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Additional note and rest formatting
From here on there are two ways to go:
• Select the note(s) and click the “i” icon on the extended
toolbar.
The Set Note Info dialog appears and you can select the Grace note type
and make other settings if needed.
• Right-click on one of the notes and select “Convert to
Grace Note” from the context menu.
This turns the note into a grace note without opening any dialog.
Grace notes and beaming
• If two grace notes are at exactly the same position (the same
tick), they will be put onto the same stem, as a chord.
• If multiple grace notes in front of the same note are put on dif-
ferent positions (even if they are only one tick apart), they will
be grouped under a beam.
• Please note that it is possible to have beamed grace notes
overlapping a beam of regular notes, as in the example below:
Grace notes in the middle of a group of regular notes.
Editing a grace note
1. Select one or several grace notes and open the Set
Note Info dialog.
The grace note settings in the Set Note Info dialog.
2. Select a note value for the stem.
3. Activate Crossed, if you wish.
When this is activated, the stem will be crossed by a slanted line, to fur-
ther indicate that the note is a grace note.
4. Click Apply.
The settings are applied to the selected note(s).
5. If you like, select other notes and make settings for
them.
When you are done, close the dialog by clicking its close button.
Converting grace notes to normal notes
1. Select the notes you want to convert.
If you want to make sure that all notes in the score are normal notes, you
can select all notes (using the Select All command on the Edit menu).
2. Double-click on one of the selected grace notes.
The Set Note Info dialog appears.
3. Select “Normal” from the “Type” pop-up.
4. Click Apply.
Tuplets
The regular display quantize values do not apply to any
other divisions than triplets. To create quintuplets, septu-
plets etc., follow the instructions below.
There are two methods for creating tuplets:
• With permanent alteration to the MIDI data. This is the “draw-
ing” mode to use when you want to build the tuplet from
scratch. It doesn’t put any demand on the notes’ positions be-
fore the tuplet is created.
• As display quantize. This is the method you use when the tu-
plet is recorded and plays back as you want it, but is not dis-
played correctly.
Actually, in the first case, you make permanent alterations
and set display quantize settings, all in one go. In the se-
cond case you only make display quantize settings.
With permanent change to MIDI data
1. Insert as many notes as the tuplet consists of.
This would typically be 5, 7 or 9. If the tuplet contains rests, simply leave
space for those, but make sure the current display quantize value allows
them to be shown.
Five sixteenth notes, about to be converted to a quintuplet.
2. Select all the notes that make up the tuplet.