Okay, I don't know if the Mac version does notation the same as the Windows version; however, in the Windows version, the key is understanding how the notation system works. Once you realize that, you find it is much easier to input notes.

When you go into editable notation mode and click on the staff, you will get a whole note tied to a dotted half note (7 beats). Of course, you now probably go, "that's not what I want. I just wanted a quarter note". So your first instinct is to see how to get rid of the the tied notes and bring it down to a quarter note. That's not the way it works at all.

What you want to do is just click on where the next not goes. If the next note is an eighth note after the quarter note, just click on the space for the second quarter note (you should see the 16th note divisions of 4 notes to the bar by default). When you do that, that whole note followed by a dotted half note will change to a quarter note, but now your eighth note is some long combination of notes. Do the same thing for the next note. Just click where it goes and you'll see that second note change. Keep going to enter your song.

If you need an explicit rest, just click on the Rest checkbox, click where you want a rest, then make sure it's unchecked to continue entering notes after the rest. If you want chords (notes stacked on top of each other), make sure that "Mono" is unchecked. Mono only allows one note per slot, so clicking on a different staff line will replace the previous note with the new one. Mono unchecked allows you to click on the different staff lines to build chords.

Give it a try and play with it. Once you get the hang of it, you'll probably find it works pretty quickly.

Of course, if the Mac version works differently, someone please let me know.

John

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