GUITAR CHORD SYMBOLS

• Explicit bass notes may now be included in chord names - eg G7/B or G7/A - and are respected on play-back.  The indicated bass note may be part of the chord or not. 

• Chord shape diagrams are now supported for guitar.

• An extensive guitar chord shape dictionary is included.

• Custom chord shapes, which are not in the main dictionary, may be defined and stored in an integrated custom dictionary.

 

REPEATED ACCIDENTALS

• Accidentals are no longer compulsory on notes at a different octave from one which has appeared earlier in the bar, but courtesy accidentals are suggested in this case.

 

KEY SIGNATURES AND TRANSPOSITION

• Key signature changes may now be optionally introduced (with a single command) without changing the pitch of existing music following the change.

• This allows, for example, traditional french horn, and other modern, parts notated in C-major with accidentals in the music.

• It also allows convenient post-processing of MIDI imports where the MIDI file has neglected to include key signature information.

 

Multiple bars rest

• The length of multiple bars rest symbol is now much more flexible.   You can now get any number of bars rest on one line.

• A multiple bars rest can now be added in pieces with more than one strand, as long as all parallel strands have rests.

• There are no longer non-printing control items indicating the beginning and end of a multiple bars rest, making the screen view even more WYSIWYG.

 

NIFF IMPORT AND SCANNING MUSIC

• Import of NIFF files (Notation Interchange File Format) is now supported.  NIFF is a standard file type which (unlike MIDI) stores notation formatting information.

• Import of scanned-in music is thus now possible from any third party music scanning software (such as the SharpEye scanner at http://www.visiv.co.uk  ) which can output in the standard NIFF format.  (Like MOZART, some scanning programs offer freely downloadable evaluation versions.)

 

GRAND STAFF

• The two 5-line staves which constitute a "grand staff" in (eg) piano parts are now much more tightly interconnected.

• Quavers (8th notes) and shorter may be beamed in runs from one stave to the other.

• Note stems may join notes on the two staves.

 

SYMBOLS

• Five more clefs, used in music up to the 18th century, are now available (making 9 in all plus octave variants).
   

• Tremolo notation is now fully supported.                                 

• Two bar repeat signs are now fully supported                       

• Glissando markings are now supported.                                   

• The font used for rehearsal marks is now fully configurable.

 

OVERVIEW

• A new "minimal" font size has been introduced as an option on the the screen allowing a better overview - for example during play-back.

 

PLAY - BACK

• 8va and 8vb are now supported and respected on play-back.

• The trill speed can now be selected for MIDI play-back of trills and mordents.

• The play-back duration of a single acciaccatura is now user-selectable.

• Play-back in a repeated section can now be sounded on the second time only

• Play-back now respects piano pedal markings.

• Play-back of a swung piece may now include sections played straight

• Play-back can now be directed to a given MIDI device from within MOZART's global preferences, rather than having to do it via the control panel.

• Chord shapes play back in the inversion defined by the fingerboard diagram.

USER INTERFACE

• Drag and drop is introduced for importable formats (eg .mid).

• Graphic images of your music may now be saved directly as files (in a wide variety of formats).

• Copying screen images to the clipboard may now be done much more easily without including the false colours and unprintable characters usually used in the screen itself.

• There is much more control over bitmap resolution when copying images to the clipboard, making it much easier to incorporate pages or snippets of music into word processor documents.

• The PrintSetup and PageFormat commands are improved making it much simpler to choose a different printer or switch between Portrait and Landscape formats.

• The status bar now shows the current part and stave name.

• There are separate commands which send the caret to the next/previous note and the next/previous note or rest.