tab.
2. Click on Add Files to List and load the .TIFF file containing
pages for the first instrumental part.
3. Select all the pages belonging to that part then push Group to
Score-Part button. A Part Name dialog box appears. Type in
a unique name for that part.
4. Repeat steps 2. and 3. for the remaining instrumental parts

giving each one a unique part name.
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In order for SmartScore to properly sync all individual parts
during playback, each part must contain the same number
of measures. This is an intuitively obvious but easily missed
fact. Following recognition, check that the measure count
for each part is the same and, if necessary, edit those parts
that may require some cleanup.

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File > Recognition from the main menu). The Recognition window will open and all
converted pages will appear in the list of pages. Push Begin Recognition.
What if the PDF fails to recognize?

a) Check that the number of pages in the list of pages does not exceed 50 pages.
b) Check that the PDF is greyscale or bitmap, not color.
c) If you get a warning that the PDF is password-protected, try printing it out and
then scanning the pages in.

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Image Editor
Working with the Image Editor in SmartScore
When you open a .PDF file or a scanned or saved .TIF file in SmartScore, it will automatically appear in the Image Editor as a black and white image. If the
image file is multi-page, the first page always shows first. Use the paging buttons to step through each page as necessary. The Image Editor can be used
to correct imperfections that may affect recognition such as skewed/tilted pages, missing system brackets and removal of black masses due to light
leakage. The image editor can also be launched from inside the Task Window at program startup.
Edit Menu
Basic functions available in the
Image Editor are listed and
activated here.
Toolbar
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Here are tools such as the Selector,

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Skew corrector, Page delete, Line draw

Recognition and Erase tools.
Remember that the image you see
in the Image Editor is just that, an
image. Before you can do anything
with the music itself, the image
must be processed by SmartScore’s
recognition engine.

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Functions of the Image Editor toolbar
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1 Open and Save files. 10 Skew correction: Drag a line across a horizontal staff line to
straighten pages that are crooked. This improves accuracy (see
2 Scan: Activate connected scanner.
Page 24).
3 Begin Recognition: When you are satisfied with the edited image, 11 Invert image: Reverses scans that may appear white on black.
push here to start the recognition process.
12 Delete page: Click to delete the displayed page (see Page 24).
4 Zoom: Zoom in and out of image.
13 Draw tool: Create a line by free-drawing with the mouse.
5 Print: Print the image if necessary.
14 Line tool: Create a straight line. See Line thickness and Erase.
6 Paging buttons: Page forward or page back.
15 Line thickness: Select the thickness of the line, free draw or
7 Rotate page: Use to correct upside down or sideways pages.
eraser.
8 Selector tool: Use to select an area to be deleted (such as large 16 Eraser: Click to turn free draw or line draw tool into an eraser.
black masses) or to copy and paste a portion of the music image
(see Page 23). 17 Thresholding tool: If your image file was scanned in greyscale
(and it should be), this tool will let you fine-tune the balance
9 Cropping tool: Use to define a region of the image for cropping
between lightness and darkness of the image (see Page 25).
which will remove everything outside the cropping frame (see
Page 23). 18 Undo / Redo: Undo or redo prior action or several prior actions.
Click on the selector box to the right of the icon to reverse multiple
actions.

Useful Image Editor tricks
Good recognition is always starts with a good image. Here are some hints that may help give better results ...
1 Delete unnecessary elements that aren’t necessary DEL

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notes or stubborn artifacts prior to recognition.
1. Click on the Selector tool button..
2. Click and drag a box around the area in question.
3. Hit the Delete button on your keyboard to erase whatever is

inside the bounding box.
2 Crop the image to reveal only the music
Often light can leak onto the side of a scanned page and appear
as a dark mass. Leaks can affect recognition quality. Using the
Crop tool can quickly eliminate such noise.
NOTE:
Cropping will change the resulting page size after recognition. That
is easily corrected later in Page Setup by selecting Center on Page.
1. Click on the Selector tool button..
2. Once selected, click the Crop tool button.
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3 Correcting skewed pages
It’s not always easy to get pages squared up in the scanner.

There’s no need to rescan a crooked page when you can easily
straighten it in the Image Editor prior to recognition ...
1. Click on the De-skew tool.
2. Click and drag the red alignment line along any horizontal
staff line.
3. SmartScore will calculate the skew angle and correct it

automatically.
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4 Delete pages not containing music
PDF scores downloaded from the Internet often include cover /

title pages, front matter, table of contents, etc. These pages
should be deleted in the Image Editor prior to recognition.
1. Once opened in the Image Editor, navigate to the first page

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3. Click the Page forward button and delete front matter and other
non-essential pages until the first page of music appears.

5 Rotate pages 90° or 180°
Music is often published in Landscape format and must be scanned

with the head of the page along the side of the glass. This is not a
problem since you can rotate the page in the Image Editor.
1. Click the Left rotate or Right rotate, button to rotate each

page so that it becomes right-side-up. If the page was
scanned upside-down, click either rotate button twice to
rotate the page 180°.
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you will be able to adjust it’s relative lightness / darkness to

achieve a nice balance of solid black symbols against a stark
white background.
NOTE: Thickness counts for good recognition accuracy !
1. In the Thresholding window, drag the slider a bit and push

Preview.
2. Examine the notation and compare. Repeat until you see a nice
balance between thick black lines against solid white back-
ground.
3. Once satisfied, click OK.
It’s not always necessary to apply thresholding. It’s useful only

if the original scan is particularly weak or too dark.

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Note Editor (ENF - TIF view panes)

Following recognition, two panes appear. The top half in yellow displays the original scanned page (TIF pane). The bottom half in white displays
SmartScore’s recognized version (ENF pane). Under normal conditions, they should appear nearly identical. If not, that’s where the editor comes in.
Use your mouse wheel or the scroller along the right side to move up and down the page. Select the Zoom tool to move in and out of each view.
Tabbed Views Mini-console

Main Menu Each of these five tabs are organized based on Contains playback transport
Common functions are usage: File management / Notation editing / controls as well as spring-loaded
accessible from the menu Special tools / Playback / Image Editor. scrubber and positioning slider.
bar including custom
functions.
Notation Symbols
The most commonly-used
symbols are permanently
displayed on top of this
stack. “Last selected” TIF pane
symbols appear at the The original scanned page.
bottom of stack.
Open Symbol Selector

Click either of these buttons
to open the main Symbol
Selection window where all
symbols are organized into
groups by category. ENF pane
SmartScore’s recreation
after recognition.
Symbol / tool search

Enter the name of a symbol Window Shade control
or a tool you’re looking for. Pull the window shade up
or down to reveal more or
less of either pane.

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Display formats
In SmartScore, you can arrange the arrangement of the TIF view (image template) and ENF view (recognition result) in the way that best suits your way
of working. The program is also extremely flexible when it comes to displaying the individual note pages within these views.
Choose how corresponding ENF and TIF panes behave
You can arrange the TIF and ENF views horizontally or vertically.
• The menu selection: Window > Split Screen allows you to dis-
play panes in either in Horizontal view or Vertical view.
Also, you can view a small area of the original scan corresponding
to your mouse position in the ENF pane:
• The menu selection: Window > Scan View Window > Show
displays a small, floating window of the area in the original
scan that corresponds to where your mouse is positioned in
the ENF pane. The floating Scan View window is resizable
and both views responds to Zoom control.
Another option is to remove the TIF view from the

program window and display it in a separate window
on a second monitor.

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Arranging various page views
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To the right in the status bar at the bottom of SmartScore’s window
are four buttons that will change how pages will be displayed:
• Horizontal view 1
• Vertical view 2
• Double page view 3
• Long view 4
The menu commands for these views can also be found here:
View > View Mode.
Show only ENF or only TIF pane Long View

You can choose to show only one pane by going This is a page-less, seamless view of the
to the menu selection: Window > View Window > entire score in linear format.
ENF only or TIF only .

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Navigating inside the document
SmartScore offers various ways to navigate in and around ENF documents ...
Scrolling and moving
• Drag the scroller tab along the right side of the window up or down. TIF and ENF panes are synchronous and move together.
• Use the wheel of your mouse to move up and down.
• Use the Hand drag tool. The button is located in the Note Editor toolbar.
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Zooming in and out

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Left click = zoom out.
• With the zoom tool selected, zoom in and out by holding down the Cmd button and rolling your mouse wheel up or down.
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• To the far right of the status bar at the bottom of the window you will find another zoom command.
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Use the Page forward / Page back buttons found in the toolbar of each tabbed view.
• Click on either of the Part or Page selectors found in the status bar. The Go To dialog box
appears. Choose the measure you wish to jump to or select Page and choose a page then
press OK.
You can also use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + G to open the dialog box or use the menu
command View> Go To.

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Tabs, Toolbars and their functions
Buttons that activate certain functions are organized into one of five activity tabs: File management (Input/Output), Editing (Note Editor), Advanced tools
(Tools), Playback and the Image Editor.
Note Editor toolbar
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1 Page Setup: This is a critical environment that lets you set up 7 Contrapuntal voice colors: This button activates and deactivates
your document for printing or for exporting to MusicXML and contrapuntal voiceline colors (black, red, blue and green).
PDF formats. Set page type, margins and even reformat the
8 Voice Override: Occasionally, contrapuntal voices of one color or
entire score (see Page 73).
another need to be reassigned to another color (voice).
2 Properties tool: When activated, the Properties tool can be used
9 Hidden mode: See next page.
to investigate and change playback properties of many symbols
that are clicked on. It also activates staff & system spacing tabs 10 Text mode: Push this button to activate Text mode. In this mode,
(see Page 51). you can insert, change or delete text strings inside the score (see
Page 55).
3 Selector tool: The Selector tool is used to grab and highlight
objects by a dragging around them. Dragging over a range of 11 Lyric mode: Push this button to activate Lyric mode for inserting,
measures with right-mouse down = Select temporary play changing or deleting lyric syllables. Click again to exit Lyric mode
range. (see Page 55).
4 Insert mode: When activated, symbols will drop wherever you 12 Chord / Fret Symbol: This button activates the Chord /Guitar
right click inside any active staff line (see Page 34). diagram editing tool. When activated, click on any existing fret
diagram or click anywhere to insert a new chord/fret symbol (see
5 Delete mode: When activated, right clicking on any object in the
Page 53).
active staff line will be deleted (see Page 34).
13 Undo / Redo: Undo / Redo last edit action or with the action
6 Transposition: Push this button to open the Transposition window.
history list, you can undo/redo multiple actions by clicking and
You can transpose by key, clef or by pitch (see Page 57).
dragging to select any number of prior actions.

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Tools toolbar (unique to Tools tab)
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1 Score Structure: Go to this environment for viewing the structure 5 Automatic spacing: When activated, this function will automati-
of the entire score in a top-down hierarchical format. Isolate one cally arrange notes and rests within the measure you are working
or more parts and extract them to new documents without affect- with. Symbols will become properly spaced based on the duration
ing the original ENF document. value of each symbol in the measure (referred to as “pagination”).
2 System Manager: This environment lets you control part names 6 Automatic beaming: When activated, this function will automati-
and visibility of the active system as well as view and edit the cally attempt to beam notes with values less than a quarter note
“Super System” which contains all possible parts (e.g. optimized into acceptable groupings.
scores with expanding and collapsing systems).
NOTE: This tool may cause consternation. Use with caution.
3 Hidden mode: Pushing this button allows you to insert symbols
into the score that may affect playback but which you’d rather not
appear in the main view or when printed out (e.g. entering “implied
tuplets” or time signatures for pickup and closeout measures. Score Properties
Right-clicking inside any
4 Unify key and time signatures: Activate this function if you want active staff line will open
key and/or time signatures to become unified throughout the the Score Properties win-
score. You can choose to unify based on the topmost staff line of dow containing a number
each system or the first measure of the first system (helpful for of important tools for
orchestral scores). controlling and format-
ting the score.
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Editing notation symbols

Inserting, changing and deleting notation symbols is probably the most important part of editing a SmartScore document. Since you’ll be starting off
with a lot music already on the page, it will be just as important to CHANGE an existing symbol as it is to insert one. Clicking on an existing symbol in
the score will change that symbol to the one you have just selected (it appears on your cursor). Here are the two methods of selecting notation symbols:
Selecting symbols
Choose the symbol you wish to edit. Quick-select (Ctrl + click) is the easiest method. Or you can pick any one of all possible symbols from the Symbol
Selection window.
1 Symbol palette and Symbol Selection window 2 Quick-Select (Ctrl + click)
• The most commonly-used symbols (notes and rests) are Unlike most notation programs that start with nothing, SmartScore
permanently displayed in two vertical columns (Symbols starts with A LOT of symbols on the page. The fastest way to select
palette). any symbol for editing is to use the Quick-Select method:
• To access all possible symbols, click the Open Symbol Hold the Ctrl button down and click on ANY symbol you wish to
Selection window button. Symbols will appear grouped select. The cursor will become that object, the Symbol Selection
into basic categories for easy identification. For quick window appears. Then you’re ready to edit. You can now insert the
access, common symbols are attached to Function symbol anywhere. You can even change an object belonging to the
keys F1 thru F12. same class (e.g. change a quarter note to a 16th note) simply by
clicking on it. Automatic opening of the Symbol Selector can be
F1 deactivated from inside EDIT > Program Preferences dialog.
F2
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F12
3 Symbol / tool search
Enter the name of a symbol or a tool you’re looking for.
Whenever you select a symbol from the Symbol

Selector tool, it will temporarily appear in this column
at the bottom of the palette. Six of the Last Used
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4 Keyboard Shortcuts 5 Quick-keys Map

(Left hand position)
Here are the most import and
keyboard shortcuts. Hold your index
finger over the “C” key and your hand
becomes perfectly positioned:
Shift: Nudge mode

Z: Cluster (chord) mode
X: Delete mode
C: Insert mode
Ctrl + click: Quick-Select
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ESC Properties Tool Click Quick-Select (Ctrl + Click) Only Nudge Mode
1 - 9 Note Values 1 - 3 #, b, Natural 1 - 8 Rests
T Triplet R Rubato
NOTE: Probably the most useful Y Glue / Unglue Selected Voices T Text Mode
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of all the keyboard shortcuts is U Unify Key, Time, Clef H Reposition
Quick-Select (Ctrl + left click). I Barline (Insert / Delete) 9 Playback Console L Lyric Mode
O Select Tool / Lasso Q Quit SmartScore Z Zoom
Clicking on any existing symbol P Dynamic / piano V Velocities
T Transpose
(note, rest, key signature, clef) will A Beam Direction Toggle Y Redo , Crescendo Hairpin
select that symbol for editing and S Stem Direction Toggle F Instrument Templates . Decrescendo Hairpin
the cursor will display the newly- D Dot (Insert / Delete) G Go to Page / Measure
F Change Half-beam Direction L Part Linking
selected symbol.
G Delete Selected Articulations Z Undo ...
H Split Selected Clusters B Bracketing
L Swap Noteheads M System Manager Symbol Selection Window
Z Single / Cluster Notes (F1), Accidentals (F2), Rests (F3),
X Delete Mode Dynamics (F4), Articulations (F5),
Complete list C Insert Mode Tempo (F6), Tuplets (F7), Text & Tools
See Page 118 for a complete V Tie (Insert / Delete) Caps L. Lock Active Staff (F8), Key Signatures (F9), Time Signa-
list of keyboard shortcuts. B Beam Selected Notes Space Play / Pause tures (F10), Clefs (F11), Balines &
, Rewind Repeats (F12)

Editing Notes (Selecting/Inserting/Deleting)
1. When you select a symbol, either with the Quick--Select method or from the Symbols Selection window, Insert mode is automatically
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Colored measure?
Measures highlighted with a color (default = yellow) indicate
that there MAY be a rhythmic error somewhere in the measure.
Colored measures may be turned off and on in the menu,
View > Show > Error measure.
Deleting notation symbols
Deleting a single symbol is easily done by activating the Delete mode (hitting the “X” key on your keyboard).
1 How to delete any symbol
1. Press the X key on your keyboard to enter Delete mode. Or you can
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2. Position the arrow of the cursor over the object you wish to delete.
It will highlight in color. Left-click to delete the highlighted object.

