SCW Player – Quick Guide

Playback & Navigation

• Play / Pause: click the round button or press Space.
• Jump −5s / +5s: use the small buttons or the Up / Down Arrow keys.
• The progress bar shows the current position and lets you seek by dragging.
• Click-to-Seek - Click any word in the lyrics bar to instantly jump to that moment in the score.
• Colored Notes - Enables real-time coloring of noteheads as the music plays. Each voice is highlighted with its own color to make the score easier to follow.

Scrolling & Score Zoom

• The score scrolls horizontally in sync with the audio.
• You can also scroll manually to inspect any passage.
• Use Zoom − / + or press Z / X to zoom the score out and in.

Voices & Solo

• Use the voice buttons (Tutti / S / A / T / B / S1 / etc.) to choose which part is highlighted.
• The Solo switch lets you hear only the selected voice, or reinforce it above the full mix.
• The status line always shows the active mode.

Keyboard Shortcuts:
  – S → Solo ON/OFF for the selected voice
  – T (or º) → Tutti
  – 1–9 → Select voices in button order
  – 0 → Voice 10
  – ' → Voice 11
  – ¡ (Spanish keyboards) or ! → Voice 12

Rehearsal Marks (A–E)

• Use the A B C D E buttons to create up to five personal markers.
• First click: stores the current playback time.
• Next clicks: jump instantly to that marked position.
• The square markers above the timeline are also clickable.
• Right-click a letter to clear only that mark.
• Clear removes all rehearsal marks at once.

Keyboard Shortcuts:
• A–E → Create the mark if missing, or jump if it exists.
• Shift + A–E → Clear the corresponding mark.

Loop Points (X / Y)

• Click 𝄆 to set the loop start (X) at the current time.
• Click 𝄇 to set the loop end (Y).
• When both points are set, the player automatically repeats that passage.
• The 𝄆 / 𝄇 markers in the timeline are also clickable (jump to X or Y).
• Clear Loop removes both points at once.

Keyboard Shortcuts:
• Q → Set or jump to Loop X
• W → Set or jump to Loop Y
• Shift + Q → Clear Loop X
• Shift + W → Clear Loop Y

Metronome (Click)

• The Click button toggles a metronome aligned with the audio playback.
• Useful for reinforcing pulse and rhythmic precision.

Keyboard Shortcut:
• M → Metronome ON/OFF

Keyboard Shortcuts Summary

• Space – Play / Pause
• ↑ / ↓ −5s / +5s
• S – Solo ON/OFF
• N – Colored Notes ON/OFF
• M → Metronome ON/OFF
• R – Restart player (hard reload)
• A–E – Set / jump rehearsal marks
• Shift + A–E – Clear rehearsal marks
• Q / W – Loop X / Loop Y
• Shift + Q / Shift + W – Clear Loop X / Y
• Z / X – Zoom out / in
• T (º) – Tutti
• 1–9 – Voices 1–9
• 0 – Voice 10
• ' – Voice 11
• ¡ or ! – Voice 12
• L – ℒ Lyrics bar ON/OFF