One more question about Chord Text (going to next note)

• Dec 8, 2016 - 03:46

I've noticed you can press TAB after entering a chord in a Chord Text without having to click out of it or press escape, and an automatic chord text will be started at the beginning of the next measure (Shift+TAB also backtracks to the previous measure's start point). This is a pretty slick shortcut to speed up the process of entering chord text, but I don't expect to be using chord text much if at all. However! it's nice to know the options when and if..., so I'm asking whether anyone knows this behavior to be available for just one beat or note rather than a full measure jump, and if so, what are the shortcuts or key combinations? Thanks.

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• Dec 8, 2016 - 05:08

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I suppose it's my bad habit in jumping to the forums rather than checking the handbook. Learned something new here though from your quick reply. It applies also to lyric text (Ctrl+L), but lyrics don't have per measure jumping like chord text.
Edit: Oh, I see. Your never mind was in relation to a deleted post (saw it in a redundant email).

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• Dec 8, 2016 - 23:50

FWIW, space actually moves one note *or* one beat,. That is, if you have sixteenth notes, it moves to the next note, but if you have a whole note, it doesn't skip all the way to the next note - it stops every beat. This can simplify the process of entering chords in a song where you need multiple chords per measure even though the melody moves relatively slowly. But I find it annoying to have to "space" past every eighth note. Instead, I tend to use ";" (semicolon), which always moves by beat. Every once in a while when I think of it, for a song that needs two chords per measure consistently, I use Ctrl+6 to move two beats.

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