2 Deleting specific symbols
1. You may need to delete a specific symbol and not anything nearby.
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2. Select a symbol (Quick-Select or Symbol Selector). In this case, a

tenuto symbol needs to be deleted from a note head.
3. Click on the note head associated with the tenuto. Only the tenuto is
removed and not the note itself.
3 Delete a range of symbols using the Selector tool
1. Activate the Selector button from the toolbar or simply hit the O key. With your mouse, click and drag a box around the objects you wish
to delete. Selected objects will highlight in color. Hit the Delete key on your keyboard. All selected symbols will be removed.
A single click on any object can also be selected with the Selector tool.
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4 Delete multiple articulation symbols at once.
1. It may be difficult to select only certain articulations without highlighting notes and rests nearby. Here’s how ...
2. Hit the O key and drag a box roughly around the area containing articulations you wish to delete (such as slurs and hairpins).
3. Now hit the G key. Or you may select this menu item: Edit > Special > Delete Selected Articulations.

5 Selecting content from measures (partial content or all content) in measures and systems
1. Activate the Selector tool (“O” key). The Selector button is also found in the Note Editor toolbar.
2. To select specific symbols inside measures, LEFT-drag you mouse around the symbols you wish to delete. Symbols will highlight green.
You can shift the pitch of the selected notes (SHIFT+ drag) or delete highlighted symbols with the Del key.
3. To remove ALL content from many measures, RIGHT-drag your mouse button and drag a frame inside multiple measures in a staff or multiple staves
of a system. When selected measures will turn blue. Push the Del key on your keyboard to delete.
Selector tool + LEFT-drag selects a specific Selector tool + RIGHT-drag selects ALL
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(SHIFT+drag) or for deleting (Del key). measures will highlight blue and ALL
Highlighted symbols will turn green. symbols inside highlighted measures will
be removed with the Del key.
Removing LOTS of content at once

If you need to remove a large part of the score, the best method is to switch your view to Continuous View
(VIEW > View Mode > Long View). Or pick the continuous long view icon located at the far right of the status bar
along the bottom edge of the ENF view window. Zooming out will give you a bird’s eye view of the entire score.

Changing notation symbols
You can easily change the value of any existing symbol (note, rest, tempo or dynamic marking) by locating the same symbol then selecting
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1 Changing the value of a given symbol
1. Quick-Select: The easiest way to change the value of a symbol is to locate a similar symbol nearby with the correct value. Quick-select the symbol
by holding down the Ctrl button and clicking on it. Your cursor will immediately inherit the symbol and it’s value. Then simply click on the symbol to be
changed. For example, Quick-select a half note. Notice the cursor inherits the symbol and its value. Then click on a nearby quarter note. The quarter
note immediately becomes a half note.
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2. Of course you can always activate the Selector Tool and choose a new symbol and value.
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2 Changing note pitches
1. Hold the Shift key down (Nudge mode). Green control handles will appear.
2. Click inside the note head and drag to up or down to change its pitch (see
also Page 38).

3 Changing pitches of a group of notes
1. Choose the Selector tool (or hit the O key).

2. Click and drag a region around the notes you wish to shift pitches.
3. Hold down the Shift key (Nudge mode).
4. Click and drag ganged notes up or down to a new pitch. NOTE: This is not the usual method for transposition. See Transposition on Page 57.
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The Nudge tool is found in the

Text & Tools category inside
Symbols Selection window.
Repositioning symbols using NUDGE mode Shift
Shifting symbols horizontally or vertically is done in Nudge mode. Hold the Shift key down and notice that most objects will appear with green control
“handles”. Drag note heads to change pitch up or down. Drag handles of other objects to move horizontally.
Tuplet angle Slur (legato) curve

Text Note stem length Guitar Fret diagram
controls
Bar line drag
Horizontal
Repositioning
Note Pitch
Note head Beam angle

pitch shift
Move lyric line up or down
Hairpin positioning and angle controls Horizontal repositioning

Inserting notes and voices
We put as much engineering effort in SmartScore’s notation editor as we did building the Recognition module. Music is rich in its
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1 Creating chord clusters
1. To add multiple note heads to an existing note stem, hit the Z key on
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2. Your cursor will show a double-note glyph and arrow. Position the pointer
over the existing note stem and click onto a line or space to insert the note
head.
3. Hit the X key and you will be able to delete single note heads from the cluster.
2 Adding another voice (Contrapuntal voices)
1. Select the note or rest you wish to insert as another voice.

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2. Position your cursor exactly under or over the note or rest that corresponds
to the same beat (time slice) that they both will share.
3. The existing note will highlight PURPLE indicating notes are now synced.
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• Insert with right-click = Note stem will insert in opposite direction as cursor.
Contrapuntal voice colors
The primary voice color is black and the
secondary voice color is red, etc. Voice
Swapping a note stem number and color can be changed using
You can easily change the stem direction of any note by the Voice Color button or suppressed
positioning your cursor over the note until it highlights then using the Voice Visibility button.
hit the S key on your keyboard. Or select from the menu:
Edit > Special > Swap stem direction).

Articulations, dots, ties and accidentals

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1. Press the D key on your keyboard to activate a single dot.
2. Position your cursor over a note head you wish to attach a dot to.
The note will highlight in color, then click. Entering multiple dotted notes
Select your note value from the Notes category in the Symbols
3. To delete a dot, simply hit the X key and click on the note head again. Selection window. Then select the “dot” symbol located nearby.
Notes will insert with dots attached wherever you click.
2 Accidentals
1. The easiest way to select an accidental is to Ctrl + click (Quick-Select)

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on any accidental you find nearby. Otherwise, you can hold the Cmd
button down and hit the numerals 1, 2, or 3 on your keyboard.
2. Position your cursor over the note head you wish to attach an
accidental to and left-click.
Cmd 1 Cmd 2 Cmd 3
3 Inserting individual articulations
1. Select the required articulation from the Symbol Selection window.

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2. Click on the note head to attach the articulation near the note head
itself.
3. Click on the lower part of the note stem to attach the articulation to
the tip of the note stem.
Where you click matters

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1. Choose the Selector tool from the toolbar or simply hit the O key on
your keyboard.
2. If you see the articulation you want nearby, Ctrl + click on it. Otherwise,
choose and articulation from the Symbols Selection window.
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4. Position your cursor over any of the highlighted notes and click. Your
selected articulation will attach to all highlighted notes.
To de-select a highlighted region, simply left-click outside of the active staff line.
5 Inserting Ties
1. The V key on your keyboard activates the Tie symbol.

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2. Left-click on the first note head of a tied pair of note heads. A tie will
connect two adjacent notes of the same pitch.
3. The default shape of the arc depends on whether the note heads are
above or below the center staff line. To insert a tie with the opposite arc
shape, right-click.
Single tie / Multiple tie

If you need to insert a single tie (and ignore other notes in the same cluster)
you can find the single tie symbol in the Notes category of Symbols Selection
window.

Working with Grace Notes
Grace notes are a kind of ornament that precede and “lean into” the note that immediately follows. SmartScore 64 supports two types of grace notes:
the appoggiatura (with a slur mark) and the acciaccatura (with a slash mark). Grace notes can appear signally or joined together in a beam group.
• An appoggiatura sounds before the beat. It is heard before its ornamented note which plays precisely on the beat.
• An acciaccatura sounds on the beat. It’s ornamented note will be heard slightly after the beat. Acciaccaturas are
more accentuated than appoggiaturas.
1. Choose a duration to be applied to the grace note by selecting an NOTE: Acciaccaturas will not sound if placed before the first note of a
appropriate note value. You must choose between an eighth and measure. If you wish to insert a grace note before the first note, it must
thirty-second note. be an appoggiatura in order to be heard.
2. To insert a grace note, open the NOTES sub-menu in the Symbol Locator
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3. Click anywhere in the staff to insert.
4. You may insert more than one grace note. To beam multiple grace notes
together, activate the Selector Tool (Arrow or Esc key), draw a box so they
highlight then hit the “B” key.
Articulations over a range of notes

IMPORTANT
Certain articulations as well as tempo and dynamic markings are meant to be applied over a range of If the frame is dragged from top to
several notes. These include slurs (legatos), Crescendo/Decrescendo hairpins and dynamic markings. bottom, the symbol appears above the
notes. When dragging from bottom to
top, it appears below.
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2 Inserting slurs
1. Select the Slur button from the Articulations category of the Symbol
Selection window. Or Quick-Select (Ctrl + click) on a nearby slur.
2. Click and drag a frame over the notes (from top to bottom or from bottom
to top) depending on how you want the arc to appear (above or below) Shift
the notes.
3. In Nudge mode, you can control he shape of the arc by adjusting either one
of two “Bezier” control handles near the endpoints of each slur.
3 Inserting hairpins (Cres. & Decres. markings)
1. Select one of the hairpin markings from the Articulations category in the
Symbol Selection window. Or simply hit the > or the < characters on your
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2. If necessary, hold down the Shift key and change the angle of the fork by
dragging one of the endpoints. Dragging either endpoint horizontally
extends the dynamic effect over a longer range of notes.
4 Inserting Dynamics, Tempo and other multi-note markings

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Selection window.
2. Drag the cursor glyph over the range you wish to apply the dynamic or
tempo marking.
3. You can change the positioning of the inserted symbol in Nudge mode.

5 Triplets and Tuplets
1. Hit the T key on your keyboard to activate Triplets. Or go to the Symbol Selection window and click on Tuplets.
2. Drag a box around the notes/rests to be assigned the tuplet. Letting go of the mouse button inserts the symbol.
3. To include or exclude more notes in the tuplet, hold the Shift button down and drag one of the two green handles on the tuplet endpoints..
4. To delete the inserted tuplet, hit the X key, hover over the tuplet and click on it. It will be removed.
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Custom tuplet (beats over value)

Tuplets actually subdivide a selected
range of notes and rests into “extra-
metric” groupings. You can define a
unique ratio that represents the
DIVISION of beats over the number
of beats (VALUE).
Multi-measure rests
1. Select Multi-measure rests from the Rest category in the Symbol Selection window.
2. Enter the number of measures that will be paused during playback.
3. Click inside an EMPTY measure to insert the multi-measure rest. To change the value of a multi-measure rest, hit the ESC key and click of the
multi-measure rest you wish to edit.
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Clock and Measure count

Once you have inserted a multi-measure
rest, measure count and timing are auto-
matically updated..

Inserting Tempo markings
Many tempo markings are automatically recognized by SmartScore. Following recognition, you may find that playback is faster or slower than the default
tempo. That’s because recognized as well as inserted tempo markings (e.g Adagio, Andante, etc.) have pre-set tempo values. Any tempo marking will
over-ride the default tempo (set in the Playback Console). You can reset Tempo marking values permanently or just for the active document.
Tempo markings are found in the Tempo category of the Symbol Selection window.
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Resetting default Tempo values. Creating custom tempo markings.
1. Choose any Tempo marking from the Tempo category of the

Symbol Selection window.
2. Hit the ESC key on your keyboard or select the Properties tool arrow
from the toolbar.
Apply change locally or globally Create a custom tempo mark
3. Left-click on any Tempo marking. The Tempo Marking Properties Uncheck both boxes to apply Give a name for the custom
window will open up. change only to the selected mark and it will appear in the
marking. Check “Apply setting for score as such.
4. Move the tempo slider or select a new BPM value from the readout all future files” to permanently NOTE: UNCHECK BOTH
window. change the tempo value for that Apply to... boxes so you don’t
marking. permanently over-ride the
5. Click OK to apply the change. The new value will be applied ONLY to standard tempo marking.
the current open ENF document.

Inserting Expressions
Expressions in a score convey information about how a particular section of the music ought to be performed. Expressions are generally
simple phrases and are more suggestive than say, a metronome marking, which would be considered strict. SmartScore comes with a library
containing hundreds of the most common Expressions in German, Italian, French and English. You may edit the wording of an existing
expression or simply type in your own wording when the Expression dialog opens.
1 How to insert an Expression
• Click on one of the Open Symbol Selector buttons located in the main palette
along the left margin. The Symbol Selection window will open.
• Select Expressions section then choose the Expressions tool.
• Click inside the score where you wish to insert the phrase. The Expression
window pops open.
Changing an existing Expression
• Type in your own custom phrase or select a preferred language. Scroll down
Changing an existing Expression phrase is easy. Choose the
to select a phrase from the list. Click OK to insert the expression. Expressions tool from the Symbol Selection window again.
• If(SHIFT
necessary, you can reposition the inserted Expression in Nudge mode Select Expressions and the phrase you would like to change.
Edit your selected phrase.
button).

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Repeats, jumps and endings
In the Barlines & Repeats window of the Symbol Selector tool, you will find all the
necessary symbols for entering and editing repetitions, jumps and numbered endings.
Clicking on one of the Open Symbol Selector buttons located in the main edit palette will
open the Symbol Selection window.
1 Inserting and changing repeat symbols
• Choose any repeat character from the Symbol Selection window.

Left-click anywhere to insert the symbol at the desired position.
• To change an existing barline to a repeat sign or numbered ending,

select the appropriate symbol then position your cursor over the
existing barline you wish to change. It will highlight green. Click on
the barline to effect the change.
2 Left and right repeat barlines (multiple repeats)

You can specify the number of times a section repeats when it is
bracketed between left-repeat and right-repeat barlines.
1. Select the Properties tool from the toolbar (or simply hit the ESC key).
2. Click on the repeat barline that begins the section (the right-repeat barline).
3. In the Repeat Section area of the Measure Properties dialog, select the number of
times you want the section to repeat.
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3 Working with repeated sections and numbered endings (Refrains)
Numbered endings allow a repeated section to “jump” to 2 or more different endings. If the repeated section jumps 3 or more times
(Refrain), it should be pre-tagged with the number of endings that appear later in the score. For everything to play back correctly, the
main repeated section and its numbered endings (that are “jumped” to) must be properly numbered and bracketed.
1. Simple endings: Select the start alt repeat barline symbol from the Barlines & Repeats category in the Symbol Selector. Hover over the
beginning bar line of the first ending until it highlights, then left-click. A Repeats dialog box will open. Check the 1st ending box. Push OK.
The end alt repeat barline symbol will automatically appear on your cursor. Click the last barline of the ending. This will “close out” the ending.
Note: If necessary, insert a right-repeat sign onto the last bar line so playback will return to the main repeated section.
2. Refrains. With 3 or more numbered endings, the main repeated section needs to be pre-tagged with the same number of endings it will jump to. This
establishes the repeated section as a “refrain”. With the start alt repeat barline symbol selected, click the beginning bar line of the refrain. Check as
many boxes as there are endings. Push OK. Then click on the last bar line of the refrain with the end alt repeat sign. If not already present, insert a
right-repeat symbol to the ending bar line of the refrain. Note: Be sure to “close out” all numbered endings with an end alt repeat sign.
REFRAIN
3. Now to number the various endings… Click the beginning bar line of the 1st ending with the start alt repeat symbol, choose “1” and OK. Then click the
last bar line to “close out” of the 1st ending. Again, make sure the last barline of the ending has a right repeat barline so playback returns to the main
repeat section again.
4. Repeat with remaining numbered endings.

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4 Working with jumps, segnos and codas
It’s common in printed music to have sections that leap between measures, even pages. These “jumps” use a kind of shorthand (e.g. d.c.al segno,
d.c.al fine, d.s.al fine, d.c.al coda, d.s. al coda, da capo, dal segno, Segno, Finale, Coda,To Coda). Jump symbols are found in the Barlines & Repeats
category of the Symbol Selection window. SmartScore will respond properly to jumps during playback provided they are entered properly. tIt’s
important that the “threads” that link jump symbols together are logically connected so they don’t end up creating a “bowl of spaghetti”.
• Jump symbols are attributes of barlines. You insert them by clicking on the barline
where the jump either starts or finishes.
• Jump symbols can be relocated to avoid collisions.

