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Quick Reference Guide
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world and learn more about
ProGression
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and share our passion for music and all of the Notion
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installYour Progression package ships with one dual-layer DVD.
Step 1:
Insert the disc into a dual-layer DVD disc reader on your computer. If theinstaller does not work automatically, double-click Install Progression and
follow the directions on the screen. This will install the Progression software,
Progression bundled sounds and effects.
aCtivate ProGression
After the installation has completed you will be asked to activate your copy of
Progression. Progression was shipped with a License Card which contains
your activation code. You cannot use Progression without rst activating it.
Simply follow the instructions on the screen and enter the activation code
found on your card. Once this process is complete you will be able to start
working in Progression.
aCtivation without an internet ConneCtion
Contact Notion Music Technical Support for assistance with this process.
Email: [email protected] (please include your name, contact info,
and activation code in this email)
Phone: 1-366-275-2994 ex. 333 (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Eastern Time
Zone)
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ProGression For your iPad is a Great ComPanion For
your new ProGression soFtware.
take advantaGe oF the ComPatibility between
ProGression For your desktoP and ProGression For
iPad.
When you use Progression on both your desktop computer and iPad you can
share your les between these two great programs or with others. Its a great way
to continue working on your projects when youre on the go. You can edit andplayback your score on one platform and then send it to the other and continue
working on the same le.
Find more inFormation at:
http://www.Notionmusic.com/products/Notionipad.html
http://www.Notionmusic.com/products/progressionipad.html
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the main ProGression window
You spend most of your time in the main Progression window where
youll nd many convenient controls, palettes, and indicators, here are a
few.Transport Access playback
and record controls.
Score area Large area
with your composition.
Have as few or as many
instruments as you want.
Entry Palette Most
score markings are never
more than a click away.
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Instrument Name -
Displays the name of the
instrument per staff.
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the toolbar
The icons located in the toolbar allow the user easy access to tools
frequently used.
a b C d e F
a - Virtual Keyboard Enter notes and chords or audition a melody on this
interactive keyboard.
b- Virtual Drumpad Enter the desired drum or pitch while in step-time entrymode.
C - Chord Library Select and insert chords or chord diagrams into you
score
d - Virtual Fretboard - Enter notes and chords or audition a melody with theinteractive fretboard.
e - Score Setup - Click this button so you can quickly add, change, edit orremove a staff in your score.
F - Mixer- Click this button to open the audio mixer console so you can adjustindividual instrument audio, edit effects, route output to external equipment,
and more.
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Guitar, bass, and other Fretted instruments
Prefer to work in tablature? Progression has you covered. Work
with tab staffs, a virtual fretboard, and an interactive chord library
to capture your latest ideas.
The edits you make
in a tab staff appears
in a notation staff
and visa versa.
Enter commonly used
techniques including
bends, slides, hammer-
ons, pull-offs, taps, slaps,
vibratos, and harmonics.
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try addinG a sCore markinGSimply hover your mouse over one of the bottompanes to open a yout window
with options.
Hover over any of the options to view more information in a tooltip (you see the
name of the symbol and, as a reminder, a keyboard shortcut you could use as an
alternate way to access that symbol). To use a particular marking, click it.
A representation of this symbol now appears on your
cursor (a Music Cursor). Position the marking where you
want it (see left). To add it to the score, either click your
mouse or press ENTER. Its that easy.
entry Palette
With the pop-up options in the Entry Palette you quickly access markings you
can place on your score.
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sCore setuP
Click the button, to display this function. In Score Setup
you can quickly add, change, or remove staffs. You can also hide/
show, customize the order, change the appearance, and change the
instruments assigned to multiple staffs.
Score settings - access the score setup
options.
Remove instrument - removes instrument
from score.Hide/Show instrument - hide/show the
instrument(s) in your score.
Change instrument, part name,or abbreviation Change instrument settings,notation settings, and tuning
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try addinG a staFF or instrumentPart of the process of adding a new staff is assigning an instrument,
working from the bottom upward (letters refer to the callouts in the
illustration):Hover over an instrument family.
A submenu of instruments displays.
Click an instrument.
You have just created a new staff and assigned an instrument to it.
You can continue to rapidly create more staffs this way. To exitScore Setup, you can press the Exit Score Setup button at the
top or press ESC.
Library options View the
options currently installed on
your computer.
Instrument Families The
options change with the sound
source you select below.
Instruments Click the
instrument you want to assign.
You can download additional instruments, sound effects, and performancetechniques. Check out the Expansion Sounds at Notionmusic.com.
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sCore area
Unlimited instruments, unlimited pages, and highly customizable. Work in a full
score, or just with your choice of instruments or quickly edit or print a single
instrument (go to the Menu bar and select Score > Dynamic Parts).
Continuous Page ViewProgression offers three pageviews. The one pictured here isContinuous. This no manualscrolling option features acontinuous run through the score with
no page breaks.
