diff --git a/stepmania/src/NoteData.h b/stepmania/src/NoteData.h
index 0776f1cd47..47a4b9f1db 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NoteData.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/NoteData.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public:
 	// statistics
 	//
 	bool IsEmpty() const;
+	bool IsTrackEmpty( int iTrack ) const { return m_TapNotes[iTrack].empty(); }
 	int GetFirstRow() const; // return the beat number of the first note
 	int GetLastRow() const;	 // return the beat number of the last note
 	float GetFirstBeat() const					{ return NoteRowToBeat( GetFirstRow() ); }