Hold the SHIFT button down, click into the green
handle below the symbol and drag to reposition.
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5 Creating a “coda fragment”

To split a system and create a “coda fragment”, follow these steps:
1. Select the properties tool (ESC key) and click on the bar line where you want to
split the system.
2. In the Barline Properties dialog, select “Split Systems” then push OK.

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5 Tips for deleting repeat symbols
Deleting barlines represented by numbered endings should be done carefully so as not to mess up their underlying logic. Numbered ending barlines
do not delete like “normal” barlines. When deleted, they revert to single, non-numbered barlines. Left and right repeat barline do delete normally.
Deleting barlines at the END of a system creates a special problem. Deleting a barline at the end of a system will cause the last measure of the
system to roll over to the next system. So if a barline at the end of a system needs to be deleted do the following:
• Insert a single barline just to the left of an ending barline. Go ahead and delete the ending barline. Notice the new barline moves to the end of the
system and the last measure will remain in place and not roll over.
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Rehearsal and orientation markings
You can use create an unlimited number and type of rehearsal / orientation markings. They are automatically bordered by a frame when they are created
and can be easily repositioned.
1. Select the Rehearsal mark button from Text & Tools in the Symbols Selector.
2. Click where you want the rehearsal mark to appear. A frame with a text entry cursor appears.
3. Enter the text you wish to appear inside the frame. Click outside the frame when finished.
To reposition a rehearsal or orientation

marking, hold the SHIFT button down, grab the
green handle in the upper left of the marking
and drag.

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This tool reveals practically everything!
The Properties tool is the go-to tool for examining and editing all the underlying details and playback properties for nearly every symbol in your score:
staff systems, bar lines, notes, rests, time and key signatures, dynamics and tempo information, legatos, arpeggios, trills, you name it.
To activate, hit the Esc key or push the Properties button in the toolbar.
Here’s an example of some objects you can inspect and change with the Properties tool. Each selection will offer up a unique and editable dialog box.
Open Staff Properties

Clicking inside the green triangle
on the left of every staff opens the
Staff Properties window. There you
can control staff line visibility or
transform the part to tablature (TAB)
notation.
Click on an Arpeggio to open the

Arpeggio properties.
How to call up properties dialog windows
for any given symbol
1. Hit the ESC button on your computer keyboard.
2. Position your mouse over the symbol you wish to examine and click on it.
3. A properties window unique to that symbol will open. All editable values,
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Playback values for nearly every notation symbol can be edited on a one-time or permanent basis with a single click of the Properties Tool.
Variable sliders make changing values intuitive. Don’t like the effect? Simply restore to the default and try again.
Clicking on this notation symbol ... opens this dialog window
• Notes • General Properties

• Rests / Fermatas • General Properties
• Multi-measure rests • Multi-measure Rest Properties
• Dynamic markings • Dynamic Marking Properties
• Hairpins (Cresc. & Decresc.) • Hairpin Properties
• Tempo markings (Allegro, Lento, etc.) • Tempo Properties
• Tempo modifiers (rit., ascel., etc.) • Accelerando-, Decelerando Properties
• Trillls, turns and mordents • Trill Properties
• Arpeggios • Arpeggio Properties
• Slurs (Legatos) • Legato Properties
• Metronome inserts • Tempo Properties
• Time signatures • Time Signature Properties
• Key signatures • Key Signature Properties
• Barlines and repeat signs • Barline Properties
• Staff Properties (green triangle) • Staff Properties
• Chord symbols and guitar fret diagrams • Guitar Chord Properties
• Triplets and other tuplets • Tuplet Properties
Change multiple note values with one click

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Using the Selector Tool, (ESC key), select a range of notes. With the Properties Tool, click on any
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note and change its value. All highlighted notes will become updated.

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Chord symbols printed either as text or with fret diagrams are automatically recognized by SmartScore. When you transpose the key
signature of a piece, SmartScore will automatically update the chord name and the fingering configuration of the fret diagram to
correspond with the new key. Symbols that may have been mis-recognized can be easily corrected and missing chord symbols can
be configured and inserted.
Chord Symbol and Guitar Fret dialog box

Label the chord Guitar Fret Library
Use these buttons to build your chord Once you build a chord name, if the
The Guitar Chord dialog box opens up whether you click on name. Choices include the root note, bass chord is found in the library,, one or
an existing chord symbol to edit it or if you click anywhere tone, tonality, extension and augmentation. more guitar fret configurations will
in the score to insert a new chord symbol. appear in library window to the right.
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Editor toolbar.
2. Click anywhere in the score in insert a new chord

symbol. The Guitar Chord dialog will appear.
3. Click on any existing chord symbol and the

Guitar Chord dialog also appears, but this time
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the clicked on chord.
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You can choose how to display the chord (with or without fret Push Add or Change to modify fretboard
diagrams) or accept the default global display setting. Global fingering configurations. Once created or
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How to insert, edit, create, change and save chord symbols

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1. Select the Guitar Chord button from the Note Editor toolbar.
2. Click anywhere in the score where you wish to insert the chord symbol.
3. Begin choosing the building blocks of your chord in the Chord Label window
of the Guitar Chord dialog. The fret diagram Library will try to match the
chord you are building. If found, the fretboard fingering pattern will appear in
the window to the right. There may be more than one fingering configuration.
Moving the slider down will reveal more diagrams if there are any. If your chord
is unusual, it might not be found. In that case, you can create a new fingering
diagram by pushing the Add button.
NOTE: You can copy any guitar fret diagram or chord symbol to the clipboard simply
by holding the Ctrl button down and clicking on a given symbol.
2 Editing or changing an existing guitar fret diagram

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1. To edit or change guitar fret diagram, simply click on it and the chord editing
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dialog will open.
2. Make the necessary edits in the dialog then select OK.

NOTE: To show ONLY the chord symbol and not the fretboard, go to VIEW > Show >
Chord symbols and select Chord name only.
3 Repositioning fret diagrams

Shift
• Hold down the Shift button, locate the small green handle at the bottom edge
of the fret diagram, click on it and drag the symbol to where you want it.
• To reposition several fret diagrams at once, choose the Selector tool or hit
the “O” key. Drag a box around (or through) the group of chord symbols until
they highlight. Choose any of the green handles and drag the ganged
symbols to a new location.

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All text characters you see in your score are Text except for those appearing between staff lines that are BLUE in color.
Blue characters are Lyrics. Text and Lyrics are treated separately in SmartScore ...
Inserting, editing and repositioning lyrics and text
Lyrics are divided into “syllable blocks”. Smartscore automatically attaches each syllable block is to a note or rest. To insert or edit lyrics, you must enter
Lyric mode by selecting either the L button in the Note Editor toolbar or by holding down both the Alt + L keys on your keyboard. Clicking on any note
head will bring the cursor to the first lyric line and typing will insert blue characters. Typing in Lyric or Text mode is just like using a word processor.
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Lyric (Syllable block)

Clicking on any note head will
drop the cursor to the first lyric
line.
1 Working with lyrics
1. Activate Lyric mode by selecting either the L button in the Note Editor toolbar
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2. To edit an existing syllable block, click on the note head directly above it. The cursor will Text block
position itself at the beginning of the syllable. To insert a syllable, click on a note directly Text blocks can be entered anywhere on the
above where you want to insert a lyric. page. Select the L button or hold the Shift + L
keys down, click anywhere and start typing.
3. Hit the dash (-) key to jump to the next syllable. A dash will insert between notes. To create
a melissma (the singing tone is held over one or more notes), hit the underline (_) key. To
jump to the next word without entering anything in between, hit the TAB key.

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2 Editing existing text blocks and lyric syllables
1. Choose either Text mode (Shift + T) or Lyric mode (Shift + L).
2. Click into any text block (or note head above the lyric syllable)
3. Right-click. This will open the Text Style dialog where you can adjust the character style or create an entirely new style.
4. For text, you can choose any one of the existing styles in the Current style list that was created during recognition. Or create a new style
to be assigned to that text block.
5. For lyrics, only one style can be selected. Click on Lyric in the Current style window and edit the font, size and style you wish all lyrics to change to.
Vertical positioning
In Nudge mode (hold
Shift button), you
can move lyrics up or
down. To move all lyric
blocks at the same
time, hold down
Shift + Cmd while
dragging the lyric con-
trol handle up or down.
3 Repositioning text and lyrics Repositioning text

Each text block has a green
control handle located in
1. Hold down the Shift key (Nudge mode) and look for small green the upper left side. Click and
squares attached to lines running through each note head and drag to reposition text block.
lyric syllable.
2. For Text block (black characters) click into the green handle in the Text Style dialog box
upper right portion of the text block and drag to reposition. Editing existing styles of text
and lyrics. Push Select Font to
3. For Lyric syllables (blue characters), click into the green handles change font, size and style then
above or below the note stem associated with the lyric syllable. apply.
Drag left or right.

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Transposing in SmartScore is easy as well as thorough. You can transpose all or part of your score either by key signature, by clef sign
or simply by pitch. Here’s how...
Transposition dialog box
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Scroll bar
What do you want transposed ?
the Transposition button located in both Choose to transpose by “Clef”, by
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the Note Editor and Playback toolbars. Scroll up or down to select a different “Key” or simply by “Pitch”.
key signature or clef sign depending
The Cmd + T combination on your keyboard
on the type of sign you choose.
also opens the dialog as well as from the
Edit > Transposition menu selection.
Type / Limits
The Type tab lets you choose whether to trans-
pose by key or by clef. Choose the Limits tab to
limit the range and/or parts that you want to be
applied during transposition see Page 58).
Clef display
The clef sign you see displayed in the Transpose win-
dow reflects the Active Staff line where your cursor
was positioned. This information is important only
when you want to limit transposition to a single part.
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Transpose options
1 To transpose your entire score to a new key
Normally, these default options ought to
remain as is. But for special cases, they too
1. Select Key in the type tab. can be changed and applied.
2. Drag the scroll bar up or down and select a new signature.
3. Push OK to transpose.

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2 Transposing to a new clef
1. Select the Clef radio button from the Change section of the Type tab.
2. Using the scroller, select the clef you wish to change the part to.
3. You may want to move up or down an octave to compensate for the pitch shift.
4. To limit the scope of the change-of-clef, go to the Limits tab and set a range of measures.
5. Click OK.
3 To change notes only by pitch
1. Select the Pitch radio button from the Change section.
2. Specify the number of half-tones to be pitch-shifted (up 12 or down 12).
3. Click OK.
4 Limit the scope of the transposition by part and by measure
1. Select the Limits tab.
2. Select a range of measures in the Range section and, if required, select the part (or voice)
from the Part/Voice section.

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For copying, cutting and pasting individual notation objects, entire measures and even larger music areas always use the selection tool.
When using the tool, carefully consider what you are copying and how or where you want to use the material again.
1 Copy and cut individual notation objects 2 Copy and cut multiple measures
or notes from a measure. or whole sections.
1. Activate the Select tool (“O” key). 1. Activate the Select tool (“O” key).
2. Click and drag a frame around the elements or notes you want 2. Right-click over the range of measures and/or parts.
to copy or cut. Selected object will become highlighted. Selected measures will highlight BLUE.
3. Cmd + C copies the selected objects. Cmd + X cuts them out. 3. Cmd + C copies the selected objects. Cmd + X cuts them out.
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3 Paste copied objects
1. To insert the copied material into empty measures, hold down Cmd + V (or Edit > Paste), position your cursor where you want the material inserted
and click to paste.
2. To replace existing notation with the copied material, hold down Cmd + R (or Edit > Insert / Replace) and click to paste.
3. Cmd + V pastes material and Cmd + R replaces material. A Paste options dialog box will open. Select the options you wish to apply to the new
material, merge, insert before/after bar line or replace existing bar lines.
Cursor tip
Cmd V / Cmd R Holding Cmd + V or Cmd + R down will display this glyph onto the cursor
to indicate the position where copied material will be inserted.
Duplicating voices, parts or systems

Use Score Structure function to duplicate voices, parts or systems, not copy & paste (for more informations on
Score Structure see Page 68).

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Parts & Systems

Scores contain systems. Systems contain parts. Parts contain voices. In some cases, not all parts are found in all systems (e.g. “optimized” scores with
collapsing and expanding parts). Controlling parts within systems is critical for managing optimized scores including whether a part should be shown or
hidden within a system (Visibility in Active System) as well as adding or deleting a part (in Super System). This is where the System Manager comes in ...

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The System Manager consists of two modes: Active (parts contained in current system) and Super System (containing all possible parts).
• Hold down Cmd + M keys. Or select Edit > System Manager menu to
Controlling System
open System Manager.
Active: Lists parts that are contained
in the current (active) system.
Add Part button opens Super System: Lists all possible
Within the System Manager, you can... the Super System mode.
parts contained in the entire score.
Instrument Template
• Rename existing Part Names. opens an environment
that lets you edit or
• Assign General MIDI sounds to parts. create any type of
instrument such as
• Hide or show individual parts or voices transposed instruments
within a system (Active System). with base pitches not set
to concert pitch.
• Add or delete systems from the score
(Super System).
Extracting parts and voices

While parts and voices can be extracted using the System Manager,
it is FAR easier to extract them using Score Structure. See Score
Structure on Page Page 68 for details.
Navigation
Jump to the next part in the Active System or jump to the next system
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Working with Instruments (Playback Console and Instrument Templates)
Following recognition, SmartScore automatically assigns a default instrument name and its associated MIDI sound to each part of the system. Instru-
ment names and sounds can be changed inside the Playback Console. But it’s in the Instrument Templates where the details of those instruments, their
base pitches and associated MIDI sounds are fully controlled and where new ones can be created. The Instrument Templates dialog opens with Cmd + F
or by going to EDIT > Instrument Templates.
Changing instrument names and associated MIDI sounds
1. In the System Manager, you can change any Part Name, Abbreviation or Voice (sound)
by clicking into the specific field and editing or selecting from a drop-down list.
2. Choose the part you want to update.
3. Click into the Part Name, Abbr or Voice field and edit as necessary.
By default, the full part name appears to the left of each staff line in the
main ENF pane. You can control how part names are displayed by going
to this menu item: View > Show > Part Name.
You can create a new instrument and configure its properties

Changing MIDI Channels
(name, abbreviation, MIDI sound and base pitch) by pushing the
You can change any or all MIDI Channels manually
Add button in Instrument Templates dialog. Once created, it will
by clicking and typing in a new number.
Part names can also be become available as a Part Name inside the Playback Console
changed in the Playback NOTE: You must press Lock in order to save the or System Manager. You can also permanently edit any existing
Console. changes you made to Channel numbers. instrument’s setting from the Instrument Templates dialog.

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Parts and Staff lines
1 Adding parts
1. Open the System Manager (Cmd + M) or by going to Edit > System Manager menu. The System Manager
will open. The list of parts shown reflects the Active system (where your cursor is positioned). Push
Add Part button. Notice that the Controlling System mode switches to Super System (displaying all parts
contained in the score, whether visible or not).
2. Click on the black dot of the part that will be adjacent to the part you wish to insert.
3. Select Insert Above or Insert Below. A new part with empty measures will be inserted into the system
where you indicated. The part list display will then switch back to Active system mode.
Adding a new part can also be done from the Score Properties window activated by right-clicking into any staff line.
Click here to insert a new part.
Select the part that will be next to the one

you are inserting by clicking on its black dot.
2 Permanently removing a part
1. Select the part you wish to delete. Click on its black dot.
2. Click on Remove button. The entire part will be removed Controlling System
from the score. This button switches between the Active System (where
your cursor is positioned) and the Super System containing
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3 Hiding a part (System Manager)
1. Open System Manager with Cmd + M and uncheck the part you wish to make “invisible”.
2. In the Apply section of the dialog, check Visibility.
3. In the Apply to section, make a selection from the pull-down menu. Choose the range of the score you want the part to be hidden:
System = Remove only from the active system

System + = Remove from the active system and all subsequent systems
Score / Part = Remove only from the current Score Part
All = Entirely remove from the score
4. Select Apply to apply your choices to the current document.

