Mus2 User's Guide

Mus2 User’s Guide
Introduc*on .............................................2 Ar<cula<ons .........................................................15
Demo Mode ............................................................2 Ornaments ............................................................15
Unlocking Mus2 ......................................................2 Dynamics ..............................................................15
Basics .......................................................3 Lyrics .....................................................................15
Toolstrip ..................................................................3 Floa<ng Text .........................................................16
File Opera<ons .......................................................4 Changing Text Proper<es ......................................16
Expor<ng Files .........................................................4 Clefs ......................................................................16
Score Informa<on ...................................................5 Key Signature ........................................................16
Edit Opera<ons .......................................................5 Time Signature ......................................................17
View Op<ons ...........................................................6 Bar .........................................................................17
Layout ......................................................7 Naviga<on Symbols ..............................................18

Tempo ...................................................................18
Page Layout .............................................................7
Eraser ....................................................................18
Paper Size ...............................................................7
Hand ......................................................................18
Staves & Instruments ...............................8
Cut, copy and delete notes ................................18
Symbols ....................................................9
Paste notes .........................................................19
Crea<ng Symbols ....................................................9
Adjust the posi<on of notes ..............................19
Impor<ng & Expor<ng ............................................9
Cursor ....................................................................19
Preparing Graphics for Mus2 ................................10
Working with MIDI .................................20
Tuning ....................................................11
Se^ng Up MIDI Input ...........................................20
Crea<ng Tunings ...................................................11
Microtonal Key Mapping ......................................20
Pitch ......................................................................11
Recording ..............................................................21
Key Signature ........................................................11
Edi<ng ...................................................................22
Impor<ng & Expor<ng ..........................................12
Quan<za<on .........................................................22
Wri*ng Music .........................................13
Expor<ng MIDI ......................................................22
Notes ....................................................................13
Keyboard Shortcuts ................................24
Rests .....................................................................13
Toolstrip Shortcuts ...............................................24
Beams ...................................................................13
Note Entry .............................................................24
Tuplets ..................................................................14
Preferences ............................................26
Flipping Notes and Other Elements ......................14
Frequently Asked Ques*ons ...................27
Ties ........................................................................14
Slurs ......................................................................14
Mus2 2.0 © 2012 Data-‐Sob Ltd.

Introduction
Mus2 is a music applica<on designed for the nota<on of Turkish maqam music and
microtonal works. This user’s guide explains the various aspects of using Mus2.
If this is the first <me you are installing Mus2, please see the following sec<ons for basic
informa<on on using the applica<on.
NOTE: If you obtained Mus2 through the Mac App Store, you do not need to unlock your
copy.
Demo Mode
When Mus2 is installed on your computer for the first <me, it will start in demo mode. The
demo mode will let you try all of Mus2’s features without any <me limita<ons, including all
nota<on symbols and playback, but there are a few things you can’t do in this mode:
• You cannot save your work.
• You can only print the first page of a score.
• You cannot export the score to certain formats, such as JPEG and AIFF.
To purchase a license for Mus2, please visit the Mus2 web site at www.mus2.com.tr.
Unlocking Mus2
Once you have purchased a license for Mus2, follow these steps to unlock your sobware:
1. If Mus2 isn’t running, launch the applica<on.
If Mus2 is already running, click Unlock from the Help menu.
2. When the Demo screen appears, click the Unlock bukon. A text box will appear at the
bokom.
3. Type or paste your serial number into the box (labeled “Enter your serial number”).
4. Click OK. Op<onally, enter your registra<on informa<on and click Register. A “thank you”
message will appear.
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Basics
The nota<on tools in Mus2 are located in the toolstrip at the leb edge of the main window.
The general workflow with these tools consists of first selec<ng the tool you need and then
applying it by clicking on the score paper.
Other features such as file opera<ons, view, layout and tuning op<ons are available through
the menu at the top of the Mus2 window. Some of these features can also be found in the
toolbar just below the menu for quick access.
The Mus2 window
In the Mac version of Mus2, the menu is located outside the Mus2 window, at the top of the
screen. Beside this minor difference, the Mac and Windows versions of Mus2 look and
func<on the same.
Toolstrip
The toolstrip is composed of four color-‐coded sec<ons. The yellow sec<on at the top hosts
the main nota<on tools. The other three sec<ons (red, green and blue) display the sub-‐tools
and se^ngs available for the selected tool.
The terms “main sec<on” and “sub-‐sec<on” in this guide refer to the sec<ons of the
toolstrip.
To access the toolstrip with keyboard shortcuts, refer to the Toolstrip Shortcuts chapter of
this guide. For more informa<on on the nota<on tools, see the Wri<ng Music chapter.
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File Operations
The basic commands for working with score files are located in the File menu.
File Menu Commands

New Opens a new, blank score.
Open Opens a previously saved score.

