Hello crazy friends "finalists" who transcribe, for the sake of suffering, pages and pages of music. As promised here is the sequel to the previous article, the final 2012 shortcuts for Mac.
Disappointed ?! Why? Oh yeah… I understand what you were thinking… Unfortunately you won't see the beautiful Sophie Marceau, it's not that apple time. The 80's are over, come on. At most I can only give you a kilo of red apples!
Here's the first one… Select “quick insert” and… bite!
Quick entry tool
| Commands and actions | Keyboard shortcuts or mouse clicks |
|---|---|
| Bring up the Edit Bar Frame dialog box | Option-click on a measure containing music |
| Remove notes, rests or chords | Del (delete) |
| Hide / show notes or rests | Letter O |
| Add or remove accident brackets (or force courtesy accidentals to appear in brackets) | P |
| Move the editing frame to the previous measure | Shift-Left Arrow |
| Move the editing frame to the next measure | Shift-Right Arrow |
| Reverse the direction of the stems | L |
| Restore the "floating" condition of the stems | Option-L |
| Change a note to an embellishment note (or vice versa) | ; (semicolon) |
| Show or hide the cut on the flange of an embellishment note | `(on the US keyboard) |
| Go from item 1 to item 2 | '(apostrophe) |
| Go to the next level | shift - "(on the US keyboard) |
| Go to the lower level (1 to 4) | shift-down arrow |
| Move the editing frame to the staff below | shift-down arrow |
| Move the editing frame to the staff above | shift-up arrow |
| Add or change a note (from 64th - to short) | 1–8 |
| Add or change a 128th note | Ctrl-0 (zero) |
| Insert a 64th-semibreve note (without MIDI) | Shift-1 to shift-7 (on keyboard only) |
| Insert a short (without MIDI) | shift – 8 (on numeric keypad only) |
| Enter a 128th note (without MIDI) | Ctrl-shift-0 (zero) |
| Insert a 64th – semibreve rest (with MIDI) | Shift-1 to shift-7 |
| Insert a rest (with or without MIDI) | Ctrl-shift –- 1-7 (on keyboard) |
| Add a short rest (with MIDI) | shift-8 (on numeric keypad) |
| Insert a 128th rest (with MIDI) | Ctrlshift-0 (zero) |
| Activate / Deactivate Insert | insert (or shift-0 (zero) on the numeric keypad) |
| Forcing a note to be dragged (horizontal / vertical) | shift-drag |
| Starting an irregular group (duina – octet) | Ctrl-2 through Ctrl-8 |
| Pop up the Tug Group Setup dialog box | Ctrl-1 |
| Raise a note by a semitone | + |
| Lower a note by a semitone | - (less) |
| Raise all notes of the same pitch within a measure by a semitone | Ctrl-+ |
| Lower all notes of the same pitch within a measure by a semitone | Ctrl- - (minus) |
| Insert a flat | F |
| Insert a sharp | S |
| Insert a natural | N |
| Insert a double sharp | X |
| Insert a double flat | V |
| Move the editing frame cursor to the previous note | Left arrow |
| Move the editing frame cursor to the next note | Right arrow |
| Move the cursor of the editing frame to the first note or rest of the measure | Ctrl-Left Arrow |
| Move the cursor of the editing frame to the first note or rest of the measure | Ctrl-Left Arrow |
| Move the editing frame cursor after the last note or rest of the measure | Ctrl-Right Arrow |
| Move the height collimator to the line or space below | Down arrow |
| Move the height collimator to the line or space above | Up arrow |
| Remove a note from a chord | backspace or shift-delete |
| Change a single note while rest | backspace or shift-delete or R |
| Insert or remove a tie between one note and the next | + (on the keyboard) or T |
| Insert or remove a tie between one note and the previous one | Ctrl + (on the keyboard) or shift-T |
| Reverses the direction of the tie | Ctrl-F |
| Reset the automatic direction of ties | Ctrl-shift-F |
| Break or extend a grouping with the previous note | / (backslash) or B |
| Restore the default grouping | Shift-B |
| Make the grouping lines horizontal or return to their default condition | \ or M |
| Forcing or hiding an alteration (precaution) | * (asterisk) or A |
| Restore the optional status of the courtesy alterations | Ctrl- * (asterisk) |
| Return a pause to its default position | * (asterisk) |
| Exit / re-enter the editing frame | 0 (zero) |
| Convert the note to its enharmonic equivalent | 9 |
| Enharmonically convert a given pitch to any measurement | Ctrl-9 |
| Add a point of value | . (point) |
| Add a note to a chord | enter (enter) |
| Change a rest to a note | enter (enter) |
| Specify the pitch of the note, high C – B (without MIDI) | QWERTYU (with Caps Lock) |
| Specify the pitch of the note, C – B mids (without MIDI) | ASDFGHJ (with Caps Lock) |
| Specify the pitch of the note, C – B bass (without MIDI) | ZXCVBNM (with Caps Lock) |
| Raise the height of the keys on the computer keyboard by one octave | , (comma) (with Caps Lock) |
| Lower the height of the keys on the computer keyboard by one octave | I (letter I) (with Caps Lock) |
| Return the octaves of the keys on the computer keyboard to their normal pitch | K (with Caps Lock) |
Make good use of it! Good music everyone!
