User manual

● Start note input.
● Select an item on the staff and at the rhythmic position where you want to input a clef.
2.
In the Notations toolbox, click Clefs to show the Clefs panel.
3. In the Clefs panel, click the clef you want.
RESULT
During note input, clefs are input at the caret position. Note input continues after inputting the
clef, so you can continue inputting notes and clefs as required.
When you add clefs to existing music, clefs are added directly before a selected notehead, and
apply to all notes on that staff until the next clef, or the end of the
ow.
Clefs apply to all notes on the staff until the next clef or the end of the ow, whichever comes
rst.
RELATED LINKS
Clefs on page 616
Mouse input settings on page 154
Universal Indian Drum Notation on page 996
Inputting octave lines with the popover
You can input octave lines using the clefs and octave lines popover, both during note input and
by adding them to existing music. You can also input octave lines only into specic voices in
multiple-voice contexts.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
● Start note input.
● Select the notes to which you want to add an octave line. If you want to add an octave
line for a single voice, only select notes in that voice.
2. Optional: If you want to input octave lines onto multiple staves at once, extend the caret to
those staves.
3. Press Shift-C to open the clefs and octave lines popover.
4. Enter the appropriate entry for the octave line you want into the popover.
For example, enter 8va for an octave line that shifts notes up one octave.
5. Input the octave line and close the popover in one of the following ways:
● To input an octave line for all voices on the staff, press Return .
● To input an octave line only for the currently selected voice, press Alt/Opt-Return .
6.
Optional: During note input, press Space to advance the caret and extend the octave line.
The octave line also extends automatically as you continue inputting notes.
7.
Optional: During note input, stop any octave line by opening the clefs and octave lines
popover again and entering | or stop.
RESULT
During note input, octave lines are input from the caret position. When you stop octave lines,
they end at the caret position.
Write mode
Notations input
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