Close Closes the current score.
Save Saves the current score.
Save As Saves the current score with a different file name.
Print Sends the current score to your printer.
Export See Expor<ng Files.
Score Informa*on See Score Informa<on.
Clean Up Removes all unused symbols and tunings from the score.
Quit Closes all open scores and quits Mus2.
The Save and Save As commands store your score with the “.mus2” extension in Mus2’s
own score format. This file format is generally very compact and suitable for transferring
over the Internet.
Exporting Files
If you’d like to view or listen to your score on a computer without Mus2, use one of the
op<ons under the Export command in the File menu to convert your score to a different
format. See below for more about the available file formats.
Audio
AIFF
Used for recording to CD, conver<ng to MP3, etc.
Wave
MIDI Used for re-‐arranging the score in another music applica<on. See Expor<ng
MIDI.
Visual
Bitmap Saves the score with a white background and no compression.
Saves the score with a white background and with compression. Suitable for
JPEG
web pages.
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Used for viewing the score with Adobe Reader and other PDF readers. This is a
PDF
vector-‐based format, suitable for prin<ng.
Saves the score with a transparent background and with lossless compression.
PNG
Recommended for web pages.
Saves the score as a vector graphic. Recommended for expor<ng to page
SVG
layout and graphics applica<ons.
Score Information
To view and edit the metadata about your score, select Score Informa*on from the File
menu.
In addi<on to displaying the score <tle, sub<tle, composer and lyricist, the Score Informa<on
window lets you view and edit extra informa<on for cataloguing or indexing the score file.
Edit Operations
All opera<ons you perform on a score in Mus2 can be reverted with the Undo command
(Windows: CTRL + Z; Mac: ⌘Z) in the Edit menu. Undone ac<ons can be repeated with the
Redo command (Windows: CTRL + Y; Mac: ⇧⌘Z).
To copy and paste notes in the same score or between scores, use the commands listed
below.
Edit Menu Commands

Undo Reverts the last ac<on performed.
Redo Repeats the last undone ac<on.
Cut Copies the selected notes and deletes the originals.
Copy Copies the selected notes without dele<ng the originals.
Pastes the copied notes and any akached slurs, dynamics and
Paste All
tuplets.
Paste Notes Pastes the copied notes without slurs, dynamics and tuplets.
Delete Deletes the selected notes.
Shib Notes Shibs the selected notes upwards or downwards.
Clears the manual posi<on adjustments made to the selected

