Specifying note durations

When using the Smart tool or Freehand tool to draw new note events, use the Value control in the Tools module to specify the note duration of new note events (whole, half, etc.).

Figure 218. Use the Value control to specify the duration of new note events.

A. Draw resolution (note value)

You can also use the following shortcuts to set the desired note duration.

 

Table 58. Global note duration shortcuts  

Duration	Shortcut
Set whole note duration	CTRL+SHIFT+1
Set half note duration	CTRL+SHIFT+2
Set quarter note duration	CTRL+SHIFT+4
Set eight note duration	CTRL+SHIFT+8
Set sixteenth note duration	CTRL+SHIFT+6
Set thirty-second note duration	CTRL+SHIFT+3

Use note duration value from last touched note

When inserting new Note events, you can choose to always apply the note duration from the last touched Note event. To do so, select Last Touched in the Value control drop-down menu. Before inserting a new Note event, select an existing Note event that already uses the duration you want to apply to the new note, then insert the new note.

 

See also:

Freehand tool

Line tool

Pattern tools

Tools