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G7 Hints & Tips – Getting Started

These Hints and Tips are a basic guide to getting around in G7 Kontakt Edition. Keyboard shortcuts for Mac are listed in
italics.

Important Advice
Before entering notes or text in G7, it is a good idea to press the Esc key once or twice to make sure no notes, bars or text
are selected. This takes G7 out of whatever mode it has previously been in.

The G7 Interface

• Toolbar
The toolbar is the strip of buttons across the top of the screen. With the exception of the transport controls (Play,
Stop, Record, etc.) the buttons are labeled as to their function. The functions include Save, Save as Audio Track,
Publish on G7Music.net, Scan (if you have PhotoScore installed), Undo and Redo, and the Guitar Guide. To hide
the toolbar go to the View menu and un-check Toolbar.

• Keypad
The G7 Keypad is used to select note values and other musical symbols. Once selected, the symbols can be
entered using the mouse. Once a rest has been selected in a bar, and a note value has been selected in the
Keypad, the computer keyboard or a MIDI instrument can be used to input notes without having to click them in
with the mouse. The G7 Keypad corresponds to the numeric keypad on your computer keyboard, so you can
select symbols or note values by typing the corresponding keys off the numeric keypad. Note that the G7 Keypad
has five different layouts that can be selected by clicking on the buttons under the word Keypad. You can also use
the function keys F8-12 to access the different layouts. To toggle the G7 Keypad in and out of view use shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+K (X+Option+K) or go to Window > Keypad.

• Navigator
The Navigator can be used to move around the music by clicking on the highlighted area and then dragging with
the mouse. To hide the Navigator, use shortcut Ctrl+Alt+N (X+Option+N), or go to the Window menu and un-
check Navigator.

• Fretboard
Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F or X+Option+F to bring up the Fretboard. You can also access the
Fretboard by selecting it from the Window menu. The Fretboard has two uses: one, you can enter single notes or
chords into a tab or notation staff by clicking on the corresponding fret on the Fretboard; two, when playing back
any selected staff (selected within the Fretboard Options) you will see the position and voicing of the notes and
chords appear in real-time on the Fretboard. Read more about the Fretboard and Fretboard Options in the G7
User Guide.

• Properties Box
The Properties box gives you local control over text, staff types, noteheads, trill intervals and bar rests/repeat bar
symbols. To access Properties, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+P or X+Option+P, or go to Window >
Properties. For example, if you would like to change a staff in your music from a five line staff to a one-line drum
set staff, simply select a bar in the staff and then select 1 line (drum set) from the Tuning/ Staff type drop down
list.

• Paper and Desktop Textures


The texture or look of the paper and desktop can be changed or modified by choosing View > Textures.
Creating a Score

• Setting up a Score
When first opening G7, you are prompted to choose what you want to do in the Quick Start window. If you
choose New, you are then taken through the New Score set-up process that allows you to choose your page
format, instruments or tab staves, music font, time signature and tempo, key signature, and important text such as
title, composer and copyright. At any time, you can quit this process, and all of these selections can be made later
or changed at a later point.

• Inkpen Music Font


If you want your music to look jazzy and handwritten, choose Jazz handwritten when in the House Style section of
the New Score set-up. This will apply the Inkpen music font and Inkpen text font to your music. You can also make
this change later by going to Fonts within the Format menu.

• Time Signatures
To add a new time signature at any time hit T (for time signature) or choose Create > Time Signature. Select the
time signature and then click in the bar of choice.

• Key Signatures
To add a new key signature at any time hit keyboard shortcut K (for key signature) or choose Create > Key
Signature. Select the key signature and then click in the bar of choice.

• Clefs
You can change clefs by choosing Create > Clefs or you can hit Q. If you have a note selected before you choose
a new clef, G7 will assume that’s where you want it put. If you don’t want the clef there, deselect everything first
by pressing the Esc key. Then you can click where you want the clef.

• Instruments
To add instruments, hit I (for instruments). You can also go to Create > Instruments.

• Tempo/ Metronome Marks


To add a new tempo or metronome mark, first select a note where you want the tempo change to start. You can
then hit Ctrl+Alt+T (X+Option+T) to access the tempo text style. A flashing caret will now appear. Right-click or
Ctrl-click to bring up a list of tempo text markings such as note values (quarter note, eighth note, etc.). Once
selected, the note value will appear above the note. You can then type the = key and then a number to complete
the tempo mark.

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