Reset Note Posi*ons
notes. See Adjust the posi<on of notes.
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Select All Selects all the notes in the score.
Preferences See Preferences.
Before using the Cut and Copy commands, you must select one or more notes. To select all
the notes in the score, use the Select All command. To select a group of notes, click the
Hand tool and choose the Select notes op<on (see Cut, copy and delete notes).
To paste the copied notes at a specific loca<on, use the Cursor tool (see Cursor) or right-‐click
at the desired loca<on and choose the Paste command. The paste cursor is shown as an
orange line.
View Options
You can find the op<ons that govern the size and appearance of the score paper in the View
menu. The commands in the first sec<on of the menu will automa<cally fit the paper to the
workspace in various ways. To go back to 100% zoom, choose the Reset Zoom command.
You can also the use the Zoom In and Zoom Out commands to adjust the level of zoom.
These commands are available in the toolbar for quick access.
To see the hidden items such as invisible rests and bar lines in the score, make sure the
Show Hidden Items command is checked.
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Layout
To adjust the paper size, the overall size of the staves and the number of extra pages, and to
show or hide <tle elements, choose the Layout command from the Score menu.
Page Layout
The Page Layout tab of the Layout window contains op<ons for the score’s <tle area, the
overall size of the staves and the number of extra pages at the end of the score.
The <tle area is located at the top of the first page and contains text elements for the score
<tle, sub<tle, composer and lyricist. To change the height of the <tle area, enter a new value
in the Height box.
To show or hide the <tle, sub<tle, composer and lyricist, check or uncheck the respec<ve
boxes. To change any of this informa<on, select the Text tool and use the Floa*ng Text sub-‐
tool (see Floa<ng Text).
To change the overall size of the staves, increase or decrease the percentage value in the
Scale Staves by box. Values larger than 100% enlarge the staves, while values below fit more
staves in a given area.
To show bar numbers at the start of each line, check the Show Bar Numbers box.
Mus2 determines the layout and flow of the notes, and accordingly, the number of pages, in
your score automa<cally. If you need extra pages at the end of your score, for example, to
provide extra informa<on, enter the number of pages needed in the Extra Pages box.
Paper Size
To change the size of the paper and the page margins, go to the Paper Size tab. Some
common paper sizes are available in the Presets list.
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Staves & Instruments
To edit the staves and staff groups in your score, choose Staves from the Score menu.
The staves and groups in the score are listed in the leb. To add new groups and staves, use
the Add Group and Add Staff bukons, respec<vely. To remove a staff or group, select it and
click Remove.
To re-‐order staves and groups, and to move a staff from one group to another, drag the item
to the desired loca<on.
When a group or staff is selected, its proper<es are shown in the right. Each group and staff
has a long name and a short name. Long names are used in the first line of the score, while
short names are used for subsequent lines.
To create a grand staff from one or more staves, put the desired staves in the same group
and choose a line type from the Grouping Line list.
Each staff can be associated with an instrument independently of its group. The available
instruments are shown in the Instrument list.
The visual proper<es of the staves are available in the Appearance frame. The register of a
staff is determined by the values in the Levels Above and Levels Below boxes. Levels are
counted beginning from the first staff line (marked green).
These values are also used to adjust the spacing between staves. If the nota<on elements in
one staff collides with another staff, select the problema<c staff and increase one of the
Levels Above or Levels Below values as appropriate to enlarge the space surrounding the
staff.
The number of horizontal lines in a staff can be changed from the Staff Lines box. If the
Thicken lines op<on is checked, one staff line every given interval will be drawn thicker than
the rest.
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Symbols
To import your own graphics into Mus2 for crea<ng new accidentals, choose Symbols from
the Score menu.
Creating Symbols
Every Mus2 score maintains its own list of accidental symbols. These symbols are shown on
the leb in the Symbols window.
To create a new symbol:

1. Click Add.
2. The new accidental appears at the bokom of the list. Make sure the accidental is
selected.
3. Enter the accidental’s name in the Name box.
4. Enter the accidental’s value in the Value box in cents. Posi<ve values will raise the pitch,
while nega<ve values will lower it. Accidentals with a value of zero func<on as natural
( ) signs.
5. If the symbol you want to use for this accidental is stored in an SVG file, click Acquire
from SVG. If you want to import a symbol from a font, click Acquire from Font.
The symbol you selected will appear on the preview staff.
6. To change the size of the symbol, drag it from its bokom-‐leb corner or enter a
percentage value in the Scale box.
7. To change the ver<cal posi<on of the symbol, drag it up or down.
To duplicate a symbol, click Duplicate. To remove a symbol, select it and click Remove.
Accidentals are displayed in the blue sec<on of the toolstrip when the Note tool is selected.
Importing & Exporting

There are two ways to exchange accidentals between scores:
1. For a single accidental:
a. Select the accidental you wish to export in the Symbols window and click Export. This
will save the accidental in a stand-‐alone accidental file.
b. Open the Symbols window in the target score, click Import, and select the accidental
file you exported.
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2. To import mul<ple accidentals in one step:
Click Import in the Symbols window and select the Mus2 score file that contains the
accidentals you wish to import. All accidentals defined in the selected score are imported
into the current score.
To quickly import your favorite accidentals in one step, keep the accidentals in a single score.
Preparing Graphics for Mus2

The SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format defines graphics using mathema<cal formulae.
Vector-‐based graphics can be displayed at any size and resolu<on without any visual
deteriora<on.
Raster graphics formats such as Bitmap, JPEG and PNG may appear different from their
screen appearance when printed. To display and print nota<on symbols consistently in every
medium, Mus2 supports loading graphics in the SVG format only.
When preparing graphics for use in Mus2, you can make use of music fonts installed in your
computer. However, to make sure your score can be displayed correctly on computers that
don’t have these fonts, you must convert any text objects to regular shapes in your graphics
applica<on (for example, in Adobe Illustrator, use the “Create Outlines” command on text
layers). For more informa<on, consult the help documenta<on that came with your graphics
sobware.
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Tuning
To edit the tunings in your score, choose Tuning from the Score menu.
Creating Tunings
Every Mus2 score maintains its own list of tunings. These tunings are shown on the leb side
of the Tuning window. To create a new tuning, click the Add bukon. To duplicate a tuning,
select it and click Duplicate. To remove a tuning, click the Remove bukon.
General informa<on about the selected tuning is shown on the Tuning tab. You can change
the name, author and descrip<on of the tuning using the respec<ve boxes.
Pitch
To define the frequencies that correspond to each level of the staff, go to the Pitch tab. The
Number of Pitches determine how many pitch levels will be defined in the tuning. To specify
how the scale will be placed on the staff, use the Scale starts on level box. For a staff with a
treble clef in the standard posi<on, the lowermost staff line corresponds to level zero.
Consequently, Middle C in 12-‐TET would correspond to level -‐2.
Using the value in Octave Ra*o, you can specify how the pitch values will be altered when
repeated upwards and downwards.
To transpose all of the pitch values, enter a value in cents in the Transpose All box and click
Transpose.
The pitches defined in the selected tuning are shown on an expanded staff with a standard
treble clef. To edit the frequency of a pitch, select it on the staff and enter a new frequency
value in Hertz in the Frequency box.
To specify a pitch as a ra<o rela<ve to the first pitch in the scale, enter it as a frac<on in the
a/b format in the As a Frac*on box and click Calculate. To specify the pitch in cents rela<ve
to the first pitch, enter a value in the In Cents box and click Calculate.
Key Signature
In Mus2, key signatures and tunings are handled as a single en<ty. You can define the key
signature associated with a tuning on the Key Signature tab.
To add an accidental to the key signature, select the accidental from the upper box on the
Key Signature tab and click on the preview staff below. To remove an accidental, choose the
eraser tool and click the accidental.
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To use the same tuning with different key signatures, use the Duplicate bukon to make
copies of the tuning.
To apply tunings and key signatures to staves, see Key Signature.
Importing & Exporting

There are two ways to exchange tunings between scores:
1. For a single tuning:
a. Select the tuning you want to export in the Tuning window and click Export. This will
save the tuning in a stand-‐alone tuning file.
b. Open the Tuning window in the target score, click Import and select the tuning file you
exported.
2. To import mul<ple tunings in one step:
Click Import in the Tuning window and select the Mus2 score file that contains the
tunings you wish to import. All of the tunings defined in the selected score are imported
into the current score.
To quickly import your favorite tunings in one step, keep the tunings in a single score.
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Writing Music
This sec<on contains step-‐by-‐step instruc<ons on how to use the nota<on tools in Mus2.
Notes
1. Choose the Note tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the note’s rhythmic value and accidental from the sub-‐sec<ons.
3. Click the loca<on on the staff where you want to add the note.
Rests
1. Choose the Rest tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the rest’s rhythmic value from the red and green sub-‐sec<ons.
3. If you want to add an invisible rest, choose the Hidden Rest tool from the blue sub-‐
sec<on.
4. Click the loca<on on the staff where you want to add the rest.
Beams
1. Choose the Beam tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Beam Notes tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the note that starts the beam. The selected note will be marked blue.
4. Click the note that ends the beam.
To beam the notes automa<cally as you write them, make sure Auto-‐beam Notes is selected
from the Score menu.
To change the direc*on of secondary beams:

1. Choose the Change direc*on of secondary beams tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
2. Click the note where the direc<on change will be applied.
To create a break in the secondary beams:

1. Choose the Create break in secondary beams tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
2. Click the note that will start the break.
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Tuplets
1. Choose the Tuplet tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the dividend of the tuplet ra<o from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Select the divisor of the tuplet ra<o from the green sub-‐sec<on.
4. Click the note where the tuplet will start. The selected note will be marked blue.
5. Click the note where the tuplet will end.
Flipping Notes and Other Elements

