The Toolbar Palette contains commands in the form of buttons as a shortcut to some of the more common operations you'll want to perform on tones, chords, and scales.

Click on a button or use a key equivalent to enact the command.

Triad

Add three notes to the chord beginning with the Scale Note. The notes are added in Third intervals. (For example, if you select a D triad in the C scale you get a Dm chord with the tones D - F - A.) FretPet plays the triad as an arpeggio.

• Shift-click clears the chord before adding the triad.
• Option-click subtracts the triad from the chord.

Scale

Add the entire Current Scale to the chord. FretPet will play a linear progression of all the notes in the resulting chord, beginning with the root of the Current Key.

• Shift-click clears the chord before adding the scale.
• Option-click subtracts the scale from the chord.

Transpose <T>

Transpose the Current Chord to a new root that you click on.

If the Current Chord isn't empty, clicking the Transpose button changes the pointer into an arrow with a key alongside it.

You can then click a tone in the Scale Palette, Guitar Palette, Circle Palette, or Piano Palette to change the root of the Current Chord to a new note. All the other notes will retain their positions relative to the new root.

Note that you can hold down the mouse button (in most places) to continuously transpose the chord to new keys. Useful when you want to try various transpositions without repeatedly clicking the Transpose button.

Clear

Clear the Current Chord.

• You can also use the Edit >> Clear menu item.
• Option-click to clear the chord's sequence too.

Undo

Click to Undo or Redo the last operation.

• You can also use Edit >> Undo.

Add Chord <A>

Insert the Current Chord into the Chord Bank. If no bank is open then one will be created for you. Note that once you have a bank open this button merely duplicates the Current Chord.

• You can also use the Edit >> Add Chord menu item.
• Option-click gives the new chord an empty sequence.
• Shift-click puts the duplicated chord at the end of the sequence.
• Command-click ( or D ) puts the duplicated chord at the end of the sequence and advances the Bank Cursor (Edit >> Add To End).

Hear

Click Hear to listen to the Current Chord. This button acts differently depending on the status of the Current Chord. There are 3 possibilities:

• Strike Chord - Every note is struck simultaneously.
  This will occur whenever the Fret Bracket is turned OFF. See the Guitar Palette for more about the bracket.
• Strum Chord - Strummed from the bottom string to the top.
  This occurs when the Fret Bracket is ON and you have no open banks (or when the current bank is empty).
• Sequenced Chord - Played according to your design.
  If you have created a sequence for the Current Chord you can listen to it with the Hear button. The sequence plays only once no matter what the Repeat is set to.

  Option-click to force a chord that has a sequence to play as a Strummed Chord.

Stop <esc>

Click here to stop any sequences that are playing.

Play <P>

Start playing the selected range of chords in the Chord Bank. If there is no range selected then play begins at the first chord and continues until the end of your progression.

• Command-click sets Loop, Active View, and Free Editing as play begins.

Loop <L>

When this button is turned on the play range will repeat indefinitely until you press Stop or until you turn looping off and the sequence reaches its end.

Active View (Eye Button) <E>

To have FretPet light up notes and automatically move through the document as your sequence plays, click this button. With Active View enabled you will not be allowed to interact with the sequencer. (Unless you turn on Free Editing...)

Free Editing (Pencil Button) <F>

This button gives you complete freedom of movement and editing while your sequence is playing. This makes composition more flexible and allows you to test various orders of play before committing to them. It also makes it possible to "perform" with FretPet as if it were an electronic instrument. You may turn this on any time to gain this ability.

When Free Editing is turned on the Play function behaves differently: Play always begins at the Current Chord. It does not automatically advance through your song. However, if you turn off this option your song will resume normally.

Solo Mode Button (Button 13)

You should enable solo mode any time you want to hear a single Part isolated from all the rest. When Solo Mode is enabled the current part number will appear in red, and it will blink during Play. Use Solo Mode especially when listening to the Demo Sequences. After playing with Solo Mode you'll appreciate how much of a difference even a little harmony makes!

(The picture on the button is of a soloist, if you couldn't tell. It was either that or the number 13, and I like the little restroom icon better.)

• You can also use Sequencer >> Solo Mode.
• You can enable Solo Mode by double-clicking a Part Tab.