Working in the sequencer and main views |
Selecting measures [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] Like the score view, the sequencer view lets you select measures. As those are visualized as small blocks,
this view is well adapted for a global handling of measures,
because it is possible to display much more measures on the
screen and thus get an overall picture of your work.
Starting with a new document, create the
following score: Select the Sequencer item in the Windows
menu. Organize your screen in order to see both windows like
this: When you release, the melody is copied: Notice that the copied melody is also in
the score view. These two views are different display of the
same document. Any modification executed in one becomes
visible in the other. The same principle is valid to select the
measures on all staves: click on its number, above it. By
clicking and dragging on several numbers, you can select
several measures. Similarly, you can click and drag in the
left column to select several staves. We have seen that a selection may be
extended in the score view by clicking in another measure
with the SHIFT key. This principle also applies in the
sequencer view, for both measures and staves.
Adding/deleting measures and staves [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] The measures and staves dialog box is also available through
the sequencer view. Locate the arrow of the mouse cursor inside
the block representing the fourth measure of the first staff (in
the sequencer view) and double-click it. The measures and staves
dialog box appears. Add 2 measures and 1 staff and click OK.
The two views are redrawn: Notice that the measures and staves tool must not necessarily
be selected to be used in the sequencer view. Creating and handling scores [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] When you create a new document, the main view contains one
icon named Score 1. It is possible to add other scores
in the main view. These icons represent different scores that
belong to the same document. For each score, you can open a view of each type: For each view, the title bar
shows the document name followed by the score name. When there
are several opened documents, by selecting an item of the Windows
menu to open a view, Pizzicato takes into account the active
window (blue title bar in Windows) to select the score to be
opened. From the main view, you can directly reach one of these
four views with a double-click: Since Pizzicato 3.1, a
contextual menu may be called with a right-click (Alt-click on
Mac). You may use it to open the various views as well as to
rename or delete a score. With Pizzicato Professional you
can open several documents at the same time. For each opened
document, there is a main view which contains the scores of the
document. It is possible to copy/paste or
to drag measures from one view to another, as well between scores
of the same document as between scores belonging to different
documents. The 6 measures are copied. If
you open the corresponding score view, you will see the notes. You can also duplicate a score
in the same document. By holding down the SHIFT and Control keys
and by dragging the icon, the score is duplicated when you
release it. Duplicate Melodies by dragging it to the
right. You get: The whole content is copied.
You can now modify it without affecting the original. Measures 1, 2 and 3 of the
staves now contain the notes of Score 2. This operation
is a fast method to execute the following operations: It is also possible to drag a
score onto another score. The staves are added below those of the
destination score. Click on the Score 2 icon, drag it
onto the Score 1 icon and release when the arrow of the
mouse cursor is inside the Score 1 icon. The sequencer
view becomes: The staves were added to the
other score. This method lets you combine several scores in one. Exercise Close this document, then do
the following steps: