User manual

Note and rest grouping on page 524
Creating custom beat groupings for meters on page 524
Implicit vs. explicit rests on page 773
Ties on page 831
Key signatures on page 607
View types on page 49
Arranging tools on page 316
Playing/Muting notes during note input/selection on page 308
Changing the allocated string for notes on tablature on page 811
Inputting rests on page 182
Disabling MIDI input devices on page 200
Bracketed noteheads on page 640
Register selection during note input
Dorico Elements automatically selects the register of pitches during note input, but you can
override this and select the register manually.
During note input, Dorico Elements automatically selects the note whose register is the smallest
interval away from the previously input note. For example, if you input an F and then press A , an
A is input a third above the F, rather than a sixth below.
You can override this automatic register selection in the following ways:
● To input a note above the previously input note, press Shift-Alt/Opt as well as the letter for
the note, for example,
Shift-Alt/Opt-A .
● To input a note below the previously input note, press Ctrl-Alt (Windows) or Ctrl (macOS)
as well as the letter for the note, for example, Ctrl-Alt-A (Windows) or Ctrl-A (macOS) .
Register selection when inputting chords
During chord input, Dorico Elements automatically inputs notes above the highest note at the
caret position. For example, if you press A then E then A , a chord of A-E-A is input at the caret
position.
You can input notes below the lowest note at the caret position instead by pressing Ctrl-
Alt (Windows) or Ctrl (macOS) as well as the letter for the note name, for example, Ctrl-Alt-
A (Windows) or Ctrl-A (macOS) .
RELATED LINKS
Inputting notes on page 164
Inputting chords on page 185
Changing the pitch of individual notes on page 191
Changing the input pitch setting
You can input and record notes at either sounding pitch or written pitch according to the current
layout, for example, if you want to record notes at their sounding pitch in transposing part
layouts.
In concert pitch layouts, written pitch and sounding pitch are the same.
PROCEDURE
● Choose one of the following input pitch settings:
●
To input/record notes at their written pitch, choose Write > Input Pitch > Written Pitch.
Write mode
Note input
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