Logic Pro X Score Editor Explained Vol 3

Logic Score Editor guru Doug Zangar finishes his three-part Logic Pro X Score Editor Explained series with these in-depth video tutorials covering Mapped Instruments for Drums, Creating a Lead Sheet, Creating an Orchestral Template, Converting a Score to Individual Parts, Exporting your Score in MusicXML Format, and more!

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• Duration Bars & Guides (04:34) - The menu items for each of these features are demonstrated.

• Explode Folders & Explode Polyphony (05:04) - These two menu items are demonstrated.

Mapped Instrument for Drums

• Drum Mapping Pt. 1 (05:50) - This video covers the mapped staff style and shows how to create a mapped instrument and assign it to a track.

• Drum Mapping Pt. 2 (07:32) - The parameters of the Mapped Instrument window are shown, as well as how the notation parameters affect the display of the Staff Style.

• Drum Mapping Pt. 3 (07:07) - Explore the interaction between the Mapped Instrument window and the Staff Styles window for the layout of notes on the Mapped Drum Staff Style.

Create a Lead Sheet

• Creating a Lead Sheet Pt. 1 (08:07) - How to enter, edit and align chords. Adding rhythmic figures in the Lead Sheet staff style is also shown.

• Creating a Lead Sheet Pt. 2 (10:38) - You can repeat sections of a lead sheet for a linear form with the help of markers.

• Creating a Lead Sheet Pt. 3 (06:19) - This video demonstrates formatting the layout and adding D.S. and Coda signs.

• Creating a Lead Sheet Pt. 4 (07:18) - How to Add Global and Local Text.

• Creating a Lead Sheet Pt. 5 (04:45) - Learn the techniques needed to add lyrics.

Create an Orchestra Template

• Creating an Orchestra Template Pt. 1 (07:12) - Explore naming and coloring tracks, adding instrument icons and organizing instrument families with Track Stacks.

• Creating an Orchestra Template Pt. 2 (06:20) - This video covers page set up and setting up staff styles and score sets for the instruments.

• Creating an Orchestra Template Pt. 3 (06:41) - Refine a Score score set via formatting global settings, numbers and names, time signatures and saving as a template.

Score to Parts

• Four Part Score to Parts (04:18) - Take a four part piano score and quickly convert it to parts.

Guitar Notation

• Guitar Notation (06:47) - How to enter and edit chord grids, making standard notation and tablature look similar.

Print & Export to MusicXML

• Print & MusicXML (07:58) - This video reviews page set up and layout, then goes into viewing and saving as PDF files, and exporting as a MusicXML.