First, I wouldn't try to put notation that I want to keep on the Guitar track as it is one of the autoaccompaniment tracks and if you have a Style invoked it would be rewritten as soon as you hit Play or reload the song. The Melody or Soloist tracks are where we can enter notation that stays as entered and should be used for this.

You can change the Melody track to be the Guitar noatation and even TAB view by using the Options in Notation View and setting it up for Guitar notation using the Track Type dropdown.

Make certain that you've set that track to Multi Mode - Guitar such that each string is assigned a different MIDI channel from 11 to 16,

If using BB2011, be aware of a new feature:

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• Easier Entry of Guitar Notation on Notation Window. If you hold down the number keys 1-6 as you click on a note, then the note will get inserted on MIDI channels 11 to 16, which are the guitar strings from high E to low E. If you also hold down the Q key, the note gets inserted as a bend. (Note that you can also click on notes on the guitar to insert guitar notation when in editable notation mode.)




Here is how I have entered the held note on one string while chording takes place in the past:

First, I simply enter the notes using the easy mouseclick method, ignoring the fact that the held note will not be the proper duration when the next notes in the bar are entered.

After getting all the notes in the right places, I go back thru the Notation and, using the Click and select Edit window on each of the held notes, I increase the duration of that note to the desired amount using the Duration entry in the Notation Edit menu.

Its been awhile since I've had to do this, and I'm working from memory here, hopefully I haven't left anything out.


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