when using repeat command (keyboard shortcut R) single note is repeated. Much more useful is to repeat whole chord as this often happens in piano compositions.
Allocating another shortcut is a step forward however I don't think it's needed so I would better use the same shortcut.
Repeating single note from last chord doesn't have clear meaning since I usually don't remember which note in a chord was added as a last. I see the chord as individual entity.
Also you don't need to be afraid that somebody will want to repeat only single note from a chord. If it is so the chord should be divided into more chords in separate voices. Repeat command then should repeat the chord part from active voice.
I disagree. If I don't know which note I entered last, I wouldn't use any command tovrepeat the last note.
Also you need Shift to add a note to a chord, so Shift R for repeat last chord would be consistent
Jojo-Schmitz says:
I disagree. If I don't know which note I entered last, I wouldn't use any command tovrepeat the last note.
Ok technically speaking you are right however this is not what I meant so I try to explain again. What I am actually trying to do is to repeat a chord on the left (before selected position) because that's what happens all the time (see picture). And because people tend to annotate compositions from left to right (e.g. from beginning to end) this in 95% cases means repeating the last chord. (If there is another shortcut for this let me know and I will use it instead but I didn't find any). Currently this is not possible which means lot of work. When I have a chord say Cmaj kvintakord I don't really care if it was created from C, E, G or C, G, E or E, C, G etc. It's still the same chord so I don't care which note was the last one here. I just need to repeat the chord. And that's why I think separate shortcut is not needed.
Jojo-Schmitz says:
Also you need Shift to add a note to a chord, so Shift R for repeat last chord would be consistent
I am creating my chords with mouse in right hand and my left hand is on the keyboard. That seems to be the fastest way. When having only one hand on the keyboard pressing shift+R is not as easy as pressing R.
C. shift-G, shift-E surely is way faster than with mouse. Then adding shift-R for repeat last chords would be a breeze.
And, more importand, a) not change current behavoir (which many of us are used to meanwhile) and b) be consistent
Since a single note is just a chord with one note in it then 'r' could be used to repeat a whole chord and would serve both purposes. For the occasions where just one note of a multi-note chord is to be repeated then how difficult is it just to type the note? And, yes, I agree that using the keyboard is way faster than using the mouse.
Incidentally, in MS 1.2, currently...
Enter a chord and then r and it repeats the last note.
Enter a chord and then [Shift]-Up Arrow or [Shift]-Down Arrow (depending upon which note you entered last) and then r and it repeats the chord.
Enter a chord and the [Alt]-Arrow and you can select the note that 'r' will repeat.
Seems this was implemented at some point; R repeats the current chord in 2.0.2. You are welcome to add Shift+R as a second shortcut if you like on Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts.
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Or better have a 2nd shortcut for this. r for repeat last note and R for repeat last Chord for example
Allocating another shortcut is a step forward however I don't think it's needed so I would better use the same shortcut.
Repeating single note from last chord doesn't have clear meaning since I usually don't remember which note in a chord was added as a last. I see the chord as individual entity.
Also you don't need to be afraid that somebody will want to repeat only single note from a chord. If it is so the chord should be divided into more chords in separate voices. Repeat command then should repeat the chord part from active voice.
I disagree. If I don't know which note I entered last, I wouldn't use any command tovrepeat the last note.
Also you need Shift to add a note to a chord, so Shift R for repeat last chord would be consistent
Jojo-Schmitz says:
I disagree. If I don't know which note I entered last, I wouldn't use any command tovrepeat the last note.
Ok technically speaking you are right however this is not what I meant so I try to explain again. What I am actually trying to do is to repeat a chord on the left (before selected position) because that's what happens all the time (see picture). And because people tend to annotate compositions from left to right (e.g. from beginning to end) this in 95% cases means repeating the last chord. (If there is another shortcut for this let me know and I will use it instead but I didn't find any). Currently this is not possible which means lot of work. When I have a chord say Cmaj kvintakord I don't really care if it was created from C, E, G or C, G, E or E, C, G etc. It's still the same chord so I don't care which note was the last one here. I just need to repeat the chord. And that's why I think separate shortcut is not needed.
Jojo-Schmitz says:
Also you need Shift to add a note to a chord, so Shift R for repeat last chord would be consistent
I am creating my chords with mouse in right hand and my left hand is on the keyboard. That seems to be the fastest way. When having only one hand on the keyboard pressing shift+R is not as easy as pressing R.
C. shift-G, shift-E surely is way faster than with mouse. Then adding shift-R for repeat last chords would be a breeze.
And, more importand, a) not change current behavoir (which many of us are used to meanwhile) and b) be consistent
I would support 'r' repeating a whole chord.
Since a single note is just a chord with one note in it then 'r' could be used to repeat a whole chord and would serve both purposes. For the occasions where just one note of a multi-note chord is to be repeated then how difficult is it just to type the note? And, yes, I agree that using the keyboard is way faster than using the mouse.
Incidentally, in MS 1.2, currently...
Enter a chord and then r and it repeats the last note.
Enter a chord and then [Shift]-Up Arrow or [Shift]-Down Arrow (depending upon which note you entered last) and then r and it repeats the chord.
Enter a chord and the [Alt]-Arrow and you can select the note that 'r' will repeat.
Seems this was implemented at some point; R repeats the current chord in 2.0.2. You are welcome to add Shift+R as a second shortcut if you like on Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts.
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