Tools Menu commands

The Tools menu offers the following commands:

Modes

Choose the mode for working with your score:

  • Performance Mode
  • Layout Mode
  • Edit Mode MidiIllustrator Maestro Only Feature
    • Normal Entry
    • Mouse Entry
    • Power Edit
Task Wizard Opens the Task Wizard (‘Wizard’).

The Wizard will guide you through the steps involved in applying the Tasks outlined below to your scores.

Convert Score to ‘Two Hand Piano’ Arranges the current score as a piano solo part.

You can apply this command to multiple scores simultaneously with a Task. See the Task Wizard for further detail on this and other tasks.

Create Lead Sheets and Fake Books Optimises the score layout for a particular purpose. Generates scores which show a combination of the following core features: melody, lyric, chord names and guitar frets.

See the Task Wizard for further detail on this and other tasks.

Tasks Options Opens the Tasks Options dialog.
Generate Chord Names and Guitar Frets Analyses the score to determine the chord keys of each measure (and beat), and displays chord names and guitar frets above the top stave.

You can apply this command to multiple scores simultaneously with a Task. See the Task Wizard for further detail on this and other tasks.

Remove All Chord Names and Guitar Frets Removes all of the chord names and guitar frets that have been added to the score.

If you would rather just temporarily hide these objects, you can do so using the Show/Hide Score Objects option in the Score Options dialog.

Copy Chord Names to Lyrics This command will copy any chord names to the lyrics of the first staff in the score.

In some cases it is desirable to show chord names beneath the staff in this way.

Furthermore, once the lyric chord names have been created it is also possible to export these new chord lyrics by saving the score as a MIDI file, as the MIDI format can store lyrics but not chord information.  Other music software programs and some advanced digital keyboards can then display chords (in the lyrics) generated by MidiIllustrator, when importing a MIDI file.

Note that this action will overwrite existing lyrics in the first staff.  If you do not wish to overwrite existing lyrics, first create a new top staff and then repeat this command.

Generate Finger Numbers Automatic Fingering Analysis is an advanced feature in MidiIllustrator which performs a customizable analysis of the notation in your scores and accordingly assigns finger numbers to each note and chord.
Remove All Finger Numbers Removes all of the finger numbers that have been assigned to notes in the score.

If you would rather just temporarily hide finger numbers, you can do so using the Show/Hide Score Objects option in the Score Options dialog.

Theme Allows the selection of a theme or color scheme for the program interface.
MIDI Options Opens the MIDI Options dialog.
Program Options Opens the Program Options dialog.