This tool allows you to rapidly enter one
note, chord, or rest at a time. You specify the rhythmic value of each
entry by pressing a number key on your computer keyboard; you can specify
the pitches either by pressing the desired keys on your MIDI keyboard
or by pressing the appropriate letter keys on your computer keyboard.
The Speedy Entry keyboard commands
are summarized in the diagram that appears on your Quick Reference Card.
- Press
Ctrl-number
when you're editing a measure to tell
PrintMusic that the next notes you enter are part of a tuplet (triplet, quintuplet,
and so on). Press Ctrl-2
through Ctrl-8
to signify tuplets from duplets to octuplets, respectively. If you press
Ctrl-1, PrintMusic assumes you want to enter a tuplet that's more complex
than one of the 2-through-8 tuplets. The Tuplet Definition dialog box
appears, in which you can specify the temporal and visual aspects of more
complex tuplet groupings.
- Press
Caps Lock before pressing a rhythmic-value key to
tell PrintMusic that you're about to enter a whole series of notes that all
have that same rhythmic value. Now you can play notes on your MIDI instrument,
rapidly, and PrintMusic will automatically enter them into the score, without
your having to press a rhythmic-value key each time. Caps Lock with Use
MIDI Keyboard unchecked will also allow the use of the alphabet pitch
entry keys.
- Press
caps lock and the QWERTY keys with Use MIDI Device for Input turned off
to enter pitches without a MIDI keyboard.
Enharmonics
When cycling through the enharmonic spelling
of entries, PrintMusic directly cycles through all the possibilities.
- When
the cursor is on a notehead, press 9 to
change the note to its enharmonic spellings.
Arrow keys
- Press
left arrow when the insertion point is at the beginning of the editing
frame to move the insertion point just
beyond the last entry of the previous measure.
- Press
right arrow when the insertion point is on the last entry in the editing
frame to move the insertion point just
beyond the last entry in the editing frame.
- Press
right arrow when the insertion point is just beyond the last entry in
the editing frame to move the insertion
point to the first entry of the next measure.
Special mouse clicks