How to make small notes and rests in 2.0?
I can't find a properties panel for small note heads and small rests comparable to v1
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I can't find a properties panel for small note heads and small rests comparable to v1
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Inspector, F8
In reply to Inspector, F8 by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks.
I'll note that the "Small" option doesn't show up if you SHIFT-select a range of notes, you have to CTRL-select each one.
In reply to Where? by robert.holmen.7
Not different from 1.x in that respect, is it?
In reply to Not different from 1.x in by Jojo-Schmitz
Except that in 2.0 beta 1, you can shift select a region and then right click a note -> select similar in range.
In reply to Not different from 1.x in by Jojo-Schmitz
In v1.3 you could SHIFT-select two notes, RMB for the properties panel, set "small" and those two notes and all notes in between would get the small heads. It didn't work for rests but it did work for notes and when i reported this for v1.3 it was asserted that this was fixed in v2.
In reply to Yes, it is different. by robert.holmen.7
It does work for rests, but again, using Inspector rather that individual Properties dialogs.
The Inspector does require you to be more careful about selection - click / shift+click selects a "range", but you want to limit the selection to just "notes" or "rests" or both. You can do that with the new right click / Select All Similar Elements in Range Selection, as mentioned above.
In reply to It does work for rests, but by Marc Sabatella
A-ha, I see it now!
I'll note that
"right click / Select All Similar Elements in Range Selection"
is really
"right click / Select / All Similar Elements in Range Selection"
I've always wondered, is there any hard rule for using small rests, or is it simply for aesthetic reasons? For example when using multiple voices, which can leave a staff cluttered with rests, would making them smaller be allowed in this scenario?
In reply to I've always wondered, is by M_C
Allowed? Sure, but it wouldn't be usual unless it is quite cramped. Most of the time you do the job with just vertical positioning, and 2.0 does that to some extent automatically. Small rests would normally be used only in situations where there also small notes - eg, for cue passages.