| Entering Notes: |
Press 'a'
Down arrow 
Press '8' 
Press 'd' then 'e' 
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What is happening.
When you are ready to enter the notes type the letter of the note you want.
MusicMaster will pick the octave. If this is not the octave you want you can
change it using the up and down arrow keys.
MusicMaster will also pick a note length. This can be changed by using the
number keys (1 for a semi-breve, 2 for a minim, 8 for a quaver etc.)
The default length of later notes depends on the previous notes. In this case
MusicMaster continues with quavers for the 'd' and 'e'.
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Intelligent default note lengths: |
Press '.' 
Press 'e' 
Press 'd' and '.' 
Press 'c' and '+' 
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What is happening.
You have started with a 'd' and MusicMaster creates a crotchet, because you
are in 4:4 time. Typing a full stop adds a dot to the note.
Type 'e' for the next note and MusicMaster will realise you probably do not
want another crotchet and will create a quaver.
After the quaver it is not clear what note should be used so MusicMaster
creates a beat - in this case a crotchet, to which you added a dot.
Finally, the plus sign sharpens the C to a C sharp.
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Barlines: Automatic and manual
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Press 'd1' 
Press '!' 
Press '!' again  |
What is happening.
You now have a complete bar, but MusicMaster does not add a barline because
you might want to change the length of the last note.
Type 'd' and MusicMaster knows you have gone onto the next bar, and so will
insert a barline. Typing '1' changes the note to a semi-breve.
This is the end of the piece so you have to create the final barline by
pressing the exclamation mark (a vertical bar will do the same thing, if you
have one on your keyboard).
Pressing it again creates a double bar. |
Barlines: Short bars and repeats
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Press '!' 
or press ';'  |
What is happening.
In this example you have input an anacrusis (lead-in) and now need to end the
bar early. Pressing the exclamation mark will put a barline in after the
current note. It will also alter the beaming on the quavers to tie in with the
new position of the beat.
The semi-colon has the same effect as the exclamation mark, but in addition
will create a double bar and repeat mark after the barline.
A colon adds a repeat mark before the barline, but you would not want to do
that in this position.
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