Tuplet tool
This tool lets you create, edit, and adjust
the positions of tuplets. (The word tuplet describes a class of irregular
note divisions such as triplets, quintuplets, or septuplets.) You can
use it to describe the visual appearance of the tuplet (whether or not
it has a bracket, for example) as well as its rhythmic definition (how
many quarter notes in the space of a half note, for example).
Special mouse clicks
- Click
the first note of a tuplet to display its positioning handles.
There are six positioning handles. Two control
the horizontal and vertical length of the bracket. One controls number
position. Another controls the position of the entire bracket and number.
Two others control the angle of the bracket and the position of the bracket
without moving the number.
- Drag
a positioning handle to adjust the height and position of the tuplet’s
visual elements (bracket, slur, number, and so on). See Tuplets
for details on how these handles control the bracket and number.
- Double-click
a positioning handle, or right-click
the handle and select Edit Tuplet Definition from the contextual menu
to display the Tuplet options, where you can change the temporal or visual
definition of the tuplet.
- Click
the first of a series of notes you want to turn into a tuplet grouping
to display the Tuplet options, where you can specify a temporal and visual
definition to create a tuplet. (If this first note is in Voice 2, shift-click
below the staff.) You can even click a note that’s part of an existing
tuplet grouping if you want to create an inner (nested) tuplet.
- Ctrl-click
the Tuplet tool,
or right-click the handle and select Edit Default Tuplet Visual Definition
from the contextual menu to display the Tuplet Definition dialog
box, in which you can specify the default appearance of new tuplets you
create with the HyperScribe and Speedy Entry tools. You can also display
these options in the Document Options dialog box. From the Document menu,
choose Document Options and select Tuplets. See Tuplet Definition for complete details.
- Select
a tuplet handle and press delete, or right-click
the handle and select Delete from the contextual menu to delete
the tuplet.
- Press
Backspace to reset a selected
tuplet to the default settings.
Contextual menus
Contextual menus are reached by right-clicking on the handle of an
object or right mouse-clicking on the Main tool palette tool. A contextual
menu will be displayed where you can select various items.
Edit Default Tuplet Visual Definition
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Displays Document Options-Tuplets
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Tuplet Handles
menu item
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What it does
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Edit Tuplet Definition
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Displays the Tuplet Definition dialog box
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Flip
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Flip the tuplet to the other side of the
staff
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Delete
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Delete selected tuplet
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For further information,
see the Tuplet Definition dialog box.
See Also:
Main tool
palette