Starting a score
A new score from a template or the instruments you choose, and its title, artist and credits.
Available on iPad, iPhone and Mac.
Starting a score
- In the list of your scores, go to the folder the score goes in, then tap Create Document (or +).Choose File › New (⌘N). The New Score sheet opens.
- Type a Title, or leave it: the score is called “Untitled” until you name it.
- Choose its tracks: tap a template, or add instruments one by one (below).
- Tap Create. The score opens with four empty bars in 4/4 at 90 beats a minute, ready to write.
.flow file named after its
title.
See Examples, at the top of the sheet, opens the Sample Browser instead: a finished score to open and change.
Choosing the tracks
The templates at the top fill the track list in one tap:
- Guitar, Bass, Drums and Piano: one track of that instrument.
- Rock Band: electric guitar, bass and drums.
- Acoustic Duo: two guitars.
- Full Band: two electric guitars, bass, drums and piano.
- Vocals: a soprano part. SATB: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone.
Add opens every instrument, by family: guitars, bass, other strings (banjo, ukulele), drums, keyboards and voices, each with its own tuning and sound. Choose one to add it under the others; ✕ on a track’s row takes it out. A guitar or bass row shows its tuning, highest string first. Create waits until the list has at least one track.
You can change all of it later: add, remove and reorder tracks, change their tuning and instrument, in the score.
Title, artist and credits
A score’s title, subtitle and artist are printed at the top of its first page, and its copyright at the foot of every page. To change them:
Fill in Title, Subtitle, Artist, Album, Music By, Lyrics By, Transcriber and Copyright, then Apply.