1. Choose the Flip tool from the main sec<on.
2. Click the element that you want to flip.
This tool can be applied to notes, beams, tuplets, slurs and dynamics.
Ties
1. Choose the Tie & Slur tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Tie notes tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the note head that will start the <e.
To remove a *e:
1. Choose the Break note *es tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
2. Click the note head where the <e you want to remove begins.
Slurs
1. Choose the Tie & Slur tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Create slur tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the note where the slur will start. The selected note will be marked blue.
4. Click the note where the slur will end.
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Articulations
1. Choose the Ar*cula*on tool from the main sec<on
2. Select the symbol you want to add from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. If you want the ar<cula<on to remain inside slurs, choose the Place ar*cula*on inside
slur tool from the green sub-‐sec<on.
If you want to keep the ar<cula<on outside slurs, choose the Place ar*cula*on outside
slur tool.
4. Click above or below the note where you want to add the ar<cula<on.
Ornaments
1. Choose the Ornament tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the type of ornament you want to apply from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the note where you want to apply the ornament.
To remove ornaments:
1. Choose the Clear ornaments tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
2. Click the note whose ornament you want to remove.
Dynamics
1. Choose the Dynamic tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the type of dynamic you want to add from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. If you want to bind the dynamic to a single staff, click the Dynamic affects one staff
tool from the green sub-‐sec<on.
To bind the dynamic to two adjacent staves, choose the Dynamic affects both staves
tool.
4. Click the note where the dynamic will begin. The selected note will be marked blue.
5. For dynamic marks that span mul<ple notes, click the note where the dynamic will end.
Lyrics
1. Choose the Text tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Lyrics tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the note where you want to add the lyrics or, to edit lyrics, click the text you want to
change.
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Floating Text
2. Choose the Floa*ng Text tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the loca<on on the page where you want the text to be posi<oned.
4. To change the posi<on of floa<ng text objects, choose the Move floa*ng text tool
from the red sub-‐sec<on.
5. Drag the floa<ng text object to its new posi<on on the page.
Changing Text Properties

2. Choose the Change font tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the text you want to change.
Clefs
1. Choose the Clef tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the type of clef you want to add from red sub-‐sec<on.
3. To snap the clef to its default posi<on on the staff, choose the Lock clef to default line on
staff tool from the green sub-‐sec<on.
To be able to place the clef on any staff level, choose the Place clef on any staff level
tool.
4. Click the bar where you want to add the clef.
Key Signature
1. Choose the Key & Rhythm tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Key Signature tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the bar where you want to change the key signature.
4. Select one of the tunings defined in the current score and click Change. The key signature
defined in the tuning will be akached to the bar.
To change the tuning or add new types of tuning to the current score, open the Score menu
and select Tuning.
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Time Signature
1. Choose the Key & Rhythm tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Time Signature tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the bar where you want to add the <me signature.
Bar
To change bar lines:
1. Choose the Bar tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the type of bar line you want to add ( / / / ).
3. Click the beginning or the end of the bar where you want to add the bar line.
To add or remove ending lines:

2. To add an ending line, choose the Ending Number 1 or Ending Number 2 tool
from the red sub-‐sec<on. To remove an ending line, choose the No Ending Line tool.
3. Click the bar where you want to add or remove the ending line.
To insert a new bar:

2. Choose the Insert bar tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the point where you want to add the new bar.
To insert a line break:

2. Choose the Line Break tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. Click the bar where you want to insert the line break. All subsequent bars con<nue on a
new line below.
4. To remove the line break, click the same bar again.
To adjust the space between staves:

2. Choose the Resize Staves tool from the red sub-‐sec<on. Red circular handles will
appear at the leb of all lines on the paper.
3. Drag the red handles up or down to adjust the spaces between staves.
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Navigation Symbols
1. Choose the Naviga*on Symbol tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Coda, Segno or one of the other naviga<on expression tools from the red sub-‐
sec<on.
3. Click the bar you want to akach the sign to.
Tempo
1. Choose the Tempo Mark tool from the main sec<on.
2. Select the rhythmic value of the tempo mark from the sub-‐sec<ons.
3. Click the bar where you want to add the tempo mark.
4. To change the value of the tempo mark, click the value and type the new value as a
number.
Eraser
1. To remove any of the nota<on elements on paper, choose the Eraser tool from the
main sec<on.
2. If you want to erase only a specific type of elements, select the type from the red sub-‐
sec<on.
3. Click the element you want to remove.
Hand
Cut, copy and delete notes
1. Choose the Hand tool from the main sec<on.
2. Choose the Select notes tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. To select notes from all voices, choose the Select all voices tool from the gray sub-‐
sec<on. To select notes from one voice only, select the number corresponding to that
voice.
4. Click and hold down the mouse bukon on the first note you want to select, then drag to
the last note you want to select. The selected notes will be marked blue.
To select all the notes in the score, choose Select All from the Edit menu.
5. Choose one of the Cut, Copy or Delete commands from the Edit menu.
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Paste notes
1. Choose the Cursor tool from the main sec<on and click the loca<on where you want
to paste the notes, or right-‐click the desired loca<on.
The loca<on will be marked with an orange line.
If you do not choose a loca<on, the notes will be pasted star<ng from the first bar in the
score.
2. To paste the notes to a different voice, select the corresponding number from the gray
sub-‐sec<on.
3. To paste the notes with slurs, dynamics and tuplets, choose Paste All from the Edit menu.
To leave out these marks when pas<ng, choose Paste Notes.
Adjust the posi8on of notes

