Menu Items & Controls

Piano roll:

  • the piano roll is used to place notes to your sheet.

pitch / interval / chord:

  • set pitch one octave up or down (buttons remain active until they are deactivated by clicking again)
  • increase or decrease selected notes for a semitone
  • change accidental; depending on your key signature you may need to set your note a semitone lower or higher to get the correct accidental for the scale
  • interval / chord mode (button remain active until it is deactivated by clicking again)
    • alternative: [number] key for interval up, [Shift]+[number] for interval down
    • select single pitches within an interval or chord [Shift]+[↑] or [Shift]+[↓]

note / rest / duration:

  • change selected note(s) to rests or vice versa
  • double the value of the note/rest
  • halve the value of the note/rest
  • add a dot to a note/rest
  • remove the dot from a note/rest

music writing controls:

  • status / refresh button: indicates if the editor is ready to use or your work is being processed.

note/rest/object selection / navigation

  • navigate left [←]
  • navigate right [→]
  • go to the next staff [↓]
  • go to the next bar
  • go to the previous bar
  • add previous object to selection [Shift]+click
  • add next object to selection [Shift]+click

notes pitch menu

  • add/remove sharp/flat accidentals
  • add grace note [Shift]+[G]
  • remove grace note
  • slash grace note (grace note must be added and selected before)
  • change to ghost note (x note head)
  • set selected notes one octave up / down
  • change selected notes to rests and vice versa [R]
  • change accidentals / enharmonic spelling; depending on your key signature you may need to set your note up or down a semitone to get the correct accidental for the scale [Shift]+[E]
  • add/remove courtesy accidental [Shift]+[F]

notes / rests duration menu

  • double the value of the note/rest [.]
  • halve the value of the note/rest [,]
  • add a dot to a note/rest
  • remove the dot from a note/rest
  • add tuplet (3, 5, 7) [Ctrl]+[3], [Ctrl]+[5], [Ctrl]+[7]
  • remove tuplet [Ctrl]+[0]

articulations menu

  • add articulations to selected note(s); another click changes the position of the symbol (above/below a note); remove a symbol by clicking again

micro tuning menu

micro tuning; used for Eastern music or some unconventional rock and electronic music

stems / beams menu

  • break beams (ungroup notes) [X]
  • add beams (group notes) [Shift]+[X]
  • invert stems [Shift]+[B]

repetition menu

  • add / remove repetition

clefs / staves menu

  • change clef (treble, bass, tenor, alto)
  • add a new staff
  • change order of the staff (move staff up or down)

dynamics / text menu

  • add/remove dynamics symbols

playback menu

  • add/stop playback

voicing menu

  • add new voice (V1-V4)
  • switch between existing voices (V1-V4)
  • remove selected voice including all its notes