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Playing all/individual notes in chords during note input/selection
You can change your default setting for whether all notes in chords are played when you select
any note in the chord or whether only the selected notes are played.
PREREQUISITE
Notes are played during note input/selection.
PROCEDURE
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-, to open Preferences.
2.
Click Note Input and Editing in the category list.
3.
In the Note Input section, activate/deactivate Play all notes in chord when any is selected
in the Auditioning subsection.
4.
Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
When the option is activated, all notes in chords are played when any note in the chord is
selected. When it is deactivated, only the selected notes are played.
Disabling automatic linking of dynamics and slurs when pasting
By default, dynamics and slurs are automatically linked when you copy them to other staves at
the same rhythmic position. You can disable this behavior so dynamics and slurs are not linked
by default.
PROCEDURE
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-, to open Preferences.
2. Click Note Input and Editing in the category list.
3. In the Editing section, deactivate Link dynamics and slurs to existing items when
pasting.
4. Click Apply, then Close.
RELATED LINKS
Linked dynamics on page 648
Linked slurs on page 899
Changing existing items
You can change all items that have an associated popover, rather than deleting them and
inputting new ones. For example, if you want to change an 8va octave line into a 15va octave line
or change a short fermata into a long fermata.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the item or the signpost of the item you want to change.
2.
Press Return to open the popover for that item.
3.
Change the existing entry in the popover.
For chord symbols, you can also play the new chord on your MIDI keyboard.
Write mode
Editing and selecting
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