Using alt-9 to set tuplets/sextuplets/anything-lets
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This is what I'm doing now....much simpler than laboriously entering the figures again and again, and especially in this case, when I'm using many one right after the other.....talk about tedious.....so thank you!Peter Thomsen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 6:23 pmbj nick,
No need to enter a new triplet in this case.
This works for me:
Selection Tool.
Drag-select the second beat (begin outside the staff).
Copy (Edit menu).
Drag-select (only) the third beat (begin outside the staff).
Paste (Edit menu).
Now the triplet from beat 2 has been copied to beat 3.
You can adjust the pitches up/down as needed.
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In the Simple Entry Tool there is a sub-tool called Repitch.
It lets you repitch notes without changing their duration.
Very convenient when you have copied a gazillion triplets.
It lets you repitch notes without changing their duration.
Very convenient when you have copied a gazillion triplets.
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The repitch tool allows you to change the pitch of already-entered notes simply by tapping the new pitch, regardless of the durations. It’s great when you have a complicated rhythm that repeats with different notes. You enter the first measure, then copy it as needed, 3, 4, 5 times; whatever. Then you go back to the repitch tool to make the changes, with no need to think “eighth, dotted quarter, triplet eighths, quarter...”
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