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From The Preface

Having worked with Logic and its predecessor Notator SL since 1988, in the summer of 1995 I began participating in the Logic Users Group, an internet mailing list. I wrote a lot about Logic's notation part there and shared my knowledge with other Logic users. In the fall of '95 Gerhard Lengeling contacted me (via internet) and asked me to become a beta tester for Logic. So I became a "long-distance-beta-tester" and contributor of ideas for Logic's development, mainly its score part. My contributions to the Logic Users Group continued, and after Len Sasso released his Environment Guide and the Logic Internet community obviously supported this project, I had the idea to write such a book about Logic's notation part. A first "poll" testing general interest for such a book (again, on the Logic Users mailing list - many thanks to Fokke DeBoer!) showed me that quite a few people were interested. Also Len Sasso helped me a lot by telling me about his experiences with his own book and encouraging me to go for it (Thanks a lot, Len!). So in the spring of '97 I decided to write it.

Some time after that, Emagic asked me to completely rewrite the notation part of the Logic manual and also to write a score tutorial for beginners. I did both, but did not stop working on this book - I only changed my plans concerning its concept: From an alternative to the Emagic manual which it would have been initially it became a mixture between a higher level tutorial and a tips&tricks collection.

Concept And Level

The Logic Notation Guide (LNG) is not intended to replace the score chapter of the Logic manual - since I wrote that myself, this would not make sense.
This book requires at least the knowledge covered in the Emagic Score Tutorial (which is a beginner's introduction to Logic's score part). That tutorial is a PDF file which can be downloaded for free from Emagic's webpages  (http://www.emagic.de: Click on Downloads, then Tutorials).

The LNG also is not written for people who distrust manuals in general: You will even find that I refer to the manual and to the tutorial sometimes, especially for basic reference. I tried my best there to explain things, so why should I write everything a second time? (Besides, nobody would want to buy such a book.) If I did write about something which is described in the manual, I tried to explain it from a different point of view. Apart from that, this book contains a lot more practical examples, and many sections are based on tutorials using the song files on the supplementary disc.

In general I tried to structure the contents rather according to their musical and notation-related context than to the technical structure of the program. Nevertheless in an integrated software package like Logic it is necessary to understand the basic structures that all parts of the program are based on. A lot of this is covered in chapter View Modes, Display Levels And Instrument Sets, which begins on page 11.

Last but not least the LNG goes beyond the level of the manual quite often: Advanced concepts are introduced, most descriptions go very much into detail, and quite a few tricks, hints and workarounds are supplied which enable you to do things with Logic's notation part that would not be possible with the regular functions described in the manual.

Since Logic is a very flexible program, there are different approaches for working with it. This book describes my own way of working. Although this might not be the ideal approach for everybody, it should still be possible for every interested reader to gain additional knowledge and get new ideas for his or her own way of using Logic as a notation-based sequencer and as a notation program.
 

Software Requirements, Operating Systems

The book deals with the score part of Logic Audio Gold and Platinum, from version 3.5 to version 4.8.1: The printed book covers 3.5/3.6/3.7 (which are identical concerning the score part), the 4.7 addendum on the supplementary disc covers the additional features and changes in the 4.0 to 4.8.1 versions. Both the Macintosh and Windows versions of Logic are covered. Concerning the score part the two versions are identical with only a few minor exceptions.

Concerning older versions of Logic: The major part of this book will also be useful for people who work with older versions of Logic, especially the chapters describing the more basic functions.
 

Some Pictures From The Book....

In the book there are detailed explanations how these scores can be created. In addition the scores shown here are also included as Logic files on the supplementary disc.

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Beamed Grace Notes

Tremolando

Lead Sheets with Kicks

Free Trial Chapter

If you are interested in the book, but aren't sure whether it's worth the money for you, you can download a pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file with a few sections from the book and one of the Logic tutorial song files for free.

Just click here to get to the download page.

