User Manual
8.5
Shortcut for Dotted Notes/Rests
To place a dotted note/rest on your Music Cursor using a keyboard shortcut:
1. Select the desired note or rest value (for example: Q, for quarter note).
2. Press D once for a single dot. Press twice for two dots. (International shortcut set, dot is the + key)
3. To listen to a note before you place it, hover your Music Cursor over any degree on the notation sta and press the
A key. You hear the sta’s instrument play the note as long as you hold the A key down. After release, you can move
the note to another pitch and press the A key again to hear how the new pitch sounds.
4. Position the Music Cursor where you want to place the dotted note/rest. Click your mouse or press the Enter key.
» The dotted item is now in your score in a solid black color.
Shortcut to Enter Rests
If you will go back and forth between notes and rests of the same value, a time-saving shortcut is to request a
note value (so it displays in your Music Cursor) and press the Shift key. Your Music Cursor shows the equivalent
rest symbol you can add to your score. Release the Shift key and your Music Cursor returns to the note symbol.
If You See Red Notes/Rests
If you Enter a note/rest and it appears in a red color, you have exceeded the count of the measure (for the current Time
signature). Edit the time values and note/rest selections as needed to keep the contents of the measure within the
current meter. As the count reaches or falls below the maximum, the red items return to a standard solid black color.
If the “extra” notes/rests are correct – they just belong to the next measure –
then add a bar line (next) to the left of the rst red note/rest.
Add a Bar Line
To add measures, add bar lines. To do this, press the I key (the letter i): once for a single bar line,
twice for a double bar line, and three times for a nal bar line. Position your music cursor at the point
where you want the line to appear and either click your mouse or press the Enter key.
Add a bar line
Show Out-of-Range Color
To show notes that are out of the standard range of an instrument, go to View, then Show
Out of Range Color. This will then color notes red that are out of range.
Red Notes - Too Many Notes / Too High or Low