Note and Lyrics Editing

Yass Reloaded combines note timing, pitch editing, lyrics editing, and page structure in one editor workflow.

Note Editing Basics

You can edit notes by keyboard, mouse, or both:

• move notes horizontally
• move notes vertically
• resize from left or right
• split and join notes
• add and delete notes

Frequently used shortcuts:

Copy and Paste Workflows

Copy and paste are central to fast editing in Yass Reloaded, especially for repeated melodies and repeated rhythmic structures.

Useful shortcuts:

Typical use cases:

• repeat a chorus phrase quickly
• reuse the rhythm of a previous phrase
• reuse pitch only
• reuse timing only and then refine the lyric mapping

The exact best choice depends on what should stay the same:

• use row copy/paste when the whole phrase structure repeats
• use pitch- or note-oriented paste variants when only part of the musical information should be reused
• use the copied-melody helper as a visual aid when you want to align a later phrase against an earlier one instead of pasting blindly

Lyrics Editing

Lyrics editing is closely tied to note editing:

• edit the lyric text
• roll lyrics left or right
• add or remove trailing spaces
• mark notes as golden, freestyle, rap, or plain

Useful shortcuts:

In practice, lyrics editing is often interleaved with note editing rather than done in a completely separate pass.

Page Breaks

Page breaks control phrase boundaries and visible page structure.

You can:

• toggle page breaks manually
• remove them again
• let Yass Reloaded auto-correct them
• shift notes around them until the phrase reads naturally

Relevant shortcuts:

Page Trimming Logic

Yass Reloaded inherits the classic idea that pauses between phrases can be trimmed automatically. In practice this means:

• short pauses break very close to the next phrase
• longer pauses can leave a more readable gap
• extremely long pauses are shortened to keep the page flow usable

Even with auto-trimming, manual cleanup is still often the final step for natural-looking pages.

Copied Melody

Repeated melodic structures are common in songs. The classic copied-melody helper is still useful when a phrase repeats with similar note movement.

In the older help this was exposed as a toggleable “Copied Melody” aid. In Yass Reloaded, the broader idea still matters:

• reuse repeating note shapes where appropriate
• compare later phrases against earlier melodic material
• combine copy/paste with melody alignment for faster cleanup

This is one of the places where older Yass workflows still transfer very well into Yass Reloaded.

Related Pages

• Song Editor Overview
• Absolute Pitch View
• Keyboard Shortcuts