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● These steps describe selecting rhythm dots, articulations, and accidentals not in the
prevailing key signature before inputting notes. However, you can also select them after
inputting notes. If you change this setting, you must perform step 7 before steps 4 to 6.
● You do not have to input rests between notes, as Dorico Elements automatically shows
implicit rests of the appropriate duration between the notes you input. Similarly, you do not
have to input ties, as Dorico Elements shows notes as tie chains if necessary.
● You can also input notations alongside notes without deactivating note input.
PREREQUISITE
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You have chosen the appropriate input pitch setting.
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You have chosen the appropriate note-based notation input setting.
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You have connected any MIDI devices you want to use for note input.
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If you want to input notes into multiple instruments held by a single player or instruments
not visible in the score in page view, you are in Galley View.
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If your music requires a key signature, you have input that key signature.
PROCEDURE
1.
Start note input in any of the following ways:
● Select a note or rest on the staff where you want to input notes and press Shift-N .
NOTE
If you select a notation, such as a dynamic, pressing Return opens the corresponding
popover instead of starting note input.
● Double-click the staff where you want to input notes.
2. Optional: If you want to input notes onto multiple staves at once, extend the caret to those
staves.
3. Select a note duration in any of the following ways:
● Press the number on your computer keyboard that corresponds to the duration you
want.
For example, press 6 for quarter notes (crotchets). Press smaller numbers for smaller
durations, such as
5 for eighth notes (quavers) and 4 for 16th notes (semiquavers).
Press larger numbers for larger durations, such as 7 for half notes (minims).
● In the Notes panel, click the duration you want.
4. Optional: Select any required rhythm dots.
5.
Optional: If you want to input a pitch whose accidental is not in the prevailing key signature,
select the appropriate accidental.
6.
Optional: Select any required articulations.
7.
Input the pitches you want in any of the following ways:
● Press the corresponding letters on your computer keyboard.
TIP
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/Opt as well as the
letter for the note, for example, Shift-Alt/Opt-A .
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12