Select Apply to New to apply your choices to a new SmartScore document leaving the original document unchanged.
5. Push OK to return to the score.
The Apply to section lets

you choose the scope of the
change you made to visibility,
In this example, the viola part names or MIDI instru-
part will be removed from ment sounds.
the current system and
from each of the following
systems.
Selecting Apply to New will

create a new document con-
Check Visibility to hide taining the changes you made
the part. Other Apply without affecting the original
choices will apply your document.
changes to Part Names
or to MIDI instrument
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4 Hiding a part (from the notation)
1. Activate the Properties tool (ESC key) then click into the green triangle to
the left of the part you wish to make invisible. The Staff Properties dialog
box will open.
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5 Hiding or extracting a contrapuntal voice (Master System)
1. To hide or extract one or more voices from the current or to new document, open
the System Manager (Cmd + M). Select the part containing the voice(s) you wish to
apply visibility by clicking on its black dot.
2. In the Visibility row, check the voice you wish to remain visible. Any unchecked voice
will be removed.
3. Check the Visibility check-box in the Apply section.
4. From the Apply to pull-down menu,

choose the range you want to apply
visibility to: Current system, System +
or entire score.
In this example, the Clarinet (Voice 2 in red)
5. Push Apply to apply the change to the will be removed from the score.
current document. To create a new
document, leaving the current one
unchanged, push Apply to New.
Extracting or hiding a voice to a new score can also be done easily and quickly using
the Score Structure tool. Hit the Score Structure button from the Tools tab, select the
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Re-linking parts (Part-linking tool)
Printed orchestral scores with many parts may not show all parts in all systems. Parts can appear then disappear from system to system. When
SmartScore recognizes these “optimized” scores, it may incorrectly assign parts to staff lines in successive systems because the order in which the parts
appear may change from system to system. It’s possible, in fact, that there may be more total parts in the score than what is contained in even the largest
system. In SmartScore, the total number of parts in the score can always found in the Super System of the System Manager.
Should your recognized score contain such optimized systems, you can easily re-link incorrectly identified staff lines to their correct parts using
SmartScore’s Re-link parts tool.
1 Re-linking staff lines to their

correct part names. You can easily identify
which part names are
assigned to staff lines
1. Position your cursor over the system whose in the score by selecting
parts names are not correctly assigned and Part Names & Abbrevia-
tions under View > Show
hold down Cmd + L. This will open the Re-link
menu. Part names and
Parts dialog. The dialog is also accessible by abbreviations are also dis-
right-clicking anywhere inside a system and played when you open the
selecting “Part Linking” from the Score Re-link parts dialog box.
Properties pop up menu. Part Linking is
also found under the Edit menu.
2. The Part name list displays all possible parts

(also found in the Super System). Uncheck
staff lines that are not properly assigned and
re-link part names to their correct staff lines
These buttons allow you
(in top-down order). to navigate forwards and
backwards without having
3. Click Apply to apply the change to the current to close the Re-link parts
system. Click Next System to re-link parts of dialog box.
the following system if necessary. Click OK
when all successive systems are correctly
re-linked to their respective parts.

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2 Merging disconnected parts (Part-linking tool)
During recognition, SmartScore determines which staff lines should be joined into systems by looking at the continuous, connecting bracket along the
left side of the score. If system brackets are broken or missing (due to hole punches or incorrect positioning of the page during scanning), then some
staff lines may become disconnected from their systems and will appear to “float” by themselves. This may happen well into a score. And if you had
spent time editing up to that point, it would be a shame not to be able to correct it immediately rather than having to go back, fix the missing bracket
in the Image Editor, re-recognize the score and begin editing all over again. Fortunately, we have a tool that will prevent all that ...
1. Position your cursor over the disconnected part (or parts) and hold down Cmd + L to open the Re-link parts dialog box.
2. A check will appear next to the part name that SmartScore “thinks” belongs to that staff line. If it’s not correct, uncheck it and check the correct part
name that should be applied.
3. Check the Merge with.. box.
4. Click on Next System >> if it’s located above the connecting system or << Previous system if it belongs with the system above.
5. Repeat until all broken systems are

rejoined together. Then push OK.
Keep in mind that there can only be as many parts checked in the display list as there
are staff lines in the disconnected part or parts you are trying to re-link.

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Score Structure
Score structure is an environment where you can easily visualize the entire structure of the score and manipulate different levels within it. BLA
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You can easily extract one or more parts to a new document, leaving the original untouched as well as combine separate scores or parts
into a larger, combined “conductor’s score”.
Note: If you have several SmartScore .ENF documents open at once, they will all appear in the Score Structure list allowing you to interconnect parts
by dragging links from item in one level to another level.
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• To open, click the Score Structure

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button in the toolbar of the Tools tab ...
• Or select Edit > Score Structure ...

• Or hit SHIFT + S.
Score Structure elements are arranged in a parent > child

hierarchy. You can alter the arrangement of parts inside scores
by dragging “child” elements from one “parent” to another. If
you have more than one .ENF document open, it’s possible to
interchange parts between documents as well. Pushing Apply
to New will create a new document based on the modified Click his box to show contrapuntal “Voices” (the
arrangement while leaving the original document untouched. “children” whose parents are “Parts”.)

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1 Working in Score Structure
• The idea of Score Structure is to extract or rearrange parts then save it to new ENF document leaving the original document unchanged.
• Clicking and dragging an element to another parent part establishes a new relationship within the part. You can select more than one element
with Alt + click or SHIFT + click.
• Clicking on any element allows you to select any one of four functions: Insert, Remove, Duplicate or open element Properties.
• The black line associated with each element establishes its relationship to a higher or lower element. As you move an element from one parent to an-
other, the new relationship between parts will be updated. You can even change the order parts appear in the score by moving an element up or down
relative to other parts.
• Click and drag the element you wish to re-associate with another parent score or to reorder its arrangement between other parts.
NOTE REGARDING VOICES:
While you can extract or copy voices to a NEW document and part, you cannot copy or extract voices to other parts within the same document.
See Example 5 on Page 71.
Clicking & dragging parts vertically will reposition

the order parts appear in each system.
Right-click on any element

Clicking & dragging an element to a higher level (parent) opens a menu of optional
reestablishes a new configuration for the parent. Dragging functions.
up or down rearranges the order between parts.
These buttons let you Add, When finished rearranging

Remove, Duplicate, Arrange, your new score, select
Merge or Join elements. Apply to New. A new
ENF document will open
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2 Typical tasks that can be accomplished in Score Structure
1. Extract a single part to a new document
All highlighted parts are removed from the system leaving only a single part.
2. Create individual parts from a ensemble / conductor’s score
Right-click on an existing Document element. Select Insert and create 3 new, empty ENF documents. Dragging each existing part to an different document will create4 individual parts.
3. Change an ensemble / conductor’s score into a single score containing successive Score-parts
Right-click into the existing Score Parts and Insert as many new, successive score-parts as required. Dragging each successive part to the new Score part elements creates one score
of individual parts arranged successively throughout the document.

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4. Merge a part from one ENF document to another
This action pulls the flute part from a score and inserts it into the L and R hand parts of a solo piano document creating an ensemble piece. The empty document is then deleted.
5. Turn an SA/TB score (2 voices per staff) into an S/A/T/B score (Each voice appears on separate staff lines)
Insert the required number of staff elements. Connect and distribute the voice elements to the staff elements by clicking and dragging.
Please note ...
Documents that have been “orphaned” (documents whose parts

have been removed or deleted) must be deleted before you can
Apply to New in order to create your newly-rearranged score.
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Controlling page layout locally and globally

You can change spacing between systems and staves including staff line width on a one-to-one basis or by applying changes globally. There are several
methods and strategies you can use to make sure your finished score is attractive and properly laid out. Let’s look at some of the tools available ...
System indent tab (left)

System indent tab (right)
Part name/Abbreviation tab
With Properties Tool activated (from the Note Editor toolbar or

by hitting the Esc key), several spacing tabs along the vertical and
horizontal ruler will appear. These tabs control only the active
staff line and system where your cursor is located. But as you will
see, changes made to one system can be applied to some or all
other staff lines and systems in the score ...
Vertical Spacing Tabs: Score Header vertical spacing tab. (If one was created with EDIT > Score Header)
System header spacing tab
Staff spacing tab
Staff line distance tab

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Apply spacing changes made in one system to all systems
Changes to line, staff and system distances made on one staff can be
applied to all or some of the remaining staves in the score.
1. Make your changes to a single staff line in the ENF view using the
spacing tabs as described on Page 72.
2. Position your cursor inside the staff you wish to use as a spacing
template and right-click (or chose EDIT > Score Properties). In the
Score Properties menu, select Staff/Line Spacing.
3. If necessary, manually change Top distance, Bottom distance and Line

distance values in the appropriate spin boxes. Navigation Copy
4. To apply changes globally or to successive pages, click into the Copy Use these buttons to This copies changes made
navigate from system to to the all or some of the
settings to: pull-down menu and choose All Systems or Next Systems.
system or page to page. systems that you choose.
5. Push Copy to apply the change.
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NOTE: If you’re not satisfied with how the changes look, hit Undo.
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1. Push the Page Setup button in Note Editor, Tools or Input/Output tab.
Or choose FILE > Page Setup. Document Page Setup dialog opens.
2. In the Page Margins drop down menu, change From Recognition to

Center on Page or choose one of several Loose Leaf presets.
3. Choose a different page layout or create you own custom page layout
from the Page Types pull-down menu and select the one you wish to
apply to all pages of the score.
4. To create your own customer layout, select Custom from the Page
Types pull-down menu. Push Add then build and name your own layout
using page size, orientation and margin settings. Push OK when done.

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Reformatting your score
The Format Score dialog is a powerful tool that allows you to automatically adjust the layout of your score by re-scaling the music so it fits nicely within
the document’s default page size and orientation (which are preset and fully editable in Page Setup). Remember that SmartScore maps to the scanned
image during recognition, which is usually smaller than the actual page size of the original score. Applying scaling in the Format Score dialog gives your
document a finished, publisher-quality look when you print or save to PDF or XML files: Full-page and centered. The Fit to Page function is particularly
useful because it performs rescaling of your score automatically with just one click. Additionally, you can make global changes to all the systems of
document; such as specifying the number of measures per system, resetting system spacing and indents.
Where is the Format Score dialog found? Applying number of measures

per system will assign the num-
• Choose EDIT > Format score. ber you select to each system in
the score. If you want to adjust
• Click FILE > Page Setup > Format Score button the number of measures per
system to just one system or
to a limited range of systems,
Manual re-scaling: use the Staff Properties dialog
(see Page 65).
Check the box, Scale entire score. Push
the Find Optimal button. SmartScore
will calculate the amount to up-size or
down-size the score so it fits within the
margins and orientation you set in Page Reset system spacing param-
Setup. Accept or adjust the percentage eters here. Selected values will
amount shown in the readout. Push OK apply to all systems of the score.
to apply the format change. More flexible staff and system
spacing options are found in the
Score Properties > Line/staff
spacing dialog.
This sets the initial indent of the first
system.
Fit to page will automatically

calculate optimum resizing
Checking this box will automatically of the score to fit nicely within
apply Auto-spacing to each measure of the default margins, page size
the score. NOTE: This action may cause and orientation defined in Page
systems to roll over to the next page. Setup.

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Print Preview
The Print Preview environment allows you to view the entire score prior to printing or saving to PDF output. It’s always a good idea to BLA
preview how your pages are laid out prior to committing to paper or PDF output.
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1 Opening Print Preview
• Select Print Preview from the Import/Export toolbar. Or you can select FILE > Print Preview.
Tip: System Spacing

Readjust staff line and system spacing using
Staff/Line Spacing. (Right-click inside active
staff or from the EDIT menu).
2 Print Preview functions
• Print. Print the score.

• Zoom. Change zoom level.
• Page Setup. This button will exit Print
Preview mode and enter Page Setup
environment.
• Back to Main View. This button will

exit Print Preview mode and return to
the main ENF view.
Tip:
Create a PDF file of the current document.
To export your score to the portable PDF file
format, select FILE > Save as PDF.

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Playback
Besides simply playing back your recognized music, SmartScore provides many useful and entertaining playback tools. Among these are support for
digital soundfont libraries (.sf2 files) and virtual instruments (AU plug-ins) with the potential of playing an unlimited number of instruments at
once ! Also included: a Karaoke view with bouncing ball and moving lyrics, a complete MIDI sequencing environment, conversion of MIDI files to
music notation, built-in drum machine with custom drum pattern library, juke box and much more. So let’s dig in...
Playback Setup
Open the Playback Setup dialog (PLAYBACK menu > Playback

NOTE: The more sound sources
Setup) or by clicking on the column header name Port in the
are checked, the longer it will
Playback console (Cmd + 9). take when opening SmartScore.
SmartScore comes preloaded with 3 different soundfont libraries.

In addition, you can load and activate AU plug-ins and assign
those sounds to parts or voices if you wish. Check boxes indicate
which Sound Source will load whenever SmartScore is launched.
• The left column lists available MIDI ports A through F. Ports A

through D are reserved for soundfonts. Port E is reserved for
Audio Unit instrument plugins.
• Note that MIDI Port (and corresponding sound source) in the

setup window is linked the Port letter for each MIDI channel
in the Playback Console. Port A is set to all channels by
default. Switching the Port to another letter will assign the
corresponding sound source to that track (Part or Voice) for
playback.
Playback Console
• Ifsoundfont
you have downloaded and installed your own .sf2 digital
libraries, you may load and select them by pushing
the Open SoundFont Library button.
• For details on working with Soundfonts, go to Page 82.

• For details on working with Audio Units, go to Page 80.

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The Playback Toolbar
The toolbar in the Playback contains the most important functions and dialogs for playback. They are accessible from these buttons:
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1 Open Karaoke View: Open the Karaoke view and have some 6 Piano Roll View: Click here to select a track (staff) and open
fun with lyrics and bouncing ball. Check out the Options menu it in the familiar “Piano Roll” environment where you can edit
when it’s open (see Page 113). pitches, durations and even MIDI Velocity values graphically
(see Page 104).
2 Open Playback Console: Open and control MIDI instruments
assigned to parts and to contrapuntal voices (see Page 78). 7 MIDI Overview: View all MIDI tracks simultaneously
(see Page 109).
3 Toggle Mini-Console: On = Float the Mini-console inside the
main window. Off = Put it back into the toolbar (see Page 79). 8 Event List: Display and edit MIDI events for the conductor’s
track (0) or any selected track (staff line) in your score. Voice,
4 Insert Program Change: Insert a new MIDI instrument at any
Time, Duration, Pitch and Velocity values are all displayed and
point in the measure for any part / staff line.
editable (see Page 111).
5 Activate Drum Pattern: Select one or more pre-set drum
9 Open selected AU instrument plugin: To open the AU instrument
grooves to accompany your score. If you’re feeling creative, lay
plug-in, that has been selected in the Playback Setup dialog win-
down your own drum track and add it to the Drum Track library
dow, push this button (see Page 80).
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SmartScore’s Playback Console
The Playback Console acts a virtual mixer allowing you to assign instrument sounds to parts and voices of the recognized score.
Open the Playback Console from the icon button shown here. It is found on the toolbars of the Note Editor, Tools and Playback tabs.
It can also be launched using Cmd + 9 shortcut keys.
Port
Select another Port letter which is linked to an alter- Measure Finder
native soundfont sound set or to a VST plug-in (see Use this slider to relocate play- Play
Tempo Playback Setup, Page 76). Click on the column back to the Measure and Beat Push to play. Push
Default tempo for the entire score header name Port to open the Playback Setup dialog. displayed in th readout. again to stop.
is set here. It can also be set from
the EDIT > Tempo menu. NOTE:
Keep in mind that any Tempo
marking in the score will over-ride
the default Tempo set here.
Transpose playback
Select any number of steps, up
or down to transpose playback.
NOTE: This does NOT transpose
the key signature in the notation.
Add a new part

to the System Manager
Clicking here will begin the
process of adding a new part to
the score.
Transpose Part/Track playback
Select any number of steps, up
or down to transpose playback
Part Names List MIDI Instrument Mute / Solo
of the selected part. NOTE: This
Each part (each staff line of the system) is assigned an You can change the default MIDI You can mute or solo
does NOT affect the notation or
Instrument (Part Name) automatically out of recognition. instrument assigned to the part a single part (MIDI
key signature. It simply changes
You can choose a new part name by clicking into the by clicking into its name field Track) with either of
the pitch of the MIDI instrument.
named field and even rename the part simply by typing in a and selecting one of a 128 MIDI these buttons
new name. instruments.