Table Of Contents

Preface 6
Using The Files From The Supplementary Disc 9

 1.  View Modes, Display Levels And Instrument Sets 11

Zoom Levels 11
Page View / Linear View 12
Full Score View / Single Sequence View / Folders 13
Display Levels And Link Modes 14
Instrument Sets 18
Single Instrument View 19

 2.  Score Layout Settings,  Using Template Files 20

Copying and Importing Settings 21
Score Template Details 23
Bigband Template On The LNG Disc 27
String Quartet Template On The LNG Disc 32

 3.  Printing 34

Mac only: Sonata Font Option 35

 4.  Tips For Editing 37

Key Commands For Editing Notes 37
Key Commands For Quantizing Notes 38
Key Commands For Selecting Notes 38
Tool Shortcuts 40

 5.  Copying In the Score 42

Copying Within The Same Sequence(s) 43
Copying To Other Tracks And/Or Sequences 49

 6.  Note Length And Rhythm 53

Displayed Note Length 53
Displayed Bar Position 53
Actual Midi Length 54
Display Quantization (Qua) 54
Interpretation 57
No Overlap 60
Syncopation and Max.Dots 61
Ties 62
Triplets And Other N-Tuplets 64

 7.  Score Styles 78

Using Score Styles Efficiently 78
Polyphonic Score Styles / Tutorial 80
Advanced Score Style Concepts 85

 8.  Time Signature and Beaming 93

Interrelation Between Time Signatures And Beaming 93
Compound Time Signatures 96
Hiding Time Signatures 97
Editing Beams 98
Converting Time Signatures 100

 9.  Clefs, Key Signatures, Accidentals, Transposition 104

Clefs 104
Accidentals 104
Key Signatures 105
Transposition 106

 10.  Symbols 111

Independent Symbols 111
Note Extensions (Symbols Attached To Notes) 112
Global Symbols 113
Notes, Rests, Clefs 114
Symbol Position 114
Common Problems And How To Avoid Them 116
Moving Symbols 118
Symbol Input 119

 11.  Text And Lyrics 121

Text Layout 121
Text Types 122
Text Position 122
Tutorial For Text Input 126
Lyric Layout Details / Complete Example File 133

 12.  Invisible Notes,  Inaudible Notes... 136

Muted Visible Tracks 137
Hidden Audible Tracks 137
Muted Visible Sequences and Folders 138
Hidden Audible Sequences and Folders 138
Inaudible Notes In The Score 139
Invisible Audible Notes 140

 13.  Score And Parts 142

Continuous Staves 142
Splitting Chordal Passages To Single Lines 144
Full Score Layout 147
Printing Parts 148

 14.  Trills, Tremoli, Arpeggi etc. 153

Size 153
Position 153
Details 154
Trills, Ornaments, Tremolo - Midi Playback Versus Score Display 159
The ìTrill Machineì 159

 15.  Rhythm Section Parts, Leadsheets 163

Beat Slashes 163
Chord Symbols 165
Lead Sheet Template 168

 16.  Layout 172

Page Layout 172
Spacing Of Notes And Rests 176
Size Of Notes And Symbols 177
Line Thickness 178
Tie Layout 178
Stem Length And Beaming Inclination 179
Inserting Additional Symbols (MacOS only) 180
Tempo Symbols 180

 17.  Special Situations 182

Cue Notes 182
Grace Notes 183
Pickup Bars (Anacrusis) 185
Ossia Bars 187
Codas (Additional Distance Between Staves) 188
8va/8vb Sections 190
Notes Without Rhythm 190

 18.  Graphical Score Export 192

Screenshots 192
The Camera Tool (Mac only) 193
Postscript File Export 195
Comparison 197

 19.  Playback Of Repeats with «Repeator» 198

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Alphabetical Index 203

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On The Supplementary Disc:

The Logic Notation Guide 4.7 Addendum

1. HOW TO USE THE ADDENDUM  4

2. WHATíS NEW IN LOGIC 4.7?  5

New Look, Language Options 5
New Menu Structures 5
New Score Functions 5
Logic for Windows - User Interface Changes 6

3. CHANGES BY CHAPTER 7

4. SCORE AND PARTS 15

Setting Up the Full Score 16
Part Extraction 17
Separate Layout Parameters for Score and Parts 17
Part Layout 18
Additional Tips for Score and Part Layout 19
Another Example File... 19
Problems and Possible Workarounds 20

5. CROSS-STAFF BEAMING 22

Tutorial for Cross-Staff Beaming 22
Additional Examples for Cross-Staff Beaming 24

6. UPDATED TEMPLATE FILES 25

Bigband Template 25
String Quartet Template 25

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