1. Choose the Hand tool from the main sec<on.
2. To move all the notes on the same rhythmic posi<on, choose the Adjust collec*ve note
posi*ons tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
To move a single note without affec<ng any other notes, choose the Adjust single note
posi*on tool from the red sub-‐sec<on.
3. If you want to work on a single voice, choose the number that corresponds to the voice
from the green sub-‐sec<on.
4. Click and drag the note you want to adjust to the desired posi<on.
Cursor
The Cursor tool is used for three purposes:
1. Keyboard note entry (see Keyboard Shortcuts / Note Entry)
2. Choosing the paste loca<on for copied notes
3. Choosing where playback starts
In all cases, the Cursor tool is used by simply clicking the targeted loca<on on the paper. The
cursor appears on the paper as a ver<cal orange line.
To clear the cursor at any <me, press ESC.
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Working with MIDI
MIDI Recording windows allow you to record music with MIDI instruments and transcribe
the recorded music to a score. To open a MIDI Recording window, choose New MIDI
Recording from the File menu.
The MIDI Recording window consists of a piano roll-‐style workspace and a toolbar. The
toolbar contains the controls for tempo, tuning, the recording instrument and rhythm
se^ngs, as well as record control bukons.
The piano roll is a simplified 2-‐dimensional representa<on of a recording, with pitch as the
ver<cal dimension and each MIDI key shown as a row, and <me as the horizontal dimension.
Recorded notes appear as red rectangles that can be manipulated by dragging.
Before you begin, it is recommended that you set up MIDI input and create any microtonal
key mappings you may need.
Setting Up MIDI Input

1. Choose Preferences from the Edit menu (Windows) or the Mus2 menu (Mac).
2. Click the MIDI icon.
3. From the MIDI In Device drop-‐down, choose the MIDI input device you want to record
with.
Microtonal Key Mapping