Margin Seen in Continuouspage view, this overlayupdates you on the currentKey and Time Signatures andidenties instruments in a redtext.
To change page views, go to theMenu bar and select View. Thethree options at the top of themenu are Continuous, PagesAcross, and Pages Down.
Playback marker Seen in all pageviews, this green marker across asystem identies where playback isat the moment. As the marker movesfurther to the right, your view of thescore automatically jumps ahead.
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mixer
Works just like a hardware console, but without the hassle of wires!Theres a channel strip for each instrument, four buses, and a masterchannel strip. Click the Mixerbutton in the Toolbar to open this separate
window.
Output Click to
determine where
sound from this strip
goes: to the Master
or to external digitalchannels.
Power Panning
Not simply left/right
placement, but also
how wide a spread.
Sends Send
a percentage of
a channel strips
sound to one or
more buses.
These instrument-
family buttons help
you nd the channel
strips you want
quickly.
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Buses (blue faders)
Master(red fader)
Global volume,
panning, and effects.
Inserts Place effects (such as reverb or
distortion) on individual instruments or (better
yet) on one or more buses to be shared among
your choice of instruments.
The default location of
the built in Progression
reverb. Click here toview and edit reverb
settings.
Solo/Mute
Great for isolating
trouble spots while
composing or
during rehearsals.
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virtual instrumentsThe virtual instruments allow you to enter or audition notes/chords by
selecting a duration and clicking the note on the instrument to either
audition or enter the note.
- Choose whether youd like to enter music as single note
(melody) or multiple notes (chord).
- Choose the pencil icon to enter notes as you select
them on the virtual instrument.
- Choose the speaker icon to audition notes on the virtual
instrument.
- Select the octave youd like to enter/audition notes
(virtual keyboard only).
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virtual instruments - the drumPadThe virtual drumpad works just like the other virtual instruments with the
addition of the drum library. To use the drum library select a style (funk,
jazz, rock, or world), choose a pattern and click in the score to place it.
A - Drumpads - Use the drumpads to enter notes to your score. The
instrument ID will show up on the corresponding pad for identication.
B - Controls - Access the voice, melody/chord mode, and genre for
the drum library here.
C - Drum Library - Select the pattern youd like to use in your score
and drag it to the drum set staff in the score for use.
A B C
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transPort
Optional buttons for common tasks.
Rewind Click once to return to the spot where you last started. Click
twice to return to the beginning.
Stop Halt playback but stay at that location.Play Have Notion play your score using metronome marks to
determine tempo.
Real-Time Record Click to have Notion record notation as you play
a MIDI device.
Step-Time Record Click to enter notation from a MIDI device a stepat a time. Also can be used with the virtual instruments.
Velocity Overdub Specify and edit velocity (loudness),
down to individual notes. Can be used to reduce the number of
dynamic marks in a score.
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Toolbar thin strip across the top of the
window with various controls
Tooltip Unsure
what a particular
symbol is? These
small windows open
to tell you and
remind you of their
keyboard shortcuts.
Editing marker
Shows at a glance
where you are
currently in the
score.
Customize your view Change page views, change the font size
or switch to a jazz lead-sheet font, zoom, specify where measurenumbers appear, jump instantly forward or backward, and more.
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keyboard shortCuts
Pressing keys to start, control, or end features are optional: there are always alternatemethods available. However, the more keyboard shortcuts you use, the less time ittakes to enter and edit scores.
Notes and Rests
Bar rest Z
Double wholenote/rest
SHIFT + W
Whole note/rest W
Half note/rest H
Quarter note/rest Q
8th note/rest E
16th note/rest S
32nd note/rest T
64th note/rest J
128th note/rest SHIFT + J
Augmentation dots D
Ghost noteSelect
value, thenzero
Alternate noteheads X
Accidentals
Flat 2
Sharp 3
Natural 4
For quarter-tones, add SHIFT to above
Enharmonic spelling SHIFT + E
Edit NotesTie tool SHIFT + T
Slur tool SHIFT + S
Beam tool SHIFT + B
Grace note G
Octave trans-position marks
SHIFT + 8
// ten. Fermata, Caesura,
Tenuto, Breath9
Trills SHIFT + ~
Tremolosand Shakes
/ andSHIFT + /
Swing Swing controls SHIFT + G
TIP: To use a shortcut to enter a tuplet, rst display a note value on
your Music Cursor, then hold down ALT and press a number key
representing the type of tuplet, such as the number 3 for a triplet.
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Score Markings
Changeinstrument
SHIFT + I
Key signature SHIFT + K
Time signature SHIFT + M
Clefs C
Metronomemark
SHIFT +
accel. rit.Tempo changeabbreviations
R
Bar lines I
Repeats and1st/2nd endings
SHIFT + ;
RepeatMeasure signs
SHIFT + 5
Rehearsal mark SHIFT + R
Navigationmarks
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[cut... Cut marks SHIFT + 7
Fretted Instruments
Chord namesand diagrams
SHIFT + C
Bends B
Palm mute, letring, slap
M
H P THammer on,pull off, tap
N
Slides \
Vibrato V
Whammy bar SHIFT + V
Bbmaj7
TIP: To quickly place on your Music
Cursor a ngering mark of p, i, m, a, c, T,
1, 2, 3, or 4, press the Y key, then press
the number or letter you need.