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Transport Controls
• Hitting the Comma key automatically brings you to the Playback tab. Speed Scrubber
• Press the Spacebar on your keyboard to start and stop playback.
• The Mini Console has controls for Play, Stop, Rewind as well as a spring-loaded
Speed Scrubber that gradually speeds up or slows down playback.
• The main Playback Console (Playback > Playback Console) also contains the
The Mini-console also includes
basic playback transport controls as well and default tempo.
a Quick-locator slider that will
relocated playback to the measure
indicated in the readout window.
The Mini-console
The Mini-console is a floating playback tool that contains useful playback controls in a neat little package. Following recognition, it will
automatically appear floating inside the document window. You can relocate it by dragging to another place on the screen. If you click the
Mini-console icon button in the Playback tab, the Mini-console will return its nesting place on the far right of the toolbar.

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1 Mini-console functions
Measure Finder Speed Scrubber
• Rewind, Play, Pause. These are the main transport buttons.

Hitting Play will stop playback. Hitting Play again will resume
playback from the same place in the score. Hitting Pause will
stop playback. Hitting it again will restart playback from the 2 Controlling how the Mini-console behaves
beginning.
• Spring-loaded tempo scrubber. Dragging this slider to the • By default, the Mini-console will appear floating inside the
document window. To change its position, drag the Mini-console
right or to the left will increase or decrease playback speed anywhere to reposition it where you want.
depending on how far you drag the scrubber. Releasing your
left mouse button will cause the spring-loaded scrubber to • To return the Mini-console back to its nesting place on the toolbar,
snap back to null position. click the Mini-console icon button again.
• Measure Finder. Dragging the round Measure Finder slider • IfToolbar

you prefer that the Mini-console should remain nested in the
will relocate playback to the position displayed in the small after Recognition or when you create a new file, you can
readout window. When Play is pushed, the ENF display will change that default by checking: EDIT > Program Preferences >
automatically relocate to the selected measure and resume User Interface > Playback > “Do not open floating Mini Console after
following the music. new file is created.”
Playback via Audio Unit Instrument Plug-ins
AU for Macintosh allows you to load third-party virtual instrument plugins

for playing your music back in SmartScore.
1. Check the MIDI-Port E box to activate an AU plug-in.
2. Click to highlight the desired plug-in displayed in the AU (Port E)

display list.
3. Push OK to confirm and close the dialog to bring up the selected

plug-in.

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4. Open the Playback Console (go to PLAYBACK menu > Playback console or simply hold down Cmd + 9). in the Port column, select MIDI Port E for
the Channel (part or voice) you wish to apply the selected AU sound to.
5. Deactivate or reactivate the AU function by clicking the Audio Units button to the right of the Toolbar.
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Pay attention to
MIDI Ports and MIDI Channels !
MIDI-Port E is reserved exclusively
for VST / AU plug-ins.
MIDI channels in the virtual
instrument interface must match the
same channel numbers being played
by SmartScore.
Check the output channel for each

track in the Playback Console
(Cmd + 9) and change the channel
numbers in the virtual instrument
so they match.
Port E = AU
MIDI channels (instruments) that are set to
Port E are played back via the assigned AU
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Playing back your music with SF2 Soundfonts
Unlike sounds generated from MIDI chips or soundcards, soundfonts are real instruments recorded in performance, packaged together and programmed
to respond to MIDI triggers. They offer superior sound quality and realism.
SmartScore 64 comes pre-packaged with 3 sets of high-quality SF2 soundfonts: FluidR3_GM, SGM-YamahaGrand-Guit-Bass and GeneralUser_GS
linked to MIDI Ports A, B and C in the Playback Console (PLAYBACK menu > Playback console). Each set contains 128 instrument sounds that can
be assigned to one of 16 MIDI channels from inside the Playback console during playback. This means up to 56 unique instruments can play simultane-
ously ! By default, FluidR3_GM is assigned to Port A in every MIDI channel. If you need a different instrument from another soundfont to sound, you can
switch the MIDI Port letter of any channel in the Playback Console. Port D is left empty and can be loaded with any SF soundfont you may wish to add.
Playback Setup dialog
• Ifwould
you have an alternative soundfont on your computer (* .sf2 format) and
like to use it, click the Open soundfont library button and select the
file to load. Check the “D” box and select your new soundset.
• To change soundfont assignment of any MIDI Port, check one of the

soundfont lines (A, B, C or D). Then click to highlight the soundfont on
the right that you want to assign to that port. If necessary, you can adjust
additional soundfont settings (Basic volume of the sound font, chorus
effect, etc.). Click “Apply” to lock in your change.
• Click OK to lock in all your changes and close the dialog box. By clicking
on the Port letter (A,B,C or D) for any given channel in the Playback
console (Cmd + 9), the soundfont associated with that port will be
activated for that channel and its selected instrument will sound.
Playback Console (Cmd + 9)
Important! Only those MIDI

ports actrivated in Playback
Setup dialog will be available here.

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More Playback Options
SmartScore provides many tools that control and enhance playback of your scanned music. Many are found under the
Playback menu. Others may be found with the Properties tool or in preferences under FILE menu.
1 Swing playback
• To apply swing effect to beamed notes, select Swing under the Playback menu. When Swing is activated, beamed
pairs will play the first beat as a dotted note. Uncheck Playback > Swing to deactivate swing effect.
2 Random variations
• To apply subtle but random variations of tempo and loudness, select Randomize under the Playback menu. NOTE:
You can adjust the amount of randomness applied to tempo and loudness from the EDIT > Document Preferences.
3 Define Playback Range and Loop

You may want to set a defined range of more than a few measures. Here’s how ...
• Select Playback > Set Playback Range sub-menu. In the dialog box, set the start an ending
measures. Hit the spacebar key or push the Play button. You can close the dialog box at any
time but the playback range will remain fixed to where you set it. Push Cancel to clear the
range and return to normal full-score playback mode.
Activate this function to play the

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• With your right mouse button down, draw a box around the
measures you wish to isolate. They will turn BLUE. Only those
measures will play back.
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5 Rubato Controller
Rubato is an expressive shaping of the tempo of the music. Its subtle shifts of time emulate human performance and is also known as phrasing.
The Rubato Controller allows you to draw curves over the music to create small tempo shifts.
1. In the Playback menu, select Rubato (SHIFT + R ).

Use your cursor and draw an up/down curve over
a range of notes.
2. The range that tempo will change the default tempo

-15% slower to + 15% faster depending on the
amplitude of the curves.
3. To exit Rubato mode, select SHIFT + R again.
To zero-out all Rubato Controller changes, select
Playback > Reset Rubato.
6 Velocity Controller
While dynamic markings and symbols are recognized and

applied to playback, sometimes more dynamic nuance is
desirable. Here is a clever feature in SmartScore that allows
you to make subtle changes to note velocities (loudness)
while working on page in the ENF notation view.
1. In the Playback menu, select Velocity Controller

(or use the shortcut, SHIFT + V ). You will notice notes
on the page will display green, vertical lines. These
represent the relative velocity of each note.
2. With your cursor, drag the “pencil” glyph through the

lines of the notes in such a way to make gentle
(or abrupt) transitions in loudness. Should you get carried away and find you made changes too extreme, you can reduce the
overall effect by selecting Playback > Normalize Velocity and choosing the amount you want
3. To exit Velocity mode, select SHIFT + V again. to reduce the effect (by percentage). If you wish to cancel all changes to Velocity Controller,
select Playback > Normalize Velocity.
4. NOTE: You will find a similar velocity controller in
the Piano Roll window of the MIDI Editor (see Page 104).

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Drums and Percussion
One very cool feature in SmartScore is the ability to add a rhythm accompaniment to your score during playback. This is done by assigning one or more
pre-set “grooves” or patterns from the drum track library. You can also create your own rhythm loops and add them to the library as well.
During recognition, Smartscore will attempt to correctly “read” percussion parts (usually containing less than the usual 5 staff lines) whose “clef” is nor-
mally a rectangular box. Should a percussion staff become recognized as a “normal” 5-line notation staff, you will be able to transform it to a percussion
part containing a variable number of staff lines where each line and space is assigned a unique drum sound by means of a fully-editable Drum map.
1 Add an automatic drum track to playback

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1. Click the Automatic Drum Track button in the

toolbar of the Playback tab or choose EDIT >
Automatic Drum Track sub-menu.
2. Select a drum pattern from the preset list of

grooves then select a beginning measure for
the loop and push Insert. NOTE: Pay attention
to the beats per measure. They should match
the numerator of the time signature.
3. To add another pattern, select the groove

from the list, set the starting point in the from
measure no. spin box then push Insert again.
4. Grooves will continue to cycle until another

pattern is inserted or until the groove is
silenced. To silence drum playback, select the
starting measure and push Insert Silence.
5. When your drum patterns are arranged to your

satisfaction, push OK. A new MIDI track will Applying selected patterns will Sort and organize
automatically be created. create a new MIDI track auto- Reorganize grooves by swapping and
matically assigned to Channel resorting patterns as you go.
NOTE: The Automatic Drum Track is a “virtual” tool. 10, the channel exclusively used
It does not affect the notation of your score. It is for drums sounds.
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2 Creating your own custom drum track
Don’t care for any of our preset drum tracks? You can create your own drum patterns and save them to the master drum track library. Here’s how:
1. Select the Drum Track button in Playback toolbar. In the Automatic Drum Track dialog box, click the New Pattern button.
2. Notate your pattern in the percussion staff template. Drum kit assignments are preset according to the Drum Map which can be opened and
edited by pushing the Drum Map button above the template.
3. When finished, click on the Save Pattern button.
4. In the Generate Automatic Drumtrack Pattern dialog box, write in a name, assign a style from the pulldown menu. You can also adjust the
beginning measure, MIDI track and total length for the pattern. Then click on Generate >>>. Your self-recorded drum rhythm will then be added
to the drum library and can be accessed at any time from a SmartScore document via the Automatic Drum Track dialog box.
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So many options ... If you have or can create a standard Type 1 MIDI file which contains a drum Select the MIDI track that contains the
track on Channel 10, you will be able to extract that drum track and save to the drum track library: drum rhythm (MIDI channel 10).
Select the menu item, Edit> Create Automatic Drum Rhythm. In the Generate Automatic Drumtrack
Pattern window, make sure you select the track assigned to Channel 10 (Drums). You will see the
Playback Console as a reference.

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3 Converting a part from standard notation to a percussion staff

Any part written as standard notation can be converted to percussion staves that contain a variable
number of lines and spaces corresponding to unique drum sounds. Each percussion sound is assigned
by an editable “Drum Map”. It’s also possible to convert parts incorrectly recognized as percussion back
to standard notation.
1. Select the Properties Tool (ESC key) and position your cursor over one of the staff lines you wish
to convert to a percussion part.
2. Right-click inside the staff line, right-click and select Staff Properties from the on-screen menu.
An alternative is to click on the green triangle at the far left of the staff line. The Staff properties
dialog will open.
3. Check the Apply staff type box and choose one of the percussion choices from the staff list. You can
choose from 1 to 5 staff line configurations.
4. Click OK.
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Follow the same steps to open the Staff properties dialog. Check Apply staff
type and change the selected percussion line to 5-line melody.

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4 The Percussion Map

Use the Percussion Map to re-link General MIDI drum sounds to the lines and spaces contained in the default percussion staff part. Links between
drum sounds and lines and spaces of the percussion staff are flexible and can be dragged to different “pitches” as required.
1. If a percussion part is present in your score, select

Playback > Percussion Map menu to open the drum sound
linking tool. You can also access the Percussion Map from
Staff Properties: (Right-click on the staff line and select
System Properties then push the Percussion Map button.)
2. Choose the appropriate percussion staff configuration

from the “line” tabs (1-5).
3. To reassign a drum sound to another “pitch”, click on its

name and drag the link to the appropriate line or space
as required. This will re-associate that sound to the “pitch”
you selected.
4. Once you have re-linked sounds to the appropriate line /

spaces, click OK.
Linking process is described in the dialog box here.
Save your drum configurations

You can load the default drum sound
configuration or save and load your
own custom configurations here.

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5 Considerations when recognizing scores with percussion parts

Percussion scores come in several varieties. It makes sense to know what works and what doesn’t in Smartscore ...
Note head shapes ...

Currently, SmartScore recognizes percussion staves containing solid
black note heads. Notes with triangle, square, diamond and “x” heads
will most likely be dropped altogether.
Note heads with triangles, “x”s, diamonds and squares will probably be
Recognizing scores with percussion parts need to be identified before ignored during recognition.
being processed by SmartScore. In the Begin Recognition dialog, check
the Recognize Tablature, Percussion and Split System under Options.
Recognition of percussion staves having solid, black note heads will work.
Following recognition, you can change note head properties to “x”, diamond,
triangle and square using the Note Properties tool.

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6 Changing note head shapes

While recognition of “non-standard” note heads is currently not possible, you are able to change the shape of note heads to one
of several common “Shaped note” (Sacred harp) note heads.
1. Select the Properties tool (ESC key) and click on any given note head.
or ...
Activate the Selector tool (“O” key) and drag a box around the note whose note heads you
wish to change to another shape. Then select the Properties tool (ESC), and click on any
of the highlighted notes.
Apply to all similar notes
2. In the Note Properties dialog box, choose a note head shape from the Note head type
You can also apply the new
pull-down menu. note head shape to all other
notes in the score having the
3. Click OK. All highlighted notes will inherit the selected note head shape.
same note value. Check the
box here before applying OK.
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Working with Tablature

SmartScore offers a wide variety of tools for recognizing, editing and creating tablature notation. Some scores are published in TAB-only format.
But often both tablature and standard notation parts appear together (joined by a bracket as you see below). SmartScore can recognize and edit
both formats simultaneously. Currently, SmartScore will not recognized TAB parts that contain more than 6 horizontal lines (representing 6 guitar strings.)
You can convert standard notation into tablature and vise-versa. Additionally, you can edit TAB fingerings as well as change the number of strings and
adapt the TAB format to other stringed instruments.
SmartScore an recognize both TAB and standard notation

parts simultaneously. Fingerings are editable and rhythmic
hints are also displayed. String and pitch configurations
are changeable in Staff Properties.

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Recognition of tablature scores
The process of recognizing TAB scores is identical to

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1. After scanning your TAB score, you will encounter

the Begin Recognition dialog.
2. Be sure to check the box titled Recognize tablature,

percussion and / or split systems (coda fragments).
It’s important...
You’ll have to check this box for TAB parts to be
recognized.
SmartScore will not recognize TAB parts with
more than 6 lines (representing 6 guitar strings).

