shortcut for dotted note and then half duration
There is one shortcut in Capella I claim quite useful and I think it is not too difficult to implement.
If you for instance have selected the input of crotchets and press a special key the next note will be dotted and the following note becomes a quaver. After that the input automatically switches to the duration that has been selected before. The function is not limited to crotchets but works the same way with all durations.
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Input two half notes (to use the American term for a "crotchet"), go back with the left arrow key, and hit the dot on the keyboard. This basically accomplishes the exact same thing.
In reply to Input two half notes (to use by Isaac Weiss
Thank you for the instant reaction.
Currently I use the portable version of v2.0. Unfortunately in my settings the dot is not assigned to any function. Which funktion do I have to assign it to?
In reply to Thank you for the instant by SlyDr
The default shortcut for dot is the period key - "." - on your keyboard. But depending on your specific keyboard layout, that might conflict with something else. What type of kleyboard layout are you using? In any case, you can customize your shortcuts in Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts.
In reply to The default shortcut for dot by Marc Sabatella
Also, if you're on Linux and using the dot on the keypad on the right, there is a known issue relating to that: #23744: Numpad inactive on Linux
In reply to Input two half notes (to use by Isaac Weiss
Crotchet is quarter,mnim is half, quaver is eight...
In reply to Crotchet is quarter,mnim is by Jojo-Schmitz
(Gulp) Sorry...
In reply to Input two half notes (to use by Isaac Weiss
Hmmm...
Doesn't seem to work in Windows 7.
Enter 2 quarter notes (crotchets).
Go back with left arrow key.
Hitting the dot merely toggles the augmentation dot icon in the toolbar on/off. It doesn't actually change the quarter note's duration, nor turn the following note into an eighth note (quaver).
Regards.
In reply to Hmmm... Doesn't seem to work by Jm6stringer
You have to be in Normal, not Note input, mode in order to change duration of an already entered note. This goes for augmentation dots just as it does for any other duration changes.
It is mentioned that there is an "issue" with Linux. It's not really an issue it's just that Linux generally handles the signals from the keyboard differently - and, I'd argue, correctly - when compared to some other OS's. On a normal PC keyboard the keys send unique codes and the NumPad keys send different codes to the numbers along the top of the keyboard. How those codes are interpreted by the OS differs. I prefer Linux handling them as different keys since it gives me more keys to use for different functions - I use the main keyboard dot (full-stop, period) for staccato and the Numpad one for augmenting duration by a half and I have the NumPad / * and - keys set up for grace notes. If my OS interpreted those separate keys as being exactly the same as their main keyboard lookalikes then I'd lose this feature.