Tyler Turner wrote:
--- dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Tyler Turner wrote:
[snip]>
In Finale, if you make a mistake and enter the
wrong
duration for a note, you can use a single
keystroke to
fix it (alt-number - so alt-4 converts last note
into
eighth note). You don't have to arrow back to the
note
first or arrow forwards after. In Sibelius if you
As long as you haven't yet entered the next note, in
Sibelius you can
simply hit the proper numpad key to change the
duration. No need to
cursor back. As long as a note is highlighted (as
the one that has just
been entered remains until either another note is
entered or the ESC key
is hit), hitting a duration key (without having to
remember to do
alt-number) will change the duration.
I checked again, and this is incorrect. In Sibelius,
when the caret is present, pressing the duration key
will always set the duration for the next note to be
entered and not affect the currently selected (last
entered) note. It will not change the duration of the
last note you entered. If you want to change the last
entered note, you DO have to arrow back to the note,
which removes the caret, press the duration key, then
arrow forward to get the caret back.
I admit error in my previous statement concerning this -- Tyler is
correct, and I was mistaken. As long as the caret is present,
representing continuous entry, selecting a different note value affects
only the next note to be entered.
However, back-arrow, new duration key, forward-arrow is the same
procedure for correcting a note value in Speedy Entry in Finale, so in
this regard Speedy Entry users are even with Sibelius users. That may
be one of the things that got improved in Simple Entry in Finale, but
many of us haven't gotten our heads around that tool yet.
I do have to say that after many years of doing pitch, then rhythm it
really wasn't that hard to change to rhythm first, then pitch, for me.
--
David H. Bailey
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