Adding Notes One Octave Above or Below

• Jul 31, 2017 - 02:57

I have found through other posts that Shift + 8 and Alt + 8 can be used to add notes one octave above or below an existing note.

I find with my Mac that Option + 8 adds a note one octave above an existing note, but Shift + 8 does not result in any changes to the existing note.

Could someone please list the recommended Mac keyboard combinations for adding a note one octave above and one octave below an existing note?

Thank you,

BrotherDan

Comments

Marc Sabatella

• Jul 31, 2017 - 04:20

There is no default shortcut for adding notes below currently (there was once, but it created conflicts on non-QWERTY keyboard layouts). You can either customize your shortcuts via Edit / Preferences to add a shortcut for this command, or you could simply press Cmd+Down to transpsoe the existing passage down, then use Option+8 to add new notes an octave above (back where it started).

danboyce

• Jul 31, 2017 - 17:59

Marc,

Thank you for your rapid reply and assistance.

For my system, I have assigned Shift+8 to the unassigned shortcut to give me the needed capability.

Thanks again,

BrotherDan

SnakeGnim123

• Jul 19, 2021 - 12:57

Oops I repeated what someone else already said, please disregard this

rspence948

• Dec 9, 2024 - 05:44

Alt8 works perfectly for me on windows I was wondering how it was done
Many thanks