Single and multi-track views
Switch between drawing only the track under the cursor and drawing several tracks together.
Two views#
Single track draws only the track under the cursor; Multiple tracks draws the tracks you choose, stacked together.
A grand-staff piano shows both staves even in single-track view. New songs and .gp files open in multi-track view.
Switch views#
Each press of ⌘⇧TCtrl+Shift+T switches between single-track and multi-track view.
You can also switch with Score view on the toolbar, or and in the menus. To look at another track in single-track view, click that track in the left panel.
Switching views isn’t an edit, so it can’t be undone and doesn’t mark the song as changed. You can switch during playback.
Tracks in multi-track view#
Use the Show in multi-track view switch in a track’s row in the left panel to choose whether it appears in multi-track view.
The switch only appears in the rows while you’re in multi-track view. Rows of tracks you’ve left out are dimmed. also leaves out the track under the cursor. To bring back every track you’ve left out, choose . In single-track view, it also switches to multi-track view.
Which tracks appear is part of the song: it can be undone and is saved in the song and in .gp files. It can’t be changed during playback.
Saving and PDF#
The view you were using is saved in the .tonograph file, and the song opens in that view next time.
.gp files don’t keep the view and open in multi-track view. Tracks in the PDF and print dialog starts from the tracks currently drawn. Where system breaks go also depends on the view; see Sections and system breaks.