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6. Optional: Select any required rhythm dots.
7. Select a pitch 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 .
● To input a note below the previously input note, press Ctrl-Alt (Windows) or
Ctrl (macOS) as well as the letter for the note, for example, Ctrl-Alt-A (Windows)
or Ctrl-A (macOS) .
When inputting notes using pitch before duration, you can press these key commands
multiple times to select higher/lower octaves.
● Click the staff at the rhythmic position of each note you want to input.
A shadow notehead appears when inputting with the mouse to indicate where the note
will be input.
● Play the notes on a MIDI keyboard.
Once you have selected a pitch, a shadow note of the corresponding pitch appears at the
caret position. You can release the pitch after selecting it.
8. Select a note duration and input the note 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.
NOTE
When inputting notes on tablature, you must click durations in the Notes panel.
9. Optional: Press Space to advance the caret by the currently selected note duration without
inputting notes.
TIP
You can also move the caret in different ways and by different increments.
10.
Press Esc or Return to stop note input.
RESULT
Notes are input with the selected duration at the caret position or where you click and are played
back as you input them by default. Their pitch follows the prevailing key signature. For example,
if you press
F in G major, an F♯ is input automatically.
If you selected rhythm dots or articulations, notes continue to be input with them until you
deactivate them. However, accidentals not in the prevailing key signature are only added to the
rst note you input after selecting them.
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12