Add/Remove Staccato (Articulations)
I have a few bars of 1/8 notes, some staccatoed, some not.
It would be useful to me to be able to select the whole phrase and have a choice of:
1. Swapping the notes with staccato.
2. Globally removing staccato from those without
3. Globally adding staccato to those without.
Regards.
Comments
Of course the third option is already possible. Select the phrase and double-click on the staccato in the palette.
I agree that it would be useful to globally remove staccatos from a selection.
In reply to Of course the third option is by David Bolton
I wasn't clear. That only works if there is no mix of articulated and non-articulated notes.
In reply to 3rd option by xavierjazz
The 3rd option works for me using the method described above regardless of whether any of the notes already have articulations. Could you give more details instructions of when it doesn't work for you?
In reply to The 3rd option works for me by David Bolton
This works, thanks.
In reply to Of course the third option is by David Bolton
yeah...Okay, one tip: You add staccatos by going into the Articulations + Ornaments Tab on the menu on the left, then drag the dot-like shape onto a note to add staccato.
Yes, And I also agree that you should be allowed to globally remove staccatos from a selection of notes.
In reply to yeah...Okay, one tip: You add by Harryjamespotter27
Hi. Rather than dragging the staccato to the note, it is much easier to select the note(s) and double click the staccato in the pallet.
In reply to Hi. Rather than dragging the by xavierjazz
Even easier - set up a shortcut for staccato. I have keyboard . as staccato and NumPad . for dotted (duration) notes.
In reply to yeah...Okay, one tip: You add by Harryjamespotter27
A shortcut is already set up for staccato - by default in the 2.0.2, it is Shift+S. And this shortcut works to either add *or* remove staccato. So it easy to remove the staccato from a sellected group of notes - just press Shift+S. This will add staccato to notes that do not have it, remove it from ones that do. You can also select a range of notes, then right click one staccato (or any other marking), right click, Select / All similar elements in range selection, then press Delete.
In reply to A shortcut is already set up by Marc Sabatella
Yes, but this shortcut will not work on my Win7 machine, as discussed elsewhere.
In reply to Yes, but this shortcut will by xavierjazz
Hmm, I may have missed that discussion, or don't remember it. Can you point to it?
In some earlier versions the shortcut was "Shift+." so it's possible you still have preferences leftover that have it set up that way. You can go to Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts and either reset all shortcuts to the default, or just reset that one, or customize it to be something else.
In reply to Hmm, I may have missed that by Marc Sabatella
And that Shift+. was causing problems o0n some keyboard layouts, that's why ot got changed to S
In reply to Of course the third option is by David Bolton
Thanks...
It's possible to add staccato to several at once. All you need to do is click a note that you want to add to, then do Ctrl + click another note that you want staccato to, and keep going until you have selected everything. Then you can go to Articulations & Ornaments, and double click the staccato.
In reply to It's possible to add… by Shaf
Maybe four years later he found out for himself?
I'm just kidding though.
In reply to It's possible to add… by Shaf
Thanks. That's good information.