Editing Note Pitch

When you add a new note with a mouse click, its pitch is determined by the vertical position of the mouse on the staff, and the key signature of the measure. If you hold the mouse button down and drag the mouse vertically up and down on the staff, Composer will play the pitches. You can release the mouse when you hear the pitch you want. For details, see Determining the Pitch of a New Note. You can also drag the pitch of an exiting note with the mouse.

Composer also lets you easily raise or lower the pitches of existing notes.

To raise (or lower) the pitch of one or more note by one or more half-steps using the computer keyboard:

1.      Enter Select Mode.

2.      Select one or more notes by clicking or dragging the mouse cursor over them.

3.      Type P+ (or P+) one or more times to raise (or lower) the pitch by that many half-steps.

     Composer will play the pitches of the notes as you raise or lower them, unless you have turned off this feature.

To raise (or lower) the pitch of one or more note by an octave:

     Follow the above procedure, except use P+PAGEUP (or P+PAGEDOWN) instead of P+ (or P+).

You can also change the pitch of a note by adding or removing an accidental, as described in the next topic.

Drum notes may have pseudo (MIDI) pitches, as described in Editing Drum Notes.

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