SmartScore’s tablature display

Tablature is a helpful form of notation since it emphasizes fretboard positioning whereas standard notation relies on occasional fingering hints. TAB
numberings on strings represent the fret position on a fretted keyboard. Often TAB notation lacks rhythmic information. But SmartScore’s TAB display
employs both rhythmic data and punctuation (automatic notte spacing). Rhythmic values and fret fingerings are entirely editable. Rhythmic symbols
change when a different note value is selected and the symbol is clicked on. Selecting any note value and clicking on a fret number will open up a
numerical editing window and allow you to enter a new fret number. Additional fingerings are easily inserted to other string lines. When both a notation
staff and TAB staff are joined, they will play simultaneously but remain entirely independent. By default, TAB staves are assigned “Nylon Guitar” sound.
Alternative instrument sounds are accessible from inside the Playback Console.
Rhythmic TAB Notation

Another powerful feature in the TAB editor is support for
SmartScore is unique in that it supports rhythmic values
contrapuntal voicing similar to how SmartScore’s standard
tied to each fret fingering, horizontal auto-spacing and
5-line notation differentiates polyphonic voices by color contrapuntal voiceline differentiation.
(black = primary / red = secondary). This permits you to
assign different MIDI instruments to each voiceline within
TAB parts (e.g. apply a bass sound to the secondary voice).
Note values can be removed during printing if desired.

Editing tablature notation
1 Entering a note / fret fingering symbol

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new note. Left-click to insert a new fret number field. Type in the
fret number you wish to assign to the new note.
Notice a new rhythmic symbol appears above the inserted fingering.

Of course this adds another beat to the measure. This may correct any
rhythmic error in the measure. If so, the colored “error” overlay will be
lifted from the measure.
Changing an existing fingering number

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1. With a note of any value selected, left-click onto any fret

number field.
2. When clicked into, the field outlines in red. Type in the new
fret number.
By default, you have four seconds to enter a new number before

2-digit fret number to single digit fret number
the edit frame disappears. You can adjust the timing of the edit
If the existing fret number field is populated with 2 dig-
frame in by going to EDIT > Program Preferences and resetting its, enter the number “0” first. For example, to change
the timer. 12 to 2, enter 02.

3 Changing the rhythmic value of a fretted note or note cluster
1. Select a new note and value (Quick-select or Symbol Selector).

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3. When the symbol highlights , left-click on it. The symbol

will change to the newly-selected value. In addition, spacing between
symbols and fret numbers will automatically adjust horizontally.
4 Deleting a fretted note

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1. Activate the Delete mode by hitting the “X” key on your keyboard
or by selecting Delete mode button inside the Note Editor toolbar.
2. With your cursor displaying a greyed “X”, click on one or more fret
numbers to remove them from the TAB staff.
5 Cutting, copying and pasting

multiple rhythm symbols and fret numbers
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automatically highlight at the same time).
2. Activate the function you wish to take (Delete with the DEL key),
Copy (Cmd + C) or Cut (Cmd + X).
3. Perform your Paste (Cmd + V) onto an empty measure.

Converting Notation part to a TAB part (and vice-versa)
Any part (or staff line) written as standard notation can be converted to a tablature part. And any tablature part can be converted to standard notation.
This is done in the “Apply staff type” section of the Staff Properties dialog.
1 Converting standard notation part to tablature

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3. In the Staff Properties dialog box, check the Apply staff type box. From the pull-down menu, select the desired system style. For guitar
tablature, select 6-string Guitar TAB. You can load a variety of guitar tunings (or create your own custom TAB configuration) by selecting
Custom TAB (see Page 97) then Load templates.
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the green triangle belonging to the part you
wish to convert or edit.
Custom TAB selection opens another dialog

where you can choose from a number of
popular preset guitar tunings (e.g. Open D).

2 Converting and create your own TAB configurations
1. As previously described, open the Staff Properties dialog,

then choose Custom TAB from the pull-down menu.
2. Click the Custom TAB Setup... button. The Custom

tablature dialog will open up.
3. Here you can set the number of strings along with the
open tuning for each string. Push Save as template to
name and save your custom TAB configuration.
If checked, SmartScore will apply
a “best practices” fingering algo-
The Load template button opens pre-configured tunings rithm that minimizes spans and
as well as any custom tunings you might have created. tries to keep the left-hand position
Save as template adds the current tuning configuration as close to the nut as possible.
to the template list. Pushing OK will apply the new config-
uration to the open document.
3 Converting a recognized TAB part to standard notation
1. With your cursor hovering over a TAB part, open the Staff Properties dialog as previously described
2. Select 5-Line melody from the pull-down menu.
3. Click OK.
4 Converting one TAB configuraton to another
1. With your cursor hovering over a TAB part, open the Staff Properties
dialog as previously described.
2. Select an alternative TAB configuration from the pull-down menu or load a

preset template from the Custom TAB setup (e.g. guitar to ukulele).
3. Click OK to apply the change.

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The MIDI Editor

When you hear your music playing back after recognition, you are hearing MIDI “events” firing off one at a time. Each MIDI event represents a note
(or and inserted effect) and contains digital values for things like pitch, duration, volume (velocity), channel number, voice number, etc. MIDI is the
playback engine that runs “under the hood” in SmartScore’s ENF notation view.
SmartScore’s MIDI Editor contains three windows each displaying a different level of detail from the “big picture” (Overview) to the level of a given part
(or MIDI track) as seen in the Piano Roll down to the level of individual note events displaying each note’s various parameters numerically (Event List).
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What is the MIDI Editor good for? of a selected part (track)
SmartScore’s MIDI Editor allows
you to visualize every detail of
your music. In the Piano Roll view,
each note is displayed graphically.
You can adjust note pitches, note
widths (velocity) and note lengths
(duration) as well as make smooth
volume swells easily with your
mouse in the velocity graph.
The Event List displays fully-edit-

able parameters such as Duration,
Pitch and Voice Number for each
note event. Changes made in the
MIDI Editor are directly applied to
playback.
Furthermore, if your changes

affect how the notation ought to
appear, those changes will au-
tomatically be applied when you
return to the ENF editor window.
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Viewing an active ENF document in the MIDI Editor

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If you select either Piano Roll or Event List, a dialog will appear asking you to choose which part
(staff line) you wish to view as a MIDI track.
• You may also call up any of these MIDI environments from the View menu.
Tip: To view ENF and MIDI view windows side-by-side, choose Window > Split Screen > Vertical menu selection.

Using the MIDI Editor
ENF-MIDI-ENF: Two-way Transparency ...
Following Recognition, the ENF notation pane is loaded FULL of MIDI data. Changes you make to notes, articulations and dynamics automatically
update the underlying MIDI data. All that goes on under-the-hood ...
Changes made in a MIDI View window, (to velocity, note pitch, durations, etc.) directly affects playback. That’s true. At the same time, changes
made in a MIDI View window will ALSO update the ENF graphical display. When you return to ENF view, changes you made will be apparent in
the notation.
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Piano Roll or Overview window, s elect the Zoom tool from MIDI
Click the left mouse button to zoom in. Click the right
mouse button to zoom out.

2 MIDI Options menu

Whenever you select one of the MIDI views, an additional menu selection,
Options, will automatically appear. MIDI Options menu includes a number of
MIDI-specific functions.
3 Music playback in MIDI views

Playback in the MIDI environment is similar to the ENF editor. You can use the
Playback Console, Mini-console and spacebar controls as usual. But you also
have a “scrubber” feature that lets you shuttle your mouse back and forth at
any speed, playing back slowly or quickly, even backwards allowing you to easily
pinpoint trouble spots.
• To activate the scrubber, go to the Options menu and click the Shuttle on
sub-menu.
• Position your cursor inside the piano roll event area where you wish to
scrub the music.
• Left-click and drag to the right to advance playback. Drag to the left to
hear notes played backwards.
4 Navigating from one MIDI track to another

The MIDI Overview window displays all MIDI tracks at once. But the Piano Roll and Event List views show only one MIDI track at a time. Here’s how to
navigate from one track to the other...
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5 MIDI File Settings

Each MIDI file has the central information in its file header, such
as playback tempo, time base (ticks per quarter note), information
on the time signature and key and finally the sound table used
(e.g. General MIDI).
This information can be found in the File Settings dialog box and
can be changed and applied to the current file. Changes will not
be applied globally to other MIDI files. Basically, the default settings
in this window are fixed but can be altered on a file-by-file basis.
Importing and Converting MIDI Files
You can import any standard MIDI file (Type 1 or Type 0) into SmartScore and it will appear in the Overview window where it can be played back.
If you wish to convert the MIDI file to standard musical notation
1 Importing a MIDI file
1. Select FILE > Open.
2. The keyboard Cmd + O (Win) / Cmd + O (Mac) will also open a file browser.
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Import MIDI file: Task Window icon

Look for this icon if you want to
import a MIDI file from there.

2 Converting MIDI files into notation
1. With a MIDI file open in Overview or another MIDI view, select

Edit > Convert MIDI to ENF (ENF being SmartScore’s file format).
Or simply close the Playback Console by pushing this button here
2. The MIDI to ENF dialog will open. Here you can apply options prior
to conversion. SmartScore converts MIDI tracks to individual parts
which will appear as staff lines connected by a bracket to a system.
3. By default, contrapuntal voices are not differentiated. If desired, set

the maximum number of contrapuntal voices you wish to differenti-
ate using the Maximum voices pull-down menu. Each voice will be
assigned a unique MIDI Channel and given an unique color.
NOTE: Calculating polyphonic voices from a MIDI file is a tricky deal
since MIDI has no contrapuntal intelligence. Trying to extract more
than 2 voices per track will most likely result in something less than
desirable ... but you can always try. If necessary, you can go back
and try again with a lesser number of voices.
4. Select the Measures per System you wish to have in each system.
5. In the Quantization section of the dialog, set the NoteOn and NoteOff
value to the smallest note value present in the file. If you set the note
value higher, you may wind up with more notes than you bargained
for.
6. Click OK and the MIDI file will convert to a SmartScore .ENF file and
appear as notation in the Note Editor window
Is your MIDI file “quantized” ? It should be if you want it to look right...

MIDI files can be created “freely” with no attention paid to the internal MIDI time clock or time signature. Such “free-form” files may sound OK
when played, but they lack internal timing constraints. Quantized MIDI files conform to strict rhythmic structures necessary to convert to music
notation such as time signature and “number of ticks per note event”. Smartscore will properly convert only quantized MIDI files.

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The Piano Roll View
The Piano Roll view is a familiar display in most MIDI sequencers. Colored “events” populate the grid wherever a note occurs; its length being equal to its
duration in time. Pitch is represented along the vertical axis matching the white or black keys on the keyboard to the left. Horizontally, measures (red verti-
cal lines) are demarcated by beats (black vertical lines). Playback is marked by a green line that moves from left to right as the music plays.
MIDI Note Event MIDI Track Selector Measure

The properties of a MIDI note Use these buttons to switch between The horizontal timeline is divided into bars
(start time, duration, voice mem- tracks in Piano and Event List views. and beats (here a 4/4 bar).
bership, pitch, velocity) can be ed-
ited individually by double-clicking
on the event You can also move,
lengthen or shorten the MIDI note
event with the mouse.
Pitch Quarter note on F# and in

The keyboard shows Voice #2 (red color).
the pitch of the event. This event spans a full beat
(quarter note) at F# 5 and
belongs to the secondary
voice since it is red in color.
Velocity Controller Smoothing velocity transitions with your mouse

In the lower half of the Piano Roll display, you can access a number of Transitioning from loud to soft or soft to loud can be smoothed out in
MIDI controllers including Velocity Controller. the Velocity Controller by clicking and dragging with your mouse along
the green markers that represent the volume for each note event.

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Working in the Piano Roll environment Pitch and position
1 Editing, inserting and deleting MIDI note events
• To change pitch of a note event, click and drag up or down. When pitch shifted, the note
will sound the new pitch.
Note-on / Note-off (duration)
• To change the duration of a note event, position your cursor over its left or right edge.
When a double arrow appears, drag horizontally to extend or decrease the event accord-
ing to how much you want its duration value to increase or decrease.
Velocity (loudness)
• To increase the velocity (volume) of a note event, click the top or bottom edge of the
event and drag the edge to increase or decrease its velocity (volume).
• To insert a new note event, position your cursor over the data point you want the new
note to appear and right-click. Insert MIDI Note Event
• To delete an note event, click on a note so it highlights then hit the Delete key or select
EDIT > Delete.
• To examine the properties of any MIDI note event, double-click on the event. This will
Note On dialog
open the Note On dialog revealing the internal data assigned to the event. You may edit
the various data fields if necessary.
Limiting the duration of note events to a precise value

In order for MIDI note events to properly translate to standard notation values in the ENF view,
you should set the “Snap to” note no lower than the smallest note value you want to appear.
This value is set under the sub-menu selection, Option > Snap to.

2 Selecting MIDI note events
• To select a single note event, simply click on it.

• Several note events can be “gang” selected by holding down the left mouse button and dragging a box
around those you wish to select.
• To select all note events in the track, hold down Cmd + A or choose EDIT > Select All sub-menu.
• To select a specific region or to select one or more contrapuntal voice, choose EDIT > Select
sub-menu. There you can define a range by measure and beat and/or identify exactly which
voice or voices you wish to select.
3 Cut, Copy and Paste selected MIDI note events
• To “cut” and remove selected events from the track, hold down Cmd + X or select EDIT > Cut
sub-menu. Event data will be held in the clipboard for pasting.
• To “copy” selected events without removing them from the track, hold down Cmd + C or
select EDIT > Copy sub-menu. Event data will be held in the clipboard for pasting.
• To “paste” cut or copied events, hold down Cmd + V or select EDIT > Paste sub-menu. Events
will insert exactly where they originated.
• To paste cut or copied events to a location, select EDIT > Paste Special. You will be able choose
exactly which measure, beat and tick you wish to drop the events as well as whether to replace,
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4 Graphical MIDI Controllers
In the Piano Roll view, below the event grid is the Controller Window. It serves to directly draw controller values and trends (e.g. velocity, modulation,
volume, panorama, etc.) for the displayed track.
1. Select the desired controller type from the pop-up list on the left edge of the controller window.
2. Move the mouse pointer into the controller window. Select the type of controller you wish to apply. Use your mouse to draw graphical changes
along the horizontal axis Changes you make will be heard the next time playback starts.
Controller Graphs
Vertical green lines in the controller window
represent the velocity level of each event. Click,
hold the mouse button down and drag above or in
the line to change their lengths and thereby, their
velocity values.
Other types of controllers appear orange in color

as a horizontal line and can also be edited with
the mouse.
Controller Effect Selection MIDI note events and velocity value

Select the effect controller you wish to The greater the velocity value of a MIDI note
apply For example, Velocity (0 - 127). event, the stronger its bar is shown in the
piano roll view.
5 Adjust Velocity and Duration of selected notes inside one window
1. With one or more events selected, choose EDIT > Velocity / Duration to edit the velocity
and / or the duration and all at the same time.
2. Use the sliders or the entry fields Velocity and Duration to enter a percentage value for
the velocity or length change. If you change the duration of the selected note events e.g.
For example, if you want to double, set the duration to 200%.

6 Inserting Instrument Changes (MIDI Program Change)

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Playback tab of the ENF notation view. (In MIDI-talk, it’s called Program Change)
NOTE: Double-check that Options > Shuttle on is activated. Playback will follow wherever you click.
1. Locate where you wish to insert a change of MIDI instrument, then double-click at that point to mark
the spot.
2. Push the Program Change button in the toolbar or select EDIT > Program Change sub-menu.
3. In the Program Change dialog box select the Channel you wish to apply the change to.
NOTE: Double-check your colors ... if you select a voice that is not present in that track, you will hear no
change in the instrument sound. Check that the measure and beat are correctly set in the Time call-out
and then select your new sound from the MIDI instrument pull-down menu.
4. After inserting the program change, you will notice an arrowhead or caret indicating where the change of
instrument was inserted. The color of the caret indicates which voice will be affected. Double-clicking the
caret will reopen the Program Change dialog box again.
5. If you need to, you can click and drag the caret left or right to reposition the start of the program change.
7 MIDI File Settings and Measure Settings
• Select Options > File Settings. In this dialog box,

you check that global settings of the file are correct.
Of course, you can change them, but be careful ...
you probably do not want to override ENF notation
settings.
• To open Measure Settings, double-click on any

measure number along the horizontal timeline.

