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Chapter 4: Piano Roll window

Note Panel

Horizontal bars represent notes. Notes can be selected, edited (start time, pitch, duration), inserted, and deleted.

Note Selection

Selected notes are Red.

1 Click on individual notes to select.

2 Shift-click on individual notes to add to the selection.

3 Ctrl-click on a note to invert (toggle) its selection.

Click on white space and then drag a rectangle around notes to select a group of notes. Only notes which start

within the rectangle are selected. If the left edge of a note is not inside the rectangle, it will not be selected. This is

a feature, not a bug!

1 Shift-drag a rectangle to add another group of notes to the selection.

2 Ctrl-drag a rectangle to toggle the selection of the notes in the rectangle.

Note Editing

Edit Note Time Stamp (start time):

Move the cursor over the left of a note. An East-West cursor appears. Then click-drag the note to a new time

(horizontal dragging).

If multiple events are selected, and you want to move all selected events, use Shift-click-drag. Otherwise a click on

a note will deselect the previous selection, and it will only select/edit the clicked note.

Edit Note Pitch:

Move the cursor over the middle of a note. A North-South cursor appears. Then click-drag the note pitch (vertical

dragging).

If multiple events are selected, and you want to transpose all selected events, use Shift-click-drag. Otherwise a click

on a note will deselect the previous selection, and it will only select/transpose the clicked note.

Edit Note Duration:

Move the cursor over the right of a note. A Right-Arrow cursor appears. Then click-drag the note duration

(horizontal dragging).

If multiple events are selected, and you want to change duration of all selected events, use Shift-click-drag.

Otherwise a click on a note will deselect the previous selection, and it will only select/edit the clicked note.

Insert a Note:

Hold the Shift+Ctrl keys. The cursor becomes a pencil. Click where you want the note and it is inserted with a

duration from the Dur drop-down menu, and on the channel selected by the Chan drop-down menu.

If Snap-to-Grid is enabled, the note is inserted at the nearest grid boundary. For instance, if Snap-to-Grid is set to

quarter note, inserted notes will snap to the nearest quarter note boundary.

There are many on-screen visual cues to assist cursor positioning. The Cursor Position Time Markers in the Time

Rulers can assist time positioning. The Cursor Pitch Marker in the Keyboard can assist pitch positioning. The

Cursor Location Info Panel gives precise time and pitch info. Also, the Note Panel has time grid markings, and

pitch accidentals are marked in light gray on the background.

If you make a mistake inserting a note, you can hit the Delete key to remove the new note. Alternately, it is very

easy to immediately drag the note to correct mistakes in time, pitch, or duration.

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