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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.
5. Select an appropriate playing technique for the instrument currently selected by the caret
before inputting notes.
● Press Alt/Opt-Up Arrow to cycle upwards through playing techniques.
● Press Alt/Opt-Down Arrow to cycle downwards through playing techniques.
● Play the pitch for the playing technique you want on a MIDI keyboard.
NOTE
You can dene MIDI pitches for playing techniques on the Note Input and Editing page
in Preferences.
6.
Input notes in one of the following ways:
● Any kit presentation type/Individual instruments: Press Y to input notes for the
instrument and playing technique shown above the rhythmic grid.
● Any kit presentation type/Individual instruments: Click on the staff where you want to
input notes, and at the rhythmic positions where you want them.
● Five-line staff presentation type: Press letters on a computer keyboard or play notes on
a MIDI keyboard, corresponding to staff positions for the clef set in
Preferences. For
example, press B to input notes for the instrument assigned to the middle line of a
ve-line staff when Treble G clef is set.
● Grid and single-line instruments presentation types/Individual instruments: Press the
letter of any note name A to G on a computer keyboard or play any note on a
MIDI keyboard to input notes for the instrument on whose line the caret is currently
positioned.
NOTE
Notes played on MIDI keyboards are interpreted differently, depending on whether Use
percussion map or Use staff position is set for the different kit presentation types in
the
Note Input section of the Note Input and Editing page in Preferences.
7. 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.
8.
Press Esc or Return to stop note input.
RESULT
Notes are input at the caret position or where you click with the selected duration and are
played back as you input them by default. If you selected playing techniques, their noteheads
appear as set in the
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog for the corresponding
instrument and playing technique, or in the Override Percussion Noteheads dialog for ve-line
staff presentations only.
If you selected rhythm dots or articulations, notes continue to be input with them until you
deactivate them.
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