Using TablEdit for arrangements with multiple staves
By Melanie Johnston
Modules
The TablEdit module feature allows you to create an arrangement with more than one part. Here’s how:
The yellow colored box is the active module and the one you will see open in your working screen. If you wish to work in the other module, click on its box.
Module “Rules”
1. All modules must be in the same key and have the same number of measures.
2. You CAN have different tunings or clefs for each module e.g. DAD for module 1 and ADA or AEA in 8va or bass clef for a baritone module.
Line Mode
When working on an arrangement of one part, you are most likely in Page Mode. If you are adding a harmony module, working in Line Mode can be very helpful because you can see the melody line and decide what you want to put in the harmony (or other) module.
You will see something like this:
If you don’t see both modules, go to File/Options, click the Multitrack tab and be sure all modules you wish to see are checked. Now click the play arrow and hear both parts!
Johnston, of Asheville, North Carolina, regularly teaches TablEdit at dulcimer festivals and wrote “TablEdit, a Manual for Mountain Dulcimer Arrangers.”
