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K
key command
A set of keys that perform a dened task when pressed together. Also known as a “keyboard
shortcut”.
L
layout
A page-based presentation of the music for one or more players in one or more ows, for
example, a full score or an instrumental part.
layout options
Options that affect the setup of an individual layout, such as page and staff size. These options
can be set in each layout independently in the Layout Options dialog.See also layout.
lock duration
Functionality that allows you to change the pitches of existing music while retaining existing
rhythms.
lyric
Any text that is intended to be sung or spoken by an individual singer or group of singers. A lyric
can be a whole word or an individual syllable in a multi-syllabic word. Lyrics are shown at each
rhythmic position where a new word or syllable begins. Typically, lyrics are found below the staff,
but are sometimes placed above the staff, for example, in the case of a short score.
M
measure
See bar.
MIDI
An abbreviation for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, a standard for how electronic musical
instruments, computers, and virtual instruments can connect to and communicate with each
other. In Dorico Elements, MIDI data can be sent to one of 16 channels, which allow either a
specic instrument, or a specic patch on a specic instrument, to receive and respond to the
data. See also channel, patch.
minor key
A key signatures based on a minor scale, which have a different pattern of intervals to major
scales. See also minor scale.
minor scale
A sequence of notes containing the pitches of a minor key. There are three types of minor scales:
natural, harmonic, and melodic. Natural minor scales follow the interval pattern of the Aeolian
mode, which on a keyboard is all the white notes from A-A. Harmonic minor scales also follow the
Aeolian mode interval pattern but the seventh degree of the scale is sharpened, for example, G♯
in A harmonic minor. Melodic minor scales follow different interval patterns when they are
rising/falling: when rising, melodic minor scales have sharpened sixth and seventh degrees, but
when falling, the sixth and seventh degrees are both natural. See also minor key.
modes
Selectable workspaces in the project window that represent different phases in the workow of
preparing a score.
multi-bar rest
A consolidation of multiple adjacent empty bars into a smaller unit, typically shown as a single
bar with the total number of bars' rest written above the staff. A multi-bar rest normally shows
an H-bar symbol, which is a thick horizontal line with vertical lines at each end. In some older
published scores, a multi-bar rest of up to nine bars in length is shown using a combination of
double whole and whole rests.
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