iWriteMusic app

Edit Button:
You can delete your saved songs.

Infomation Button:
Link to website for instructions.

Title:
Title of your song.

Time Signature:
You can choose from various options.

Key:
You can set key here.
If you already write notes, there is an option for transposition, too.

Pick-up Measure:
Select the number of beats for the pick-up measure.

Track Settings:
Goes to "Track Settings" page. (See "Track Settings")

Chords:
Select minimum length of the chord duration.

Note Input:
Select the pitch of note you want to input with red location indicator then pick the length of the note.

* If you would like to put accidentals and/or dots, please select one of the buttons, then touch the note or rest.

Rest Input:
Touch "Rest" button on the bottom, then select the length of the rest.

* You can double tap the buttons on the bottom to lock the command.

Zoom In & Zoom Out:
Pinch in and out to resize the screen.

Two Finger Double Tap:
Back to default view size. (You can change default view size in Setting.)

*You can't drag up/down the note already written, however, it will be replaced when you write new note/rest on it.

* This editor doesn't prohibit to input notes/rests over bar limit. (ex. Writing 6 quarter notes in a bar in 4/4 is possible.) They just appear in red.

Eraser:
Select item you would like to delete with blue location indicator.

* You can double tap the Eraser button to lock the command. (When you lock the command, the color of the button changes as shown in the left.)

To erase Note / Rest:
Just touch Noe/Rest you want to erase

To erase Beam / Tuplets / Tie:
Locate indicator BETWEEN the notes where it is connected.

To erase Articurations / Dynamics:
Touch the Note that is associated with it.

To erase all Bar related Marks / Signs:
Touch Barline that is associated with it.

Bar Commands:
Tap to see all bar commands.

Coda:

To Coda:

Segno:

Brackets:

Repeats Marks:

Single Bar Repeat:

D.C / D.S. / fine:

Ending Bar / Double Bar:

Delete Bar: Details will be explained later.

* You can't 'Insert Bar' but 'insert Barline' at anywhere to add a bar.

Insert Bar command

Select Insert Bar command, then select space where you want to insert a bar.

The example shows to insert a bar between the 2nd bar and the 1st note of 2nd bar.

When you apply different barline, the barline will be simply replaced with new one.
The repeat bar will be set back to normal bar on the first example, while it will be deleted on the 2nd example.

Bar Command:
- You can't 'Insert Bar' but 'insert Barline' at anywhere to add a bar.

Barline Style Command: (Normal, Double, End, Repeats) :
- You can replace any barline style by simply applying new barline style on the barline.
- You can also set barline back to normal by applying Normal Barline Style to intended barline.

Repeat Marks:
- You can only apply them through barline. You can't write them directly on staff.
- To Erase it....

Delete Bar command

Just select a bar with location indicator.

You can only delete a single bar at a time, can't delete multiple bars at once.

Tap icon
(if you want to lock this command, please double tap.)

Select the first note you would like to connect with beam

Select the last note you would like to connect.

Tap icon
(if you want to lock this command, please double tap.)

Select the first note you would like to make tuplets.

Select the last note you would like to connect.

Over bar limit input + Tuplet command

Since the last note is over the bar limit in 4/4 setting, it appears in red. When it becomes quarter note triplet, the last note turns to normal color.

Select chord command inside ,
Chord edit bar will appear. (You can double tap to lock this command.)

Select the location you want to put chord in. (You can set chords on empty bar, too.)

If you want to change this harmonic rhythm.

1. Go to Settings

2. Select Min. Division under Chords Category.
(If iPhone version, you need to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find this Menu.)

3. Select different length.

Select chord root, chord value and chord bass from chord selector.

Click button then select the dynamics button you would like to put note.

Then touch the note.

Click "Settings" button to create the look you want.

Click button for emailing pdf file or jpg file. (Default is in jpg file. You can change it in settings.)

Use or to go other pages when you have multiple pages.

You can hide tracks to create parts.