Playback

Notepan's playback functionality allows you to play tablatures with audio and animations. You can control the playback from the toolbar.

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Play / Pause
Start / Stop the player mode. It plays the tablature from the selected cell until the end. To play only a specific section, select the desired part (left click and drag to select a range) then press Play.

Keyboard shortcut: Space

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Speed
Adjust the speed of the playback.

Keyboard shortcut: use + and - during the playback to respectively increase or decrease the speed

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Loop
When enabled, the tablature repeats from the start when it reaches the end. If a specific section is selected, it loops only this section.

Keyboard shortcut: F7

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Count in
When enabled, you will hear a 4 beats countdown before the playback starts. It gives you time to get into position if you want to play along.

Keyboard shortcut: F8

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Metronome
When enabled, adds a metronome track on top of the tablature.

Keyboard shortcut: F9

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Playback settings
The last button ⋮ opens a settings panel where you can adjust the volume of the metronome, the sound of the metronome, the countdown's duration (from 1 to 12 beats) and whether the countdown should happen on each loop or only on the first one.