User Manual

QUICKSCRIBE EDITOR
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Inserting notes with the mouse
Insert notes and other symbols with the mouse as
follows:
Inserting notes with the computer keyboard
To insert notes and other symbols with the
computer keyboard:
1 Click the Pointer tool in the palette.
2 Click on the staff at the desired pitch and
location for the symbol.
A blinking insertion cursor appears on the staff.
3 After you have a blinking insertion cursor on
the staff, refer to the following table:
To insert this Do this
A note Click the desired note duration in the
tool palette. Press anywhere in the mea-
sure where you want to insert the note.
With the mouse still held down, drag to
the desired pitch and location. Watch
the Cursor Information window to help
determine the beat location.
A note with an acci-
dental
Same as above.
A dotted note Click both the desired note duration
and the dot in the palette. Then insert
the same as above.
A chord Insert the first note as described above.
Click directly above or below the first
note to add more notes to the chord.
A triplet Click a note duration in the tool palette
and click the triplet tool. Both are now
selected. Insert each note in the triplet
as described above. See “Displaying
triplets and tuplets” on page 463 for
more information about triplet detec-
tion.
To add a dot to a note Click the dot tool and then click on the
notehead you want to add it to.
To change the dura-
tion of a note
Click the desired duration in the palette
and click the note.
To change several
notes to the same
duration
Select the notes with the pointer. Com-
mand/Ctrl-click the desired duration
or dot in the tool palette. Note: to scale
durations (to double or halve them, for
example) use the Scale Time command
in the Region menu.
To change the location
or pitch of one or more
existing notes
Choose the pointer and then drag the
note as desired. To drag multiple notes,
select them before dragging.
To do this Do this
To move the cursor Use the arrow keys.
To determine the exact
beat location and pitch of
the insertion cursor
Use the Cursor Information
window.
To select a duration Use the open bracket ( [ ) and
closed bracket ( ] ) keys to choose
the next highest and lowest dura-
tion. Or use the extended keypad
(see “Selecting durations with the
extended keypad” on page 473). Or
click the desired duration in the
palette.
To add a dotted duration
to the current note dura-
tion
Press the d key to turn on the dotted
duration tool; press it again to turn
it off.
To insert a note and
advance
Press return.
To insert a note with an
accidental
Press the + or - key on the extended
keypad.
To insert the first note of a
chord
Press the enter key. (Enter inserts
the note without advancing the
insertion cursor.)
To insert the second,
third, fourth, etc. note in a
chord
Press the enter key.
To insert a tuplet Press the t key to turn on the tuplet
tool, and use the bracket keys as
described above to select any note
duration. Press t again to toggle off
the tuplet tool.
To delete a note or chord Position the insertion cursor to the
right of the note and press the
delete (backspace) key.