Note values, dots and tuplets

Choose how long notes are, and add dots and tuplets.

Choose the length of the next note#

Choose a note value at the left end of the Edit palette and the next note you place gets that length.

You can also use the keys from ⌥1Alt+1 to ⌥7Alt+7. It starts at a quarter note. When the cursor moves to a beat with notes, that beat’s length becomes the selected value.

Change the length of written notes#

Select a beat and choose a note value to change the beat’s length.

++ makes it one step longer and -- one step shorter. With a range selected, every beat in the range changes. Rests change length the same way.

Dots and double dots#

.. adds a dot and ⌥.Alt+. a double dot.

Press again to remove it. With a range selected, the dot is removed if every beat in the range has it, and added to all of them otherwise.

Tuplets#

Select beats, press ⌥TAlt+T and choose the kind of tuplet in the dialog that opens.

Besides triplets, you can choose quintuplets, septuplets and more. To remove one, press Clear Tuplet in the dialog.