Using the arrow tool |
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Using the arrow tool [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] The arrow tool lets you save time in handling the contents of
a measure. We will learn how to use it.
This tool is on the Main Palette: It is selected as soon as you start
Pizzicato. With it you can modify or delete most of the
elements studied before. It is a sort of global tool trying
to guess the tool you need at the time you use it. For
example, if you click on a note, the tool behaves as if you
used the tool of a note. Here is the order of the various tools
simulated by it: In the next lessons, other functions will
be added to the list, e.g. text blocks, chords, symbols
The order given here means that when you
click with the arrow tool inside a measure, Pizzicato first
detects if you click on a note. If it is the case, the note
tool is simulated. If it is not the case, it detects if you
click on a rest. If so, the rest tool is simulated, if not it
looks for a tuplet
At the end, if it does not find
anything else, the measure tool is simulated. Let us see that
with an example. Start Pizzicato and fill in the following
measure with the tools you know: Except for Pizzicato Light, if you click in
the middle of the measure, by taking care to avoid notes,
rests,
you can move the measure. By double-clicking in
the middle of the measure, with the same precaution, you
reach the dialog box to erase/add measures and staves.
Deleting with the arrow tool [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] It is the same principle to delete. Select
the arrow tool, place the arrow of the mouse on the item to
delete and use the delete key ("remove last
character" key). This is only valid for the simulated
tools having this delete option. For example it is not the
case for the stem height adjustment tool nor for the
accidentals moving tool.
Optimal use of tools [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] Here are some advices for the use of the
various tools. These shortcuts let you write your score
without any tool palettes. If you do not know any more which
tool is selected, type Esc and the arrow tool is
automatically selected.
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(except for Pizzicato Light,
which does not have this tool).