Creating a new tune
Entering a melody
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You are now going to place
notes on the staff to create a melody.
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You
are invited to view the "Score input. Adding notes, rests, staff.
Changing key and time signature. Selecting an instrument. Changing
tempo. Adding bar line. Automatic beaming setup." video
tutorial. ("Windows>Tutorials" menu in the program).
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To do this, select the note lengths in the Notes
floating palette and place them on the upper staff (treble) one
after
the other.
Select an eighth note  and
place it on the E line (bottom line) of the staff.
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Tip:
If you have trouble inserting notes where you want them, you can
increase the display scale. There are several
ways to do this:
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Select the Windows>Scale menu option
and choose a scale factor, or
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Click on the magnifying glass in the editing
mode floating palette and click on the score, or
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Hold the mouse button down while clicking on
the magnifying glass and move the cursor up.
If you use the magnifying glass tool, do not forget
to return to note insertion mode (click the icon with a pencil and a
note). |
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Place another E eighth note just to
the right of the previous one. The two notes are automatically beamed
together.
Now select a quarter note
in the floating palette.
Drop it, again on the E line, to the right of
the first two notes.
You now have a group of three notes in the first
bar: two eighths and a quarter on the E line.
Drop a new group of three notes, identical
to the first one. The first bar is full.
In the second bar, drop an E eighth note,
then a G eighth note (second line from the bottom).
You now have to place a dotted eighth note:
leave the eighth note duration selected in the floating palette, and
click
on the dot in the accidental palette (palette with
sharp,
flat and natural signs).
Drop the dotted eighth note in the second bar,
after the notes already placed, on the bass C leger line (one
line
below the bottom line of the staff).
Click again on the dot
in the floating palette to deselect it. This returns you to non-dotted
note duration.
Continue to drop successive notes:
In the second bar:
Sixteenth note D (between C and E lines)
Half-note E
Third bar
Eighth note F (between the two bottom
lines of the staff)
Eighth note F
Dotted eighth note F
Sixteenth note F (Don't forget to deselect
the dot mode)
Eighth note F
Eighth note E (bottom line)
Eighth note E
Eighth note E
Fourth bar
Eighth note E
Eighth note D
Eighth note D
Eighth note E
Quarter note D
Quarter note G (second line from the bottom)
The first four bars of the top staff are now complete.
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Important:
If you make a mistake when dropping
a
note, select the lightning icon in the Edit floating palette,
click
on the incorrect note to delete it, and come back to insert
mode
(icon with a pencil and a note).
You can also use the Edit>Undo menu option
to undo the last performed operation.
Alternatively you can select the lasso icon and
physically move a note by clicking on it, holding down the mouse
button,
repositioning
the
note and releasing the mouse button.
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Tip:
In insert mode, you can quickly change to delete
mode by holding down the Command key (Ctrl on PC), or to select mode by
holding down the Option (Alt) key. |
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Play your score  .
You will hear the "Jingle Bells" theme with a piano sound.
Save your document by selecting File>Save.
Name it JBell.mus
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Hint:
Save your work frequently with File>Save
(Caution: Document saving is not available
with the evaluation version of Harmony Assistant.) |
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