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You can select these in any order.
● Click the rhythmic duration you want in the Notes panel, and click Grace Notes in
the Notes toolbox, in any order.
4. Optional: Press Alt-/ to switch between inputting slashed/unslashed grace notes.
The Grace Notes toolbox button when inputting unslashed grace notes.
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You can also change the grace note type after you have input grace notes.
5. Enter, click, or play in the pitches you want.
6. Stop inputting grace notes and return to inputting normal notes in any of the following
ways:
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Press / again.
● Click Grace Notes in the Notes toolbox.
RESULT
The pitches you enter are input as grace notes at the caret position.
If you are inputting grace notes after previously inputting normal notes, the rhythmic duration of
the grace notes is the same as the last input normal note. You can change the rhythmic duration
in the same way as for normal notes.
There is no limit to the number of grace notes that can exist at the same rhythmic position.
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You can also change the type of grace notes after they have been input.
RELATED LINKS
Grace notes on page 458
Inputting notes on page 135
Inputting accidentals on page 157
Inputting articulations on page 163
Changing the type of grace notes on page 460
Inputting chords
You can input chords during step input, when both note input and Chords are activated. You can
input notes with a computer keyboard, by clicking with a mouse pointer, or by playing notes with
a MIDI keyboard.
PROCEDURE
1. 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.
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Select the staff where you want to input notes and choose Write > Note Input.
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Double-click the staff where you want to input notes.
2. Select a note value in any of the following ways:
Write mode
Note input
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