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# Enabling music view

## Setting up for music workflows

You can enable a more musical view in Audacity as follows:

1. Right-click the Timeline Ruler and select **Beats and Measures**.\
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2. In the Time widget, select **beats**, or for more subdivisions, **beats and 16th**.\
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3. Enable Snapping, and set the snapping interval to a musical option (eg 1/4, 1/8 or 1/16).\
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Once you have enabled all of them, your Audacity may look something like this:

<figure><img src="https://2387260374-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MhmBVzGzh8SctWQ6jPR%2Fuploads%2FLGYLitNKY9rb7tK52XoU%2FAudacity_Sl9mXdU2vI.png?alt=media&amp;token=1bd47d38-c18a-4012-ac78-e9fbe873a684" alt=""><figcaption><p>Audacity with the timeline ruler set to Beats &#x26; Measures, Time Signature Toolbar enabled, snapping to 16th notes, and the Time and Selection toolbars set to beats, bars and ticks. Also visible: The<a href="/au3/audio-editing/using-realtime-effects.md"> realtime effects</a> sidebar</p></figcaption></figure>

## Benefits of music view

Music view is useful to help you [align pieces of music to beats and measures](/au3/music/aligning-music-to-beats-and-measures.md).

It also automatically adjusts the tempo of newly imported files to fit your project tempo.


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