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Accidental selection during MIDI input
Dorico Elements interprets MIDI data to create accidentals, and automatically determines the
spelling of notes according to preset rules.
Dorico Elements automatically displays an accidental if one is required. It selects a sharp or at
based on key signature and context.
The algorithm for this takes into account the key signature and the intervals between successive
notes and chords. Therefore
Dorico Elements prefers sharp accidentals in a key with sharps, and
ats in a key with ats. If you change the spelling of an accidental, Dorico Elements follows your
spelling preference whenever that note is used again in the score.
If you input notes with accidentals outside the key signature, Dorico Elements uses sharps if the
gure is rising, and ats if it is falling. The spelling is also calculated vertically, meaning a simpler
interval is produced where possible, such as a major third rather than a diminished fourth.
By default, Dorico Elements makes retrospective changes to how it has spelled accidentals,
depending on how your music develops. For example, in C major, if you input a sequence of
pitches C-E-G
♯, but then input a G♭, the G♯ is respelled as an A♭.
Inputting rests
Dorico Elements automatically shows rests as appropriate in the gaps between the notes you
input. However, you can also input rests manually, for example, to show fermatas on
specic
beats for players without notes in that bar.
NOTE
These steps describe selecting the duration before inputting rests. However, you can also input
rests when Pitch Before Duration is active, in which case step 7 is unnecessary.
PROCEDURE
1. Select an item on the staff and at the rhythmic position where you want to input rests.
2. Press Shift-N to start note input.
3. Optional: If you want to input rests onto multiple staves at once, extend the caret to those
staves.
4. Start rest input in any of the following ways:
● Press , .
● In the Notes toolbox, click Rests .
5.
Activate Force Duration in any of the following ways:
● Press O .
● In the Notes toolbox, click Force Duration .
6.
Select the rest duration you want.
7.
Input rests in any of the following ways:
● Press Y or any of the letters from A to G .
● Click the staff at the rhythmic position of each rest you want to input.
A shadow rest appears when inputting with the mouse to indicate where the rest will be
input.
● Play notes on a MIDI keyboard.
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12