At 02:03 PM 10/2/06 -0400, David W. Fenton wrote: >The equation may be different for different people, but I don't see >the utility in learning the insanely arbitrary keyboard shortcuts, >unless one has no possibility of ever using a MIDI keyboard for >input.
Yeah, Midi keyboards are especially good for quarter-tones. :) Seriously, though, the computer keyboard shortcuts don't seem arbitrary to me, though. They're all mnemonics for me, even if they weren't intended as such. / cut (break) beam toggle, ' launch the little voice (voice 2), P parenthesis, L lift & flip stem toggle, O do not enter (hide note), ; demure (grace) note , + sharpen, - flatten, BKSP back over & squash silent (turn into rest), * sticky-splat the note toggle. Arrows/shift-arrows, insert, delete all do their stuff. But as I said, it's been years of doing it, and it's mostly physical memory. I have no physical memory on a musical keyboard, in part because of aphasia (I was denied my college degree because there were no disability laws in 1970 and I couldn't work the piano keyboard). Because entry and editing are basically identical in Speedy, I need to learn only one set of actions to function quickly. If Speedy suddenly disappeared, I'd have to learn most of what I use in Finale over. It's the only entry/edit method I've ever used. So ya learn what ya learn & make it work. Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ My blog: http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/waam-blog.html _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
