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2014/03/06 16:26:18 (permalink)

staff notation

One of the coolest aspects of Sonar, for me, is the ability to choose a track and then, by R clicking and choosing view\staff, I can see the notation for that track. I have even managed to figure out a hot key for this process so that's it's even easier. My question is: while learning a complex track that I have downloaded from, in this case, (a Keiko Matsuii tune in) Midi-Hits.com, I would love it if I could have multiple lines of notation on 1 page. It  becomes difficult when I have to learn or play notes that have not yet made it up to a new view. It's like needing to turn a page every few measures. I realize I can print the staff view, and then I could even  choose how many lines of notation I want per page.  However, I would then have a bunch of pages around without a good music stand. Is there a way to simply change the view so I can see several lines of notation at once for any one given track?
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Larry N
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    LNovik
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    Re: staff notation 2014/03/08 14:08:33 (permalink)
    Wow, I would think that at least someone might know that I just CANNOT do something like I am describing above. However, as I read this, I realize it might just not be clear enough. Thus, I'll try to  describe it differently. If you understood it the first time, feel free to click away.
     
    When trying to learn the piano notes to a somewhat complex song that I have downloaded from a Midi Site, such as Keiko Matsuii's "Safari," I am very happy that I can simply go to the staff view and see the exact notes displayed in front of me. However, since the notation just takes up 1 line, and thus can only include about 3-6 measures, the screen has to frequently refresh, where another line with 3-6 measures appears. One might think that the notation simply  glides by with the music, but it only does so by these one line jumps. Thus, when I am trying to follow some somewhat complex notes, I can't read ahead to the next measure, but have to instead wait until that next chunk replaces the current line that I have just played. This makes it difficult to get thru a piece. It's fine if the software can't do this, since I think this whole concept of showing the notation is a wonderful feature. However, if there were some way to get multiple lines of notation on a page at the same time, making it much easier to play thru a piece, I would love to know how to do it.
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    Re: staff notation 2014/03/09 01:30:26 (permalink)
    The primary purpose of Staff View in Sonar is for editing midi rather than displaying music notation for sight reading.  You will probably need to look at specialist software for this, as I doubt that it will ever be possible to do what you are asking in Sonar.
     

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    Re: staff notation 2014/03/09 11:50:05 (permalink)
    http://midisheetmusic.sourceforge.net/

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    Re: staff notation 2014/03/11 19:39:18 (permalink)
    Thank you, Kev999 and Cactus Music. I must say that when I looked at the demo for this midisheetmusic demo, it certainly looks exactly like what I'm looking for. I'll let you know after I've tried it out.
    I would think---just floating the idea---that Cakewalk might want to incorporate such a feature in future versions. Though, as Kev999 says, the primary purpose of Sonar is NOT to display notation, I am impressed that the notation that one can find on the Staff view is pretty comprehensive. Adding a few features to it might be something that many of us would appreciate. Just sayin!
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    Re: staff notation 2014/03/11 19:48:29 (permalink)
    Another free option Finale Notepad
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