How do you enter a series of note of same pitch and value, please?
To create a new score, it would be useful to be able to enter a series of notes over several measures of the same pitch and value. Can someone please tell me how to do this, if it is possible.
Thanks Bob
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Enter one, repeat with R
With R you copy what you want, one note, or one measure, or more.
In reply to With R you copy what you… by Raymond Wicquart
Thank you, that is a great help.
Bob
Actually, though, can I ask the bigger question, are you thinking this would be useful in general, or does your score actually consist of that? Normally, there would be no need to pre-fill measures with notes like this. Was there something you were thinking you would do afterwards with those notes?
In reply to Actually, though, can I ask… by Marc Sabatella
I recently saw a friend working with Sibelius who as a short cut for a new score simply entered a string of notes of same pitch and value and proceeded to make adjustments up and down, etc, to get a draft in place. It looked like a good work around for certain situations. I work with arranging simple tunes for a beginners guitar group. Your answer gave me the necessary clue. Thanks
In reply to I recently saw a friend… by bobhayes
If you do have a passage full of eighths, I'm still not sure that's going to be more efficient in most cases - after all, you can enter the pitches while entering the notes too. For instance, to enter a scale in eighth notes, just type "4 C D E F G A B C". I can't see how entering the rhythm then having to go back and enter pitches is going to be faster.
I guess the main use case is when you know there will be a string of eighth notes (or whatever) but you aren't sure of the pitches yet. Here indeed you might do well to get the rhythm first. But in that case, when you do get around to enter the pitches, consider using Re-pitch mode to enter the pitches, rather than up/down - definitely going to be faster.
In reply to If you do have a passage… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, that explanation has helped me discover new ways of entering scores via numbers and letters for the notes and using Repitch function for changes of pitch. How do you do dotted notes with number system, please?
In reply to Thanks, that explanation has… by bobhayes
For dotted notes, press the number the . then the pitch. So a dotted 1/4 note A is "5.a"
In reply to Thanks, that explanation has… by bobhayes
This is all described quite well in the Handbook. Here is the description on how to enter notes via the computer keyboard.
In reply to This is all described quite… by AndreasKågedal
Thanks. I have now downloaded the Handbook. It is comprehensive, and when you know the correct terminology for what you are looking for is very good.
In reply to Thanks. I have now… by bobhayes
I recommend reading at least the Basics section right away, before you have a specific problem you need to solve. It will hopefuly show you a few useful things you would not just find by opening the program and try to figure out how to use it by trial and error (but you should do that too, of course).
And, based on the questions I see in this forum, I think the useful thing where it is most difficult to know the term beforehand, is voices. And that is part of the Basics chapter too.
In reply to Actually, though, can I ask… by Marc Sabatella
In classical music, especially if it is older than mid 19th century repeating patterns in accompaniments are very common indeed (e.g repeated eighths on the same pitch). This occurs more often in string parts than on piano though. The above tips are very useful for these situations.