User manual

If entering pitches with the keyboard, repeated notes are automatically input an octave above.
You can change the register of notes by forcing the register selection during note input, or by
transposing them after they have been input.
TIP
You can deactivate Chords and immediately continue inputting notes as before, with a single
note at each rhythmic position and the caret advancing automatically to the next rhythmic
position.
NOTE
● Chords cannot be activated at the same time as Insert mode.
● When chords contain two pitches in the same register but with different accidentals, that is
known as an altered unison. Altered unisons are shown with either single stems or with
split stems, depending on your settings on the Accidentals page in Write > Notation
Options.
RELATED LINKS
Register selection during step input on page 136
Moving the caret manually on page 134
Inputting notes on page 135
Changing the pitch of individual notes on page 160
Adding notes above/below existing notes on page 155
Altered unisons on page 370
Inputting tuplets
You can input all types of tuplets using the tuplets popover. Tuplets are input like normal notes,
and so can only be input during note input.
NOTE
You can also input triplets by clicking Tuplets in the Notes toolbox. However, you can only input
one triplet at a time this way.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, start note input.
2. 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.
3. Open the tuplets popover in any of the following ways:
●
Press ;.
●
Choose Write > Create Tuplet.
4. Enter the tuplet you want into the popover as a ratio. For example, enter 3:2 to input
triplets.
5. Press Return to close the popover.
The tuplet is entered.
6. Enter or play in the pitches you want.
Dorico Elements continues inputting tuplets of the same ratio until told to stop.
Write mode
Note input
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