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The Toolbar Palette
 

 

 

PAGE INDEX

Solo Button
Triad ButtonScale Button
Transpose ButtonClear Button
Undo ButtonAdd Chord Button
Hear ButtonStop Button
Play ButtonLoop Button
Eye ButtonFree Edit Button

 


 

The Toolbar Palette contains buttons that execute the most common operations you'll want to perform on tones, chords, and scales. Click on a button or use a keyboard shortcut to enact the command. The keyboard shortcuts for each button are shown next to its name below, and also in the balloon help. Some buttons make use of modifier keys, which are noted.

 

  Triad

Add three notes to the chord beginning with the Scale Note. The notes are added in Third intervals. (For example, if you select a D triad in the C scale you get a Dm chord with the tones D - F - A.) FretPet plays the triad as an arpeggio.

  • Shift-click clears the chord before adding the triad.
  • Option-click subtracts the triad from the chord.

 

  Scale

Add the entire Current Scale to the chord. FretPet will play a linear progression of all the notes in the resulting chord, beginning with the root of the Current Key. This is useful when you want to see how a scale is laid out on the fretboard.

  • Shift-click clears the chord before adding the scale.
  • Option-click subtracts the scale from the chord.

 

  Transpose <T>

Transpose the Current Chord to a new root that you click on.

If the Current Chord isn't empty, clicking the Transpose button changes the pointer into an arrow with a key alongside it.

You can then click a tone in the Scale Palette, Guitar Palette, Circle Palette, or Piano Palette to change the root of the Current Chord to a new note. All the other notes will retain their positions relative to the new root.

Note that you can hold down the mouse button (in most places) to continuously transpose the chord to new keys. Useful when you want to try various transpositions without repeatedly clicking the Transpose button.

  • Option-click to lock the Transpose Button on.

 

  Clear

Clear the Current Chord.

  • You can also use Edit >> Clear.
  • Option-click to clear the chord's sequence too.

 

  Undo

Click to Undo or Redo the last operation.

  • You can also use Edit >> Undo.

 

  Add Chord <A>

Insert the Current Chord into the Chord Bank. If no bank is open then one will be created for you. Note that once you have a bank open this button merely duplicates the Current Chord.

  • You can also use Edit >> Add Chord.
  • Option-click gives the new chord an empty sequence.

 

  Hear

Click Hear to listen to the Current Chord. This button acts differently depending on the status of the Current Chord. There are 3 possibilities:

    Strike Chord - Every note is struck simultaneously.
    This will occur whenever the Fret Bracket is turned OFF. See the Guitar Palette for more about the bracket.

    Strum Chord - The chord is strummed downwards or upwards.
    This occurs when the Fret Bracket is ON and you have no chords stored in the bank. (You can also option-click for a strummed chord.)

    Sequenced Chord - Played according to your design.
    If you have created a sequence for the Current Chord you can listen to it with the Hear button. The sequence plays only once no matter what the Repeat is set to.

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Hear.
  • Option-click to force a chord that has a sequence to play as a Strummed Chord.
  • Use Command-click to play a Strummed Chord as an upstroke.

Hear interrupts anything that is currently playing.

 

  Stop <esc>

Click here to stop any sequences that are playing.

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Stop.

 

  Play <P>

Start playing the Chord Bank. If more than one chord is selected then play the selected range. Once play begins you can move around and change the selection without affecting which chords will play. The behavior of Play is affected by the settings of the next three buttons.

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Play.
  • Command-click turns off Free Editing as play begins.

 

  Loop <L>

When this button is turned on the play range will repeat indefinitely until you press Stop or until you turn looping off and the sequence reaches its end.

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Loop.

 

  Follow View (Eye Button) <E>

This button works in conjunction with the Free Editing button to change the way the interface behaves while a song is playing. See the chart below for a synopsis of Eye/Pencil/Play interaction.

This button causes FretPet to keep the Bank Cursor associated with the chord which is playing. With Follow View enabled you will not be allowed to interact with the sequencer. (Unless you turn on Free Editing...)

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Follow View.

 

  Free Editing (Pencil Button) <F>

This button gives you complete control over the Bank Cursor during playback. With Free Editing playback is limited to the selected range of chords. You gain complete control over the playback of your song, and you can make any changes you want.

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Free Editing.

  
The effects of Eye and Pencil on Play
 How does Play behave?
offoff
  1. Play begins with the selected range.
  2. You can move the Bank Cursor.
  3. You can make selections.
onoff
  1. Play begins with the selected range.
  2. As Play begins the selection is turned off.
  3. The Bank Cursor advances automatically.
  4. Interactivity in the Bank is disabled.
offon
  1. Play begins with the selected range.
  2. You control the playback location.
  3. You control the playback range.
onon
  1. Play begins with the Current Chord.
  2. You control the playback location.
  3. Selections are disabled during play.

 

  Solo Mode Button (Button 13)

You should enable solo mode any time you want to hear a single Part isolated from all the rest. When Solo Mode is enabled the current part number will appear in red, and it will blink during Play. Use Solo Mode especially when listening to the Demo Sequences. After playing with Solo Mode you'll appreciate how much of a difference even a little harmony makes!

(The picture on the button is of a soloist, if you couldn't tell. It was either that or the number 13, and I like the little restroom icon better.)

  • You can also use Sequencer >> Solo Mode.
  • You can enable Solo Mode by double-clicking a Part Tab.

 

Feeling overwhelmed with modifier keys? Don't worry. Just press the HELP key and Balloon Help will show you which modifiers to use.

 

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