If the track has "guitar channels" on it (ie MIDI channels 11 to 16), then they will get displayed on the guitar window on those channels (channel 11 = string 1, channel 12= string 2 etc.).

If the track ** doesn't ** have guitar channels, then they will display at whatever the current fret position is.

If, for learning purposes, you wanted to rechannel a guitar part that had guitar channels, to one that didn't, you could do it as follows.

e.g. assume that a guitar track (RealChart from a Guitar RealTrack) has channels 11 to 16 so will play at that exact location on the fretboard. But instead, you want to see it all played at the 5th position (if possible).

-[main menu] Edit Copy/Tracks, and copy the Guitar MIDI track to the MELODY track,
- [main menu] Melody-Edit-Utilities- Change Channels by, and put in a number like -16 (minus 16). That will rechannel all events by -16, which puts them all on channel 1 (since it won't go lower than channel 1).
- [main menu] Melody-Track Type =GUITAR (that will put tab on the melody notation, and show the melody notation transposed up an octave, which is needed for guitar.


Now, you can play the Melody track, and it will display on the guitar fretboard window, and will display at whatever position you want. Click on the guitar, at the bottom of the fret (ie on the fret #), to change the current position, which is marked by a white box.

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.