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MIDI Overview
The track overview of the MIDI editor is comparable to the piano roll view. The difference is, here you have an overview of all MIDI tracks instead of just
one. As in the Piano Roll view, you can select any MIDI note event, edit its properties, move, lengthen or shorten it and also delete it.
The track overview is particularly suitable for editing entire tracks at a time. So for example, select an entire track and transpose the playback copy or
delete the content of the track, or remove entire MIDI tracks from the file and/or add new MIDI tracks.
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numbers to select the entire MIDI
track for further processing.
Double click the number to access
this track in the Piano Roll view.
Select regions
By simply clicking
and dragging, you can
simultaneously select
MIDI note events in one
or more tracks for further
processing.
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Major features of the MIDI Overview
Most of the information about editing, selecting, copying, pasting and deleting MIDI note events can be found in the previous section, Piano Roll except
for track-specific editing functions such as working with controllers and inserting a program change. Here are the unique features of the MIDI Overview
environment:
1 Select one or more complete tracks
• Left-click on a track number (left) to select the entire track. You can now remove the entire content of the track, delete the entire track or copy the
contained MIDI note events (see Edit menu).
Left-click here selects

the complete track.
Right-clicking opens
the Track Properties
dialog box.
2 The Track Properties dialog box

Transpose function
You can use the Track Properties dialog box to edit the properties Choose an interval to transpose
of each track. This includes, for example, the name of the track the playback pitch of the track.
and its transposition interval. The dialog box can also be used to NOTE: This action does NOT
create new tracks or to open the currently selected track in the transpose the notation in the
piano roll or event list view using the corresponding buttons. ENF view. It merely transposes
the playback pitch by the
• Right-click a track number to display the Track Properties selected number of half-steps.
dialog box.

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The MIDI Event List
The Event List in SmartScore’s MIDI editor shows all the MIDI control data contained in the file in a simple event-by-event list in chronological order. This
includes Note On and Note Off commands with the corresponding properties (voice, start time, duration, pitch, velocity), MIDI controller data as well as
meta events and sysex commands. MIDI information on program changes, voice names and key and time signatures can also be found in the event list
and can be edited individually. To edit a parameter, simply click on a line to select an event, then make the desired data change in one of the columns.
Jump to Previous or Next MIDI Track

Function keys Use these buttons to move from one
You can use these buttons to cre- track to another.
ate new MIDI events or to delete
selected events from the list.
Display Filter Scroll during playback

Use these Activate this check-box so
check-boxes to that the event list scrolls
control which vertically during playback.
MIDI data
is displayed.
MIDI events and control commands

Click on a line in the event list. Parameters for this event open up and
become active for editing. Double-click in the Type column to open a
dialog box listing all the parameters for he given event, within which you
are able to make the edits.

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Major features of the Event List
1 Control and presentation
• Intheorder to switch between the tracks of the file in the event list, click on either of the small arrow buttons in the header area or use buttons within
playback toolbar that are used to turn the pages in the ENF view.
• Use the check-boxes to specify which types of events appear in the list and which do not.
• If you want the event list to run during playback, select the Scrolling during playback check-box.
• The other buttons in the header of the event list are used to insert new MIDI events, delete selected events. Confirm or reject changes that you
make directly in the list.
2 Edit Events
• Click in any field of an event line to edit the parameters of the MIDI event directly in the list. click on the Apply to button to confirm the change
made, or ...
• double-click in the field of a MIDI event to open an event-specific dialog box for editing the event parameters.
3 Insert new events
• InMIDI
the list, click on an event below where you want to insert a new
event.
• Click the New Event button in the header of the event list. This opens
Event extensions
the Create New Event dialog box Create new event.
For controller and meta-event types,
• Select the type of the event from the Event type pull-down menu. you can also choose from the event
sub-type list. Tempo, key or time
• Click on OK. The MIDI event is inserted at the selected position in the signature change are included in the
group of meta events.
event list.
• Click on the inserted event or double-click in its Type field to edit the
parameters of the event.

QRG E2022-1.5 Karaoke View
Karaoke View
It can’t all be work. We wanted to build in a little fun while we were at it. So why not just kick back with your family and friends and have a go-round with
SmartScore’s Karaoke view. There’s not all that much to it... Lyrics scroll and the ball bounces while music plays.
Here are some tips...
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Options Menu
Under the Options menu, when Karaoke
View is active, you can set the back-
ground and text color, the text size, the
frequency of the tempo ball and the way
lyrics scroll.
1 Open the Karaoke View
1. Open any SmartScore ENF file containing lyrics.
2. Click the Karaoke button in the Playback toolbar or select the Window> Karaoke View sub-menu.
3. Hit the spacebar or push any of the Play buttons in the Mini-console or Playback console.
4. Enjoy yourself.

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3 Karaoke Options Menu Items
• Colors: Here you can set the colors for the background of the karaoke view, for the highlighted
lyrics as well as for the normal lyrics
• Text size: Select the display size of the lyrics here.

• Ball frequency: Control the frequency that the tempo ball will bounce. Choose between quarter,
eighth and sixteenth-note frequencies.
• Scrolling: Click the Lyrics option to scroll the karaoke lyrics horizontally through the window while The settings you make in the Karaoke
Options menu remain in effect until
the tempo ball remains in a fixed position. Select the Ball option so the tempo ball jumps over the
lyrics from left to right through the program window while the lyrics display in sections. they are changed again, even after the
program is restarted. You can fix certain
• Show dashes: If this option is activated, the hyphens and underscores contained in the lyrics are defaults for Karaoke View from the
also displayed in the karaoke view. Program Preferences dialog which is
located under the Edit menu in ENF view
TIP: Show Karaoke

and ENF view simultaneously
You can view both the ENF view in addition to

the karaoke view by simply going to the Window
menu and selecting Tile (Horizontal, Vertical
or Smart - which always places the newest
document to the left of the screen).

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SmartScore is an intermediary file handler converting different input file formats to different output file formats. Besides outputting
to print, you can save your SmartScore documents to a number of universal file formats. File formats supported by SmartScore are
found under the FILE menu and in button form inside the toolbar found in the Import / Export tab.
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ENF is SmartScore’s own proprietary notation format. It is the file type created after recognition and is what is editable in SmartScore. Although the
original scanned image appears in yellow along with the ENF view in white, it is not part of the ENF format. It is a separate file linked to ENF after rec-
ognition.
TIP: If linkage between the original .TIF image and .ENF file is lost, it can be restored from the VIEW > Associate Image Files menu.
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TIFF is an image file format. If you scan your music using SmartScore’s scanning interface, a multi-page .TIF file (known as CCITT Group 4 Fax
format) is automatically created and processed. PDF is also a multi-page image file format. When you import a PDF file into SmartScore, it is
automatically converted to .TIF format since SmartScore can only processes .TIF files for recognition.
TIP: If you scan your music outside of SmartScore, you should always scan and save score pages as a PDF file since most scanners do not support
multi-page TIF format.
• you
If you are scanning with your scanner’s software, scan at 300 - 400 dpi in Grayscale (not color or black&white) and save to a PDF file in a folder
use exclusively for scanning music. SmartScore remembers the location where you last opened and saved your files to. So keeping everything
in one place makes sense.

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MusicXML is a universal interchange file format for music notation. It allows various scoring programs such as SmartScore, Finale, Sibelius, Dorico
and other desktop programs to share and exchange fully-formated music scores while retaining graphical, layout and pagination information. Many
online music apps import and export MusicXML files as well, including MuseScore and Noteflight.
• The Save to XML button is found on the toolbar located in the Import/Export tab. Or select the menu item, FILE > Save as MusicXML.
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To create files simply for playback or to edit your SmartScore projects with MIDI sequencing software, save to the MIDI file format (.mid). Choose
between two MIDI format types: MIDI Type 0 (One track / many channels) or MIDI Type 1 (many tracks / many channels). We generally recommend
using MIDI Type 1, since parts are preserved as tracks and voices are preserved as channels. Nonetheless, many MIDI keyboards only support the
Type 0 MIDI format.
SmartScore not only saves your scores to MIDI files, it also imports and plays MIDI files in SmartScore’s MIDI sequencing environment and also
converts quantized (time-stamped) MIDI files into standard notation.
• Select FILE > Save as MIDI or click the Save button in the toolbar from the Import/Export tab.
• Choose a MIDI File Type (MIDI Type 1 or MIDI Type 0).
• Browse to your music folder and click Save.
• You will be asked if you wish to remove or leave
articulations. Articulations affect the duration
(on-off data) of notes. In SmartScore, you may
have notes that are being offset or truncated by
articulations. This may affect how the MIDI file is
interpreted by notation programs which rely on
strictly quantized events to properly convert to
notation.

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4 MP3 file format (*.mp3)
You can save playback of any SmartScore ENF document as an .MP3 digital audio file in format, no matter if Soundfont or Audio Units has been
selected under Playback > Playback Setup.
NOTE: MP3 files cannot be created when AU and MIDI or AU and Soundfont ports are active at the same time.
5 PDF file format (*.pdf)
Besides processing PDF files for recognition, SmartScore also saves .ENF scores
as PDF files.
• Select FILE > Save as PDF.
6 Printing
To print out a SmartScore score document...
• (Recommended) First, select the Print Preview button located in the Import / Export
toolbar. Or select File > Print Preview menu item. Check that the layout of your pages
are how you want them to appear. If you need to change margins, orientation or the
overall layout of the ENF document, go to File > Page Setup.
• Click the Print button in the Import / Export toolbar or select File > Print. The keyboard
command CTRL + P also works.
• Print to start printing. NOTE: Most printer drivers allow you to save to PDF as well.

Keyboard Shortcuts QRG E2022-1.5
Try to learn these keyboard shortcuts. It will make your work easier.
Editing Viewing and Navigating
• Quick-Select any symbol Ctrl + Click • Go To... navigate the score Cmd + G
• Properties tool ESC key • Scroll down Cmd + Down arrow
• Nudge mode (Pitch shift / Drag handles) SHIFT • Scroll up Cmd + Up arrow
• Selector tool O key • Roll scroll Up / Down keys
• Insert mode C key • Zoom Shift + Z
• Delete mode X key • Zoom in / Zoom out Cmd + Mouse wheel
• Cluster mode (chord building tool) Z key
• Insert Triplet T key General functions

• Join selected notes to same event / Disconnect voices Y key
• Split selected 2-note clusters into 2 voices H key • Show Task Window Cmd + SHIFT + T
• Beam selected notes B key • New SmartScore ENF document Cmd + N
• Toggle stem direction S key • Open file Cmd + O
• Swap selected note heads L key • Save file Cmd + S
• Unify Key & Time signatures U key • Close files Cmd + W
• Delete selected articulations G key • Print files Cmd + P
• Transposition Cmd + T • Undo action Cmd + Z
• Part Linking tool Cmd + L • Redo action Cmd + Y
• Bracketing tool Cmd + B • Quit SmartScore Cmd + Q
• System Manager Cmd + M
• Score Structure SHIFT + S

Keep your left index finger positioned on the C key (Insert mode).
• Instrument Templates Cmd + F Your fingers will naturally fall on the X, Z and Cmd keys.

QRG E2022-1.5 Keyboard Shortcuts
Tools Notation symbols
• Quick-Select Symbol tool Ctrl + Click • Note value (Whole note thru 128 note) Number keys 1 - 8
• Selector Tool O key • Rest value (Whole thru 128) SHIFT + Number keys 1 - 6
• Insert mode C key • Accidentals (Sharp, Flat, Natural) Cmd + 1, 2, 3
• Delete mode X key • Triplet T key
• Properties Tool ESC key • Chord Cluster tool Z key
• Text mode SHIFT + T • Barline tool I key
• Lyric mode SHIFT + L • Crescendo / Decrescendo Caret (< and >) keys
• Transposition dialog Cmd + T • Flip stem direction S key
• Zoom Shift + Z • Swap position (joined voices) F key
• Dynamic mark (Piano) P key
Copy, Paste, Cut symbols • Prolongation dot D key
• Tie V key
• Selector tool O key
• Beaming tool B key
• Select all Cmd + A
• Beaming tool (Left beam, middle and right beam) A key
• Copy Cmd + C
• System Bracketing tool Cmd + B
• Cut Cmd + X
• Paste Cmd + V
• Replace Cmd + R
• Delete DEL

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Symbol Selector / Symbol sections Playback
• Symbol Selector: Notes F1 • Open Playback Console Cmd + 9
• Symbol Selector: Accidentals F2 • Play / Pause Spacebar
• Symbol Selector: Rests F3 • Rewind Comma ( , )
• Symbol Selector: Dynamics F4 • Velocity (Volume) Controller Shift + V
• Symbol Selector: Articulations F5 • Rubato Controller Shift + R
• Symbol Selector: Tempo F6
• Symbol Selector: Tuplets F7
• Symbol Selector: Text & Tools F8
• Symbol Selector: Key Signatures F9
• Symbol Selector: Time Signatures F10
• Symbol Selector: Clefs F11
• Symbol Selector: Barlines & Repeats F12

QRG E2022-1.5 Tips & Troubleshooting
Tips and Troubleshooting
Alternative Scanning Methods
It’s always advisable to scan using SmartScore’s scanning interface (located inside the Input/Output tab). Besides simple
convenience, other advantages include automatic resolution detection, automatic grayscale and multi-page .TIF creation / saving.
However, it may not always be possible to scan from inside SmartScore, perhaps your scanner’s driver is not available or incompatible
with your computer. Perhaps you need to scan with a computer that does not have SmartScore installed. In those cases, you can still
create usable scan files for processing with SmartScore ...
1 Scan using Image Capture
1. Open Apple Image Capture app located in the Applications folder.
2. In the Kind pull-down, select Black & White (it is actually grayscale!).
3. Set the scanning resolution to 300 DPI (for music with “normal-sized” print).
For miniature or orchestral scores with many parts per system, increase
resolution to no more than 500 DPI.
4. Be sure to set Auto Selection to Off.
5. Give your score a name and save it to your desktop or to your designated
music folder.
6. In the Format pull-down, select PDF. If you’re scanning more than one
page, be sure to check the box Combine into single document.
7. Scan pages one by one. You should be prompted for each page.
8. Push Finish.

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Troubleshooting
The following pages provide an overview of possible problems when working with SmartScore and offer suitable solutions. Should you still have
problems under control, please contact our support team by email ([email protected]). Be sure to include your scanned .TIF or .PDF files when you do.
We’re here to help.
Scanning
When attempting to scan, you get the Your scanner’s driver was not installed Visit your scanner manufacturer’s website and
message: Scanner not ready. or needs to be updated. locate “Download drivers”. Download and install
the most current scan drivers for your computer.
The scanner driver was not selected in Go to: FILE > Scan music > Select scanner.
SmartScore. Find the driver installed for you scanner model
and select it. Push OK and close.
Your scanner is not connected to your computer Check that your scanner is on and properly
or is not on. connected to your computer.
While scanning with “Auto-resolution” on, you The scanned image contains staff lines with 1. Select Ignore
encounter the message, You should scan this varying staff widths. Auto-resolution measures 2. Scan again. In the scanning options dialog,
page at xxx DPI. Change or Ignore. staff widths to determine optimum resolution uncheck Auto-resolution. Set resolution of
and assumes all staves have roughly the same 300 dpi. Push Final scan.
width.
Auto-resolution may select a non-rounded value Scan again. In the scanning options dialog,
such as “320” or “375”. Many scanners respond uncheck Auto-resolution. Set resolution of
only to preset values (e.g. 300 / 600 dpi) so the 300 dpi. Push Final scan.
resolution sent to the scanner is not recognized.

