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Notes can be entered in the Score Editor or the Piano Roll Editor using
the mouse. Make sure the note object is selected in the object palette.
Select the pencil tool (second from the left in the toolbar) and click
where you want to put in the note. The note is drawn with the duration
equal to the duration value you have set in the durations palette in the
main control area. You can change this any time you want by clicking on
a new note value in the durations palette. Be aware that the note you
enter doesn't get put in until you release the mouse button. You can see
exactly where the note will go before you release the button.
As you move the mouse left and right before releasing the left mouse
button, the note being entered moves forward or backwards in time along
with the mouse. The amount of time between positions is equal to the step
value. The position in time where the note will be entered is shown in
the mouse time locator.
In the Score Editor, as you move the mouse up and down before releasing
the left mouse button, the note being entered changes pitch with the mouse
and as it does so, it stays in key. This is usually what you want, but
sometimes you will want to enter a note with a pitch that is not in the
key signature. You can move a note chromatically by using the arrow keys
before releasing the left mouse button. For example, to enter a C sharp
in the key of C, move the mouse so that the note appears as a C natural.
Then, before releasing the left mouse button, press the UP ARROW key once.
Now release the left mouse button.
Notes are entered with the voice set in the voice palette.
Related Topics:
How to enter notes in step time
How to enter triplets
How to enter rests
How to enter a tied note
How to enter grace notes
How to enter cue notes
How to put notes in a split track on either
the treble or the bass staff
How to make sure notes display
with their entered durations
How to enter drum tracks
How to enter guitar tablature
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