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Enjoying Multi Media
Specifying the length of notes and rests
You can specify the length of each musical note and rest
by pressing
P or R repeatedly. Pressing R
changes the length of notes and rests in reverse to
pressing
P.
If you wish to specify a dotted note or a triplet, press
O
after selecting the target note.
Specifying a tie
To specify a tie, press
N after selecting the target
notes.
An underscore (_) is displayed next to the note and the
note is tied with the next.
To enter the next note, press
d and move the cursor to
the right, then repeat the operation to input the melody.
If the cursor is positioned next to a note, you can repeat
the note immediately to the left of the cursor by pressing
a or b.
Sample steps to input melody
To get used to inputting melodies, input the simple
melody shown below.
P
P
P
P
P
Crotchet (Crotchet rest)
Quaver (Quaver rest)
Seminquaver (Seminquaver rest)
Semibreve (Semibreve rest)
Minim (Minim rest)
O
O
O
You cannot make a dotted semi quaver (dotted
semi quaver rest) or a dotted semi breve
(dotted semi breve rest).
Three continuous notes are required for a
triplet.
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