PDF to TIFF Conversion
PDF to TIFF conversion fails when opening The PDF document is password-protected. Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat or some
a PDF file. other PDF reader / editor. Resave the file as
.TIF (be sure to turn of RGB and CMYK color
management). Otherwise, print out the score
and then scan the printed material into
SmartScore.
SmartScore reports that the PDF to TIFF The PDF document was created as an RGB color Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat or some
conversion is a color PDF. file which cannot be processed by SmartScore. other PDF reader / editor and print out the score
if possible. Then scan the printed material into
Even if the document looks to be black&white, it SmartScore.
can still be saved as a color file.
Recognition
An error message appears indicating that The music was scanned as RGB color. Rescan using SmartScore’s scanning inter-
the image is in color. face or with your scanner’s software making
sure your settings are Grayscale (sometimes
called “Document” or “Text”) and not color or
black&white (1-bit).
Open the .TIF file in Photoshop or some other

image editing program, change “mode” or “bit
depth” from color to Grayscale then resave the
file as “Uncompressed .TIF
Recognition failed message. The music was scanned at screen resolution (70 Open the .TIF file in SmartScore (it will auto-
to 90 dpi) or too high (600+ dpi). matically open in the Image Editor). Check the
resolution (View > Image Information). Rescan
if necessary.
The scan was upside-down or sideways. Use the tools in SmartScore’s Image Editor to
rotate each page to the correct orientation and/
or delete cover, front matter, table of contents
The music contained front matter (cover, table and any other non-music material
of contents, etc.)

Recognition Results
Poor Recognition quality. The scan was too light or the original score was Open the .TIF file in SmartScore (it will automat-
faded, with broken or missing note stems an ically open in the Image Editor). Examine the
staff lines or was poorly scanned. image carefully. If you see note stems and staff
lines broken and poorly defined, check if the
original is poorly printed. Scanning at a darker
setting may improve your results. Otherwise,
recall the old saying: “Garbage in. Garbage out.”
The music was scanned as a half-tone (dithered) Zoom in closely into the .TIF pane (in yellow).
image. Look for the tell-tale signs of half-tone / dith-
ering: what should be solid areas of black are
made up of many tiny black dots.
Delete the file. It is unusable. Rescan using

SmartScore’s scanning interface or your
scanner’s software making sure you select
“Grayscale” (or “Document” or “Text”). Dithered
images are always black&white (1-bit).
The sheet music is handwritten, containing If the manuscript resembles printed notation,
handwriting-like musical character sets (“jazz then you may have reasonably good recognition
fonts” or, is not standard notation (e.g. shaped results and you won’t have to enter notes in one-
notes / sacred harp). by-one.
Problems occurred during scanning. If pages were skewed or crooked, use the
Deskew tool in SmartSocre’s Image Editor to
straighten it.
Staves (parts) that ought to belong together If binder hole punches penetrated system Either draw lines to restore brackets in the
become detached and appear as separate brackets or if the original music had faded Image Editor and recognize again. Or, if already
systems. lines and brackets were broken, staff lines will recognized, rejoin broken systems using the
become unlinked. Part Linking tool (Cmd + L) in the note editor.

Recognition Results
Page xx failed to recognize. message SmartScore may ignore a page that it can’t If you locate the offending page, you need only
during recognition, but successfully created recognized. It’s best to make a note of the scan that page again and save it as a .TIF file.
an .ENF file. offending page, locate the problem and then Select Begin Recognition in SmartScore. In the
correct it. List of Files window, REMOVE the bad page.
Then push Add files to list button, locate your
rescanned page and select to add it to the list.
Use either the Move up or Move down button to
shuffle it into its rightful place. Then push Begin
Recognition. SmartScore will ask if you want to
overwrite the existing .TIF file. Push Yes.
Part of the scanned music was cut off. Scan again making sure the music (not the page
itself) is fully inside the glass scanning area.
Size of the original music exceeded the size Consider using a scanner with a large scan area
of the scanner. (e.g. Legal size scanner - 11” x 14”).
Or use a copy machine to reduce the size of the

image onto paper that will allow the full image of
the music to be scanned on an 8” x 11” scanner.
Barlines were not recognized and dropped Page was skewed (twisted) when scanned. Use the Deskew tool in SmartScore’s Image
or else appeared where they should be. Editor to straighten the image.
Light leaked onto one of the edges of the page Rescan the page making sure there is sufficient
during scanning creating a long black mass pressure on spine of the book or original score
along the edge of the image. that light from the scan bar does not leak onto
the image.
You will not have to rescan all the pages, just
the one offending page. Save it as a .TIF file and
in the Begin Recognition window, push Add to
List then Move up or Move down to slide it into
place.

Recognition Results
What ought to be lyrics (in blue) appears black. Recognize again making sure Recognize Text
and Lyrics is selected in Recognition Options.
What ought to be text (in between staff lines) Textural character strings were recognized as In Lyric mode (Cmd + L), click on the note above
appears blue. lyircs and therefore were assigned a blue color. the last incorrect character string and hit Delete
(Backspace) to delete each lyric character.
Playback
Playback pauses at the end of a measure. Pickup and Closeout measures are common at For a single measure, use the Properties Tool
the beginning and sometimes at the end of every (Esc key) and click on the beginning barline. In
system. Barline Properties, select Play as written.
Playback pauses at the end of ALL measures. The time signature is probably incorrect. Check time signatures. Change time signature
to the correct value as necessary.
Playback appears to go faster or slower than the Look for a Tempo marking (e.g. Allegro, If necessary, you can alter the tempo value of
default Tempo set in the Playback Console. Moderato or Andante ) in the body of the any Tempo marking. Use the Selector Tool (ESC
music. If recognized, Tempo markings will key) and click on any Tempo marking. In Tempo
apply a new tempo value to playback. Properties dialog, change the tempo value.
Printing / PDF Output
Printed output does not properly fit onto the The score was printed with Page Setup > Go to File > Page Setup (the button is found
page or is too small, too crowded or margins are Margins set to From Recognition. This means in Note Editor and Tools tab). In the Margins
too wide. the printed image of music is exactly the same pull-down menu, select Center on Page.
size as the scan itself, which is always smaller Otherwise, simply push Fit to Page in Page
than a full-sized sheet of paper. Setup dialog. Your score will automatically
resize to fit your default page type.
Systems roll over to new pages when they Push Format Score to reformat yourself.
should remain in place.

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Index
A Drums and Percussion I
Automatic drum track 85
Acciaccatura 42 Converting to a percussion staff 87 Image Editor
Accidentals 40 Custom drum tracks 86 Correcting skewed pages 24
Appoggiatura 42 Import drum pattern from MIDI files 86 Crop pages 23
Articulations Percussion Map 88 Delete elements 23
Deleting 35 Recognizing scores with percussion parts 89 Delete pages 24
Inserting 40 Functions 22
Dynamic markings 43 Image Editing 21
Audio Units Instrument Plug-ins 76, 80
Automatic beaming 31 E Rotate pages 25
Automatic drum track (dialog box) 85 Thresholding tool 25
Automatic spacing 31 ENF file format (*.enf) 115
Instrument names 62
ENF - TIF view panes
Instrument sounds 62, 78
B see Note Editor 26
Barlines 47 Event List 111 J

Export 117 Jumps 49
C Expressions 46
Chords
Extracting single parts 70 K
Chord symbols 53 F Karaoke View 113
Creating chord clusters 39 Keyboard shortcuts 33, 118
Guitar Chord (dialog box) 53 File Formats 115
Guitar Fret Diagrams 53 Format score (dialog box) 74 L
Fret numbers 94
Coda fragment 49 Functions and Tools Layout
Contact 5 Image Editor 22 see Page Layout 72
Contrapuntal voices Note Editor 30 Long View 28
Adding another voice 39 Tools toolbar 31 Lyrics 55
Hiding and extracting 65
Crescendo 43 G M
Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate 59 Go To (dialog box) 29 Measure Properties (dialog box) 47
Grace Notes 42 Measures
D
Guitar Chord (dialog box) 53 Cut, Copy, Paste and Duplicate 59
Decrescendo 43 Guitar Fret Diagrams 53 Number per system 74
Document Page Setup (dialog box) 73 Remove content 36
Dots of Prolongation 40 H Selecting content 36
DPI 13 Hairpins 43
Driver (Scanner) 11 Handwritten manuscripts 12

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MIDI Navigating inside ENF documents 29 Note Editor
Channels 62 Notation editing Display formats 27
Importing and Converting MIDI Files 102 8va, 8vb 43 ENF - TIF view panes 26
Meta Events 112 Acciaccatura 42 Long View 28
MIDI Editor 98 Accidentals 40 Navigating inside the document 29
MIDI File Settings (dialog box) 102 Appoggiatura 42 Scan View Window 27
MIDI Note events 105 Articulations 40, 42 Tools and functions 30
MIDI Ports 76 Automatic spacing 34 Tools toolbar 31
MIDI to ENF (dialog box) 103 Barlines 47 Window Shade control 26
Program Change 108 Changing notation symbols 37 NUDGE mode 38
Quantization 103 Changing note head shapes 90
Sysex Events 112 Chord clusters 39 O
Velocity Controller 104 Contrapuntal voices 39
Creating chord clusters 39 Optimized scores 66, 67
MIDI Channels 62 Orientation markings 50
MIDI Editor Ottava markings (8va, 8vb) 43
Dots of Prolongation 40
Adjusting velocity and duration 107
Dynamic markings 43 P
Event List 111
Expressions 46
Graphical MIDI Controllers 107
Grace Notes 42 Page Layout
Introduction 98
Hairpins 43 Document Page Setup (dialog box) 73
MIDI File Settings (dialog box) 102, 108
Inserting notation symbols 34 Page Setup 73
MIDI Measure Settings (dialog box) 108
Inserting notes and voices 39 Reformatting the score 74
MIDI Note events 105
Multi-measure rests 44 Spacing Tabs 72
Piano Roll View 104
Note pitches 37 Page type (default) 9
Track overview 109
NUDGE mode 38 Part Names 62
Using the MIDI Editor 100
Orientation markings 50 Parts and Systems
Viewing an active ENF document in the
Ottava markings 43 Adding parts 63
MIDI Editor 99
Rehearsal markings 50 Converting to a percussion staff 87
MIDI file format (*.mid) 116 Repeats, jumps and endings 47 Converting to a TAB part 96
MIDI Views (dialog box) 99 Repositioning symbols 38 Extracting single parts 70
Mini-console 79 Selecting symbols 32 Hiding or extracting contrapuntal voices 65
Mixer 78 Slurs 43 Hiding parts 64, 65
MP3 file format (*.mp3) 117 Tempo markings 43, 45 Instrument names 62
Multi-measure rests 44 Ties 41 Merging disconnected parts 67
MusicXML file format (*.xml) 116 Triplets and Tuplets 44

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Parts and Systems (Continuation) Program Preferences (dialog box) 9 Scanning (Continuation)
Merging parts from different ENF documents 71 Properties tool 51 Resolution, Auto-Resolution 13
Part Names 62 Scan (dialog box) 13
Permanently removing parts 63 Q Select Scanner 11
Re-linking parts 66 Quantization 103 Setting up your scanner 10
Re-link Parts dialog 66 Quick-keys Map 33 Start scanning 13
Score Structure (dialog box) 68 Quick-Select 32 Scan View Window 27
Staff Properties (dialog box) 65 Score-Parts 19
System Manager (dialog box) 61 R Score Properties 31
Paste options (dialog box) 60 Recognition Score Structure (dialog box) 68
PDF Begin Recognition (dialog box) 16 Segno 49
PDF file format (*.pdf) 115, 117 Processing Individual Score Parts 19 Selecting
Processing PDF files 20 Recognition Options 17 Notation symbols 32
Recognition Process 18 Quick-Select (Cntl + click) 32
Percussion Map (dialog box) 88
Tablature scores 92 Symbol / tool search 26, 32
Percussion staff 87
Piano Roll View 104 Refrain 48 Select Source (dialog box) 11
Playback Registration 5 Serial number 6
Audio Units Instrument Plug-ins 76, 80 Rehearsal markings 50 Shortcuts 118
Automatic drum track 85 Re-link Parts (dialog box) 66 Slurs 43
Loop 83 Repeats Soundfonts (*.sf2) 76, 82
Mini-console 79 Coda fragment 49 Staff Properties (dialog box) 65
Playback Console 78 Deleting 50 Staves
Playback Range 83 Inserting and changing 47 see Parts and Systems 61
Playback Setup (dialog box) 76 Jumps and segnos 49 Stem direction 39
Random variations 83 Multiple repeats 47 Support 5
Rubato Controller 84 Numbered endings 48 Swing playback 83
Selected measures 83
Resolution 13 Symbol Selection (dialog box) 32
Setting up Playback 76
Resolution, Auto-Resolution 13 Symbol / tool search 26, 32
Soundfonts (*.sf2) 76, 82
Rubato Controller 84 System Manager (dialog box) 61
Swing playback 83 System Report (dialog box) 18
Tempo 78 S Systems
Transport Controls 79 see Parts and Systems 61
Velocity Controller 84 Save 115
Scanner driver 11
Ports (MIDI Ports) 76
Scanning
Printing
Alternative Scanning Methods 121
Printing 117
Multiple pages 14
Print Preview 75
Outside of SmartScore 15

Index QRG E2022-1.5
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TAB, Tablature Track overview 109
Converting to a standard notation part 97 Transposing
Converting to a TAB part 96 Changing by pitch 58
Custom tablature 97 Limit the scope of the transposition 58
Cutting, copying and pasting 95 Transpose Part/Track playback 78
Display 93 Transposing to a new clef 58
Editing 94 Transposing to a new key 57
Introduction 91 Transposition (dialog box) 57
Recognition 92 Trills 43
Task Window 8 Triplets 44
Tempo Marking Properties (dialog box) 45 Tuplets 44
Tempo markings 43, 45
Tempo (Playback) 78 U
Text blocks 55 Unify Score (dialog box) 18
Text Style (dialog box) 56 Units 10
Thresholding 20, 25
Ties 41 V
TIFF file format (*.tif, *.tiff) 115
Velocity Controller 84, 104
Tips and Troubleshooting 121
Toolbars X
Image Editor toolbar 22
Note Editor toolbar 30 XML file format (*.xml) 116
Playback Toolbar 77
Print Preview toolbar 75
Tools toolbar 31
Tools
Image Editor 22
Note Editor 30
Playback 77
Properties tool 51
Tools toolbar 31
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SmartScore 64 by Musitek | www.musitek.com Macintosh

User manual version 1.5 (May 2022)

© SmartScore® is a registered trade mark of Musitek®, Ojai, CA USA.

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Registration, Support and Contact

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Introduction & Tips SmartScore 64 User Guide and other aids

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Install the correct edition

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SmartScore 64 Professional is a work-box containing many powerful

SmartScore Pro employs a highly accurate recognition engine for

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PDF, MP3 or standard MIDI files.

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The Task Window

What’s inside the Task Window?

• Open the last-saved SmartScore (ENF) file. Begin Recognition

• Locate and control your scanner directly. Load multi-page music

• Access the User Manual. Image Editor

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Global and Local Program Preferences

Page Formatting and Printing Defaults.

1. From the EDIT menu, select Program Preferences.

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Setting up your scanner

Scanning from inside SmartScore

Using your scanner’s software or Apple image Capture for scanning

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Getting it right ...

1. Is the scanner connected and turned on?

Connecting SmartScore to your scanner

What should you look for?

Alternative Scanning Methods?

More about alternative Scanning Methods on Page 121.

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Scanning music scores

Good dog. Bad dog.

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Once the first page is properly positioned...

SmartScore’s scanning interface controls your scanner’s

1. Once previewed, user your cursor to drag a box around the

Should a dialog box appear, Scanning resolution is too low/too

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Scanning multiple pages

Scanning successive pages ...

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Saving scanned files and converting PDF files BL

In SmartScore, you’re always working with two files: the scanned

Enter a name and Save the

converted .TIF file. When

a) Click the Recognition button in the Task Window.

Scanning Outside of SmartScore

1. Open Apple Image Capture app located in the Applications folder.

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Preview and Options List of pages Add Files to List...

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