Add notes and rests from the Part box

In addition to using real-time recording and step input, you can add notes to a score directly from the Part box. When you add notes to the score, they are added to the region as MIDI events, and sound when you play the project.

Logic Pro automatically displays rests in regions in the Score Editor, based on the current Quantize display setting. You can also add rests manually, and change the appearance of rests in a score.

Add notes from the Part box

If the Notes section of the Part box isn’t visible, click the Notes button in the Part box.
Select the note value you want to add, then do one of the following:
- Drag it to the score at the point where you want to add it.
- Select the Pencil tool from the Tool menu, then click the point in the score where you want to add the note.
  A help tag appears while the mouse button is held down to help you place notes in the correct position.

Add a rest

If the Rests section of the Part box isn’t visible, click the Rests button in the Part box.
Drag a rest from the Part box to the place in the score where you want to add it, or use the Pencil tool.

Add a multiple bar rest

If the Rests section of the Part box isn’t visible, click the Rests button in the Part box.
Drag a multiple bar rest from the Part box to the place in the score where you want to add it, or use the Pencil tool.
By default, the multiple bar rest fills the number of empty bars until the next note event. You can change the length of the multiple bar rest, and also change the type (modern or church).
Double-click the multiple bar rest (with the Pointer tool).
In the dialog, deselect Auto Length, then enter the number of bars you want the rest to show.
To change the type of multiple bar rest, select one of the Type buttons in the dialog.