User manual

Inputting notes
You can input notes into your project during step input, when note input is activated. You can
input notes with a computer keyboard, by clicking with a mouse pointer, or by playing notes with
a MIDI keyboard.
NOTE
● If you want to input notes into multiple instruments held by a single player, we
recommend that you do so in galley view, where you can see all staves at once.
● During step input, you must specify the duration, accidentals, and articulations before
specifying the pitch. This applies to all input methods.
You can later add notations to notes after they have been input when note input is
deactivated.
PROCEDURE
1. Optional: In the status bar, select Galley View from the view selector.
2. Start note input in any of the following ways:
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Select the staff where you want to input notes and press Shift-N or Return.
●
Select the staff where you want to input notes and choose Write > Note Input.
● Double-click the staff where you want to input notes.
3. Select a note value in any of the following ways:
● Press the number on your computer keyboard that corresponds to the rhythmic
value you want. For example, press 6 for quarter notes (crotchets), 5 for eighth
notes (quavers), 7 for half notes (minims), and so on.
● Click the rhythmic value you want in the Notes panel on the left of the window.
4. Optional: Activate a rhythm dot.
5. Optional: Add an accidental.
6. Optional: Add an articulation.
7. Input the pitches you want in any of the following ways:
● Press the letters on your keyboard that correspond to the notes you want:
A, B, C, D E, F, and G.
NOTE
Dorico Elements automatically selects the note whose register is the smallest
interval away from the previously input note. However, you can force a different
register.
●
To input a note above the previously input note, press Shift-Alt as well as the
letter for the note.
●
To input a note below the previously input note, press Ctrl (macOS) or Ctrl-Alt
(Windows) as well as the letter for the note.
You must press Ctrl on Mac, not Cmd.
●
Click the staff at the rhythmic positions where you want to input notes.
TIP
A shadow notehead appears when inputting with a mouse pointer to indicate where
the note will be input.
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Play the notes you want on a MIDI keyboard.
Write mode
Note input
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