While the MIDI standard is based on 12-‐tone equal temperament, you can map the “notes”
on your MIDI device to any pitch defined in a Mus2 tuning.
1. In your score’s window, choose Tuning from the Score menu.
2. From the list on the leb side, select a tuning.
3. On the right side, go to the MIDI Key Map page.
4. Define any necessary key mappings in the key map table.
The Keyboard column shows each MIDI note. The Accidental column indicates the
accidental assigned to this note, and the Note Treble Staff Level column shows which
note on the staff the MIDI note corresponds to.
The Raise or lower note levels when changing between sharps and flats op<on will
increase the note level by one when switching from an accidental with a posi<ve value to
one with a nega<ve value. The reverse occurs when switching from a nega<ve accidental
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to a posi<ve accidental. This ensures that notes with sharps get their frequency from the
note one step below, while notes with flats get their frequency from one step above.
You can define the key map for a scale without filling out all of the MIDI notes in every
octave. The mapping for empty MIDI notes are inferred from the defined key mappings.
Recording
1. Open a MIDI Recording window by choosing New MIDI Recording from the File menu.
2. Adjust the recording se^ngs on the toolbar:
a. In the Tempo sec<on, set the tempo you want to record at.
b. Choose the tuning you want to use for this recording from the Tuning drop-‐down.
c. Select the instrument you want to record with from the Instrument drop-‐down.
d. Set the <me signature of the recording in the Time Signature boxes.
The instrument and tempo se^ngs only apply to the current recording window.
When you paste the recording to a score, the instrument of the staff and the tempo
of the score are used.
3. Click the bar you want to record from in the piano roll. The red recording cursor moves to
the new loca<on.
Even though you can set a star<ng point, you can also begin playing at any <me while
recording. Any empty bars at the beginning of a recording are ignored during
transcrip<on.
4. Click the Record bukon and start playing your MIDI instrument.
5. When finished, click the Stop bukon.
6. If you want to copy the recording to a grand staff, make sure Copy To Grand Staff is
checked in the Edit menu.
When the recording is copied while this op<on is ac<ve, notes above (and including)
middle C will be pasted in one staff, while notes below middle C will be pasted in a
secondary staff. This allows you to separate a two-‐handed passage into a grand staff more
easily.
7. To copy the recording to a score, choose Copy from the Edit menu.
To copy a part of the recording, select the notes by drawing a rectangle around them.
Selected notes appear blue.
To copy the en<re recording, make sure none of the notes are selected.
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8. Switch to the score window and choose Paste from the edit menu.
The recording is transcribed and pasted to the first staff in the score. To paste the
recording to a different loca<on, use the right-‐click menu or the Cursor tool.
Editing
Notes in a MIDI recording appear as red rectangles on the piano roll.
• To move notes to a different <me, drag the note from the middle.
• To adjust a note’s beginning <me, drag from its leb edge.
• To extend a note’s ending <me, drag from its right edge.
• To select a note, simply click it, or draw a selec<on rectangle around it and any other
notes you want to select. Selected notes appear blue.
• To cut, copy or delete the selected notes, choose the respec<ve command from the Edit
menu.
• To paste notes, click the <me loca<on where you want to paste the notes, and then
choose Paste from the edit menu.
Quantization
Before a MIDI recording can be transcribed, the notes’ beginning and ending <mes must be
quan<zed to coincide with beats or a subdivision of beats based on the <me signature.
• To quan<ze a recording, select the notes you want to quan<ze and choose Quan*ze from
the Edit menu. If no notes are selected, all notes in the recording are quan<zed.
• To work with a different quan<za<on rhythm, choose a value from the Quan*za*on
Value submenu in the Edit menu. This value determines the division of <me for snapping
notes to an exact <me loca<on.
• If there are triplets in a recording, turn on the Allow Triplets op<on in the Edit menu
before quan<zing.
Note that whenever you copy notes from a MIDI recording for transcrip<on, they are
automa<cally quan<zed to the selected quan<za<on value.
Exporting MIDI
You can export a score as a MIDI file to work on it in other music applica<ons such as digital
audio worksta<ons (DAWs). When expor<ng a microtonal score to MIDI, you must choose
from a number of export op<ons to make sure the exported file produces the intended
pitches.
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The correct choice depends on the hardware and sobware on the receiving end, and may
require some experimenta<on before you get it right.
For more informa<on about the export op<ons, please see the descrip<ons presented in the
MIDI Export dialog.
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Keyboard Shortcuts
You can use a number of keyboard shortcuts to quickly access the nota<on tools in Mus2.
Toolstrip Shortcuts
Each sec<on’s keyboard shortcuts correspond to a row of keys on your keyboard:
If a sec<on has more tools than the row of keys on the keyboard, the extra tools can be
accessed with the SHIFT key. (E.g. SHIFT + Q, SHIFT + E, etc.)
A fibh sec<on with the color gray will appear for some tools such as Note and Rest. This
sec<on is used to select which voice the tool will work on. You can also use the shorcuts ALT
+ 1/2/3/4 (Windows) or OPTION ( ⌥ ) + 1/2/3/4 (Mac) to select the voice you want to work
with.
To cancel the crea<on of page elements that span mul<ple notes, such as beams, slurs and
tuplets, or to clear note selec<on, either press ESC or simply select another tool.
Note Entry
Use the Cursor tool to quickly enter notes with the computer keyboard. The shortcuts used
for note entry are listed in the table below.
When entering notes with the keyboard, op<ons such as rhythmic value and accidental are
chosen from the toolstrip. To use the toolstrip shortcuts while the Cursor tool is selected,
simply add the ALT (Windows) or CONTROL ⌃ (Mac) key to the regular shortcut.
For example, aber choosing the Cursor tool and selec<ng a bar, to input an 8th D note with
the fourth accidental on the toolstrip:
1. Choose the 8th rhythmic value: ALT + R (Windows); ⌃R (Mac)
2. Choose the fourth accidental: ALT + V (Windows); ⌃V (Mac)

3. Write the D note: D
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Keyboard Shortcut Func<on
Inputs the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, respec<vely. When used with ⇧,
C, D, E, F, G, A, B
the new note is added as a chord.
Moves the last entered note one octave up or down. When used
↑, ↓ with ⇧, all the notes in the chord to the leb of the cursor are
moved.
O, ⇧O Adds an octave higher or lower note of the last entered note.
K The note to the leb of the cursor is beamed with the previous note.
T Adds a <e to the last entered note.
SPACEBAR Adds a rest.
Jumps to the next bar.

