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Using a mouse to enter music

  1. Click the Simple Entry tool  image\Simple_Entry_Tool.gif. The Simple Entry Palettes appear. (If they don’t, you’ve probably hidden the palette. Choose Window > Simple Entry Palette and Simple Entry Rests Palette.) See Simple Entry Palette for more information on moving and resizing the palette.
  2. Click the desired note (rhythmic value) icon in the palette. Click additional tools as needed, such as Sharp, Flat, Grace, Tuplet, Dot or Tie. Click the staff. A note appears at the pitch you clicked. To build a chord, click another pitch above or below the first note.
    If you want to enter a tuplet (a triplet, quintuplet, etc.), click the Tuplet tool on the Simple Entry Palette and the duration of the tuplet (an eighth note tuplet or a half note tuplet, regardless of the duration of the first note). In any of these instructions, you can press one of the shortcut keys on your keyboard to switch tools instead of clicking an icon (for example, press a number on the numeric keypad 1-8 to select a duration tool - 64th through double-whole note).

Consult your Quick Reference Guide (or Simple Entry Tool) for a complete list of Simple Entry keyboard shortcuts.

 

 

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