TIP: To change the time value of multiple notes/rests, highlight (or click-select) the notation
involved, press the equal key (=), then press the keyboard shortcut (see Notes and Rests
table) for the time value you want all notes/rests to have.
Score Text
Add lyric L
Add text K
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Instrument Marks
Pedal marks 8
Arpeggios SHIFT + A
+Close/stop
(hi-hat)SHIFT + =
oOpen
(hi-hat)O (letter O)
Articulations
Accent 5
Staccato 1
Strong Accent(Marcato) 6
Semi-Staccato (dash)
O O OHarmonic, cut
circle, Bartok pizz.
O(letter O)
Dynamics
Piano dynamics P
Forte dynamics F
Mezzo-piano SHIFT + P
Mezzo-forte SHIFT + F
cresc.
Crescendo
symbol or text comma or
Change Note Pitches
Highlight or click-select notes. Then:
Move to any degree
on the staffDrag and drop
Move to the next higher
degreeUP ARROW
Move to the next lower
degreeDOWN ARROW
Move up byhalf steps
SHIFT+ UP ARROW
Move down by
half stepsSHIFT+ DOWN
ARROW
On the PC, move up by
octavesCTRL + ALT + UP
ARROW
Multi-VoiceProgression supports up to 4 voices on a staff. To quickly switch from one voice to another,hold down (PC:) CTRL(Mac:) and press a number from 1-4.
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View
Zoom inPC: CTRL + =
Mac: + =
Zoom outPC: CTRL +
Mac:
+
Zoom to...PC: SHIFT+ CTRL + =
Mac: SHIFT + + =
Go ToPC: CTRL + GMac: + G
Switch from one
mode to the otherSHIFT + ENTER
Scroll right
(in Continuous view)SHIFT + mouse wheel down
Scroll left
(in Continuous view)SHIFT + mouse wheel up
File Level
Open existing scorePC: CTRL + OMac: + O
Create new scorePC: CTRL + N
Mac:
+ N
Save editsPC: CTRL + SMac: + S
Save As to
another le
PC: SHIFT+ CTRL + S
Mac: SHIFT + + S
PrintPC: CTRL + PMac: + P
Close the lePC: CTRL + WMac: + W
Exit / QuitPC: CTRL + QMac: + Q
Export score to a
WAV audio le
PC: SHIFT+ CTRL + E
Mac: SHIFT + + E
Highlight
A measureDouble-click any-where in measure
Entire scorePC: CTRL + AMac: + A
Editing Tools
UndoPC: CTRL + ZMac: + Z
RedoPC: CTRL + Y
Mac: SHIFT+ + Y
CutPC: CTRL + XMac: + X
CopyPC: CTRL + CMac: + C
PastePC: CTRL + VMac: + V
DuplicatePC: CTRL + DMac: + D
Express entryPress single quote then start
typing
Import/Input
Import the contents
of a le
PC: SHIFT+ CTRL + I
Mac: SHIFT + + I
Start real-time inputPC: CTRL + RMac: + R
Start step-time inputPC: CTRL + EMac: + E
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Play
Play SPACEBAR
Adjust tempo faster UP ARROW
Adjust tempo slower DOWN ARROW
StopSPACEBAR
or ESC
Move Playback Marker
Next measure ]
Previous measure [
Next Rehearsal mark SHIFT + ]
Previous Rehearsal
markSHIFT + [
Rewind where you
last startedBACKSPACE
Return to beginning HOME orBACKSPACE (2x)
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SequencerStaf
Overdub just
controller settings
start real-time inputand press SPACEBAR
Overdub on top of
previous track
PC: SHIFT + CTRL + R
Mac: SHIFT + + R
Select marks you want to change, then:
Move markLEFT/RIGHTARROW keys
Shorten duration SHIFT +LEFT ARROW
Lengthen durationSHIFT +
RIGHT ARROW
Change pitchDrag orpress
UP/DOWN ARROW
Quick Open
Score SetupPC: CTRL + TMac: + T
Open or close MixerPC: CTRL + /Mac: + /
VSTi interface
for staff
PC: CTRL + IMac: + I
Key Signature
dialog boxSHIFT + K
Times Signature
dialog boxSHIFT + M
Preferences Mac: + comma
HelpMac: SHIFT + + / [ ? ]
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Quick ways to zoom:
Zoom in: PC: CTRL + = MaC: + =
Zoom out: PC: CTRL + - MaC: + -
Zoom to: PC: SHIFT + CTRL + = MaC: SHIFT + + =
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