(ENTER / RETURN)
←, → Jumps to the previous or next note.
⌫ Erases the note to the leb of the cursor.

(BACKSPACE)
The ⇧ symbol represents the Shib key.
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Preferences
The general se^ngs that govern the opera<on of Mus2 are located under the Preferences
command in the Edit menu (Windows) or the Mus2 menu (Mac).
For sound preferences, click the Playback icon. To change the audio interface you wish to
use with Mus2, select it from the Sound Output list and adjust its volume using the Volume
slider.
To change the paper color and appearance, click Appearance. The Graphics Rendering slider
determines how nota<on symbols are drawn: pull the slider to the leb for clearer lines; pull
it to the right for an appearance that more closely matches printed output.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are the keyboard shortcuts for the toolstrip?
Every color-‐coded tool group in the toolstrip correponds to a row of keys on your
keyboard. For keyboard note entry, you can use the Cursor tool. For a more detailed
explana<on, see Keyboard Shortcuts.
2. How do I prevent the nota*on elements in one staff from colliding with another staff?
To increase the space between staves, select Staves from the Score menu. Choose the
staff that needs more space, and increase either one of the Levels Above or Level Below.
(see Bar)
3. How do I prevent the tempo mark or other marks on the first line from colliding with
*tle elements such as Lyricist and Composer?
Select Layout from the Score menu and increase the height of the Title Area. (see Layout)
4. How do I assign a tuning to a staff?
In Mus2, tunings and key signatures are handled together as a single en<ty. To assign a
tuning and its associated key signature to a bar, select the Key & Rhythm tool from the
toolstrip and use the Key Signature sub-‐tool. (see Key Signature)
5. I can enter more notes in a bar than the *me signature allows. Is this a bug?
Mus2 does not enforce the rhythmic value of a <me signature on bars. This is by design
and allows you to work more easily when edi<ng your score or correc<ng errors.
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Introduc*on .............................................2 Ar<cula<ons .........................................................15

Demo Mode ............................................................2 Ornaments ............................................................15

Unlocking Mus2 ......................................................2 Dynamics ..............................................................15

Basics .......................................................3 Lyrics .....................................................................15

Toolstrip ..................................................................3 Floa<ng Text .........................................................16

File Opera<ons .......................................................4 Changing Text Proper<es ......................................16

Expor<ng Files .........................................................4 Clefs ......................................................................16

Score Informa<on ...................................................5 Key Signature ........................................................16

Edit Opera<ons .......................................................5 Time Signature ......................................................17

View Op<ons ...........................................................6 Bar .........................................................................17

Layout ......................................................7 Naviga<on Symbols ..............................................18

Mus2 2.0 © 2012 Data-­‐Sob Ltd.

The Mus2 window

File Menu Commands

Open Opens a previously saved score.

Edit Menu Commands

Redo Repeats the last undone ac<on.

Cut Copies the selected notes and deletes the originals.

Copy Copies the selected notes without dele<ng the originals.

Delete Deletes the selected notes.

Shib Notes Shibs the selected notes upwards or downwards.

Clears the manual posi<on adjustments made to the selected

Preferences See Preferences.

To create a new symbol:

Importing & Exporting

Preparing Graphics for Mus2

Importing & Exporting

To change the direc*on of secondary beams:

To create a break in the secondary beams:

Flipping Notes and Other Elements

Changing Text Properties

To add or remove ending lines:

To insert a new bar:

To insert a line break:

To adjust the space between staves:

Adjust the posi8on of notes

To clear the cursor at any <me, press ESC.

Setting Up MIDI Input

Microtonal Key Mapping

1. Choose the 8th rhythmic value: ALT + R (Windows); ⌃R (Mac)

2. Choose the fourth accidental: ALT + V (Windows); ⌃V (Mac)

T Adds a <e to the last entered note.

SPACEBAR Adds a rest.

Jumps to the next bar.

⌫ Erases the note to the leb of the cursor.

The ⇧ symbol represents the Shib key.

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