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Entering and editing notes
Using key commands
Instead of transposing the note with the mouse, you can
assign key commands for this.
• The commands for which you can assign key commands
are found in the Nudge category in the Key Commands
dialog.
The commands are listed as “Top” (transpose one semitone up) and
“Bottom” (transpose one semitone down).
Using the info line
You can use the info line to change the pitches (and other
properties) of one or several notes numerically, see “The
info line” on page 33.
• If you have several notes selected and change the pitch
on the info line, the changes will be relative.
That is, all selected notes will be transposed by an equal amount.
• If you have several notes selected, hold down [Ctrl]/
[Command] and change the pitch on the info line, the
changes will be absolute.
That is, all selected notes will be set to the same pitch.
Via MIDI
1. On the toolbar, activate the MIDI Input button and the
Record Pitch button to the right.
If you also want to change the note-on and/or note-off velocity of the notes
via MIDI, this can be done by also activating the corresponding velocity
buttons, as described in the chapter “The MIDI editors” on page 336“
To edit notes via MIDI (pitches only), set up the buttons like this.
2. Select the first note you want to edit.
3. Press a key on your MIDI keyboard.
The note takes on the pitch of the key you pressed. The program then se-
lects the next note.
4. To change the pitch of the next selected note, simply
press the desired key.
In this manner you can change the pitches of as many notes as you wish,
by simply pressing the relevant keys. You can also use key commands
(by default the left and right arrow key) to pass from one note to the
other. For example, if you make a mistake, you can step back to the pre-
vious note by pressing the left arrow key.
Changing the length of notes
When it comes to note lengths, the Score Editor is special
in that it doesn’t necessarily display the notes with their
actual length. Depending on the situation, you may want to
change the “physical length” of the notes or the “display
length”.
Changing the “physical” length
This will change the actual length of the notes. The
change will be audible when you play back the music.
By using the Insert Note tool
1. Select the note symbol with the desired note value on
the extended toolbar.
2. Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on the note(s) you
wish to set to this length.
By using the extended toolbar
Using the extended toolbar is another quick way to set a
number of notes to the same length:
1. Select the notes you want to change.
2. Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on one of the
note icons on the extended toolbar.
All the selected notes now get the note value on which you clicked.
By using the info line
You can also edit length values numerically on the info
line. The same rules apply as when changing the pitch of
notes (see “Using the info line” on page 521).
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Remember that the appearance of notes and rests in
the score is determined by the display quantize set-
tings on the Score Settings–Staff page. Depending
on the display quantize “Notes” and “Rests” values,
notes may be displayed as if they were longer than
they really are (see “Display quantize” on page 487).