Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 900)

Chapter 25 Preferences, project settings, and key commands 900
Common parameters
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Head Style button group: Choose one of the four head styles:
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Numbers only
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Numbers in circle
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Circle 1/1, 1/2 notes only
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Black and white (1/1, 1/2 notes) circles
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Bass String buttons: Click to determine the display of the lowest string. It may be the same as
other strings, or slightly thicker.
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Up- and Down Strum buttons: Click to change the style of the Up- and Down Strum objects
displayed in the Chord Grid and Tablature Markings Part box.
TAB Markings parameters
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Palm Mute field: Customize the name, font, and size of the Palm Mute object in the Chord Grid
and Tablature Markings Part box.
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Let Ring field: Customize the name, font, and size of the Let Ring object in the Chord Grid and
Tablature Markings Part box.
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Slap field: Customize the name, font, and size of the Slap object in the Chord Grid and
Tablature Markings Part box.
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Line pop-up menu: Adjust the line: solid, dashed, or dotted.
Determine the string assignment
As most notes can be played at different positions (frets) on different strings, the Assign
parameter in the Tablature pane performs an essential role. In most cases, the MIDI channels
of the individual notes determine the string assignment. The MIDI channel parameter of an
individual note has no impact on MIDI playback. The playback channel is determined in the Track
inspector, found in the Main window.
m Click in the Assign column (for the corresponding Tuning Set), and choose from the following
string assignment options:
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Pitch
Logic Pro assigns each note to the string on which it is playable, at the lowest possible
position. In order to influence the string assignment, there is a rule (in Pitch mode only) that a
note’s fret position cannot be lower than its MIDI channel.
This method is generally used when notes are recorded from a MIDI keyboard:
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An A3 (on MIDI channel 1) is displayed on the second fret of the G string. If you want the
note to be displayed at a higher position (to correctly display the proper fingering of a
passage), you need to set its channel to 3 or higher. This means that the fret position cannot
be lower than 3, so the note will be displayed at the D string’s seventh fret.
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If the channel is between 8 and 12, the A3 is assigned to the A string on the 12th fret, and to
the low E string (17th fret) for channels 13 to 16.
If you want to force even higher positions, you need to use one of the other
assignment modes.
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Channel
In this mode, the number of the string (1 to 6, counted from the lowest string) corresponds to
the MIDI channel. Channels 7 to 16 are assigned to the highest string.