User manual

Inputting notes
You can input notes into your project during note input, which is when the caret is activated. You
can input notes with a computer keyboard, with the mouse, or by playing notes with a MIDI
keyboard.
NOTE
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During note input, you must select the duration, articulations, and any accidentals not in the
prevailing key signature for each note before inputting them. This applies to all input
methods.
● You do not have to input rests between notes, as Dorico SE automatically shows implicit rests
of the appropriate duration between the notes you input. Similarly, you do not have to input
ties, as
Dorico SE shows notes as tie chains if necessary.
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You can also input notations alongside inputting notes without deactivating note input.
PREREQUISITE
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You have chosen the appropriate input pitch setting.
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If you want to input notes into multiple instruments held by a single player or instruments
not visible in the score in page view, you are in Galley View.
● If your music requires a key signature, you have input that key signature.
● If you want to input notes using a MIDI device, you have connected the MIDI device you
want to use.
PROCEDURE
1. Start note input in any of the following ways:
● Select a note or rest on the staff where you want to input notes and press Shift-N .
NOTE
If you select a notation, such as a dynamic, pressing Return opens the corresponding
popover instead of starting note input.
● Double-click the staff where you want to input notes.
2. Optional: If you want to input notes onto multiple staves at once, extend the caret to those
staves.
3. Select a note duration in any of the following ways:
● Press the number on your computer keyboard that corresponds to the duration you
want.
For example, press 6 for quarter notes (crotchets). Press smaller numbers for smaller
durations, such as 5 for eighth notes (quavers) and 4 for 16th notes (semiquavers).
Press larger numbers for larger durations, such as
7 for half notes (minims).
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Click the duration you want in the Notes panel on the left of the window.
4. Optional: If you want to input a pitch whose accidental is not in the prevailing key signature,
select the appropriate accidental.
5. Optional: Select any required articulations.
6. Input the pitches you want in any of the following ways:
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Press the corresponding letters on your computer keyboard.
TIP
Dorico SE automatically selects the note whose register is the smallest interval away
from the previously input note. However, you can force a different register.
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Dorico SE 3.1.10