User Manual

8.9
Beats usually divide into multiples of two (quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and so on) or three (dotted quarter,
dotted eighth, dotted sixteenth). The Time signature determines the division of the beat. Tuplets are
notes whose division diers from the current time signature (for example, a triplet in 2/4 time).
Triplets, a type of tuplet.
You can create a tuplet on a standard notation sta, NTempo sta, or
Tablature sta. There are three ways to create a tuplet:
8 Option 1: By keyboard shortcut (as you Enter notes).
8 Option 2: By Entry Palette (after you Enter notes).
8 Option 3: By context menu (after you Enter notes).
8 Option 4: Customize your own tuplet.
For all these options you must be in Edit mode.
Option 1: By Keyboard Shortcut
Creating tuplets by keyboard shortcut is most convenient while you are in the process of Entering notes.
1. Have on your Music Cursor a time value for the notes/rests you will place in the tuplet (such as a quarter note or
eighth rest). This is a mandatory step.
2. Hold down the Alt key as you press one of the following digits:
> 2 = duplet. Your Music Cursor displays 2, followed by the rst letter of the note value you selected in step 1, as in
2e for eighth note or 2q for quarter note.
> 3 = triplet. Your Music Cursor displays 3 plus note value.
> 4 = quadruplet. Your Music Cursor displays 4 plus note value.
> 5 = quintuplet. Your Music Cursor displays 5 plus note value.
> 6 = sextuplet. Your Music Cursor displays 6 plus note value.
> 7 = septuplet. Your Music Cursor displays 7 plus note value.
> 8 = octuplet. Your Music Cursor displays 8 plus note value.
> 9 = nonuplet. Your Music Cursor displays 9 plus note value.
3. Enter the notes for the tuplet.
TIP: For best results, position your Music Cursor at the right end of the tuplet’s bracket. Positioning your cursor too
close to an existing note may appear as a note in a chord rather than a separate note.
» Notion takes the notes and places them under the brackets until the tuplet is full. Then you are free to create a new
tuplet, if you wish.
4. To turn o this tool, you can press Alt + 0 (zero) or Esc.
Triplets and Other Tuplets