The Insert menu allows you to add a variety of different objects to the score.
As well as appearing in the main program menu, these menu commands are
usually available as a context menu when you
right-click the mouse on the score.
Note
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Inserts a new note at the insertion point,
and then moves the cursor forwards ready to insert the next note. |
| Chord Note
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Inserts a new note at the insertion point,
and keeps the cursor in the current time position, ready for adding another note
to the current chord. |
| Rest
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Inserts a new rest at the insertion point. In
general, MidiIllustrator automatically fills all the silence in a measure with
rests. Read more about
Automatic Rest Placement. |
| Lyric |
Inserts a new rich text Lyric at the insertion point (or a new verse if a Lyric already exists). |
| Bookmark |
Bookmarks are designed to help you navigate through files by providing points of reference. For example, you may wish to make a note on the score of where you got to in your last Practice Session, or to mark the start and end of part of a piece that you find difficult and you wish to practice at a later date. Using the
'Goto' button in the View Menu you can then jump straight to that part of the score using the Bookmark as a reference.
To insert a new rich text Bookmark simply select the part of the score at which point you wish to insert a bookmark and choose the Bookmark command from the Insert Menu. When a Bookmark is created the bar number of the insertion point will be added automatically
and you can choose to keep this as your Bookmark or you can edit it by clicking on the text.
If a bookmark is already in place and you wish to edit it, simply click on the Bookmark and edit as desired.
Bookmarks can be used with:
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| Chord Name |
Allows you to manually insert a single
rich text Chord Name at the insertion point. The Chord Name will appear above the top staff.
For more information on Chord Names see the Chord Selector dialog.
MidiIllustrator can automatically generate chords for the entire score see Generate Chord Names and Guitar Frets for more information.
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Guitar Fret
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Opens the Chord Selector dialog so that you can choose a Guitar Fret chord fingering which will then be placed above the top staff at the current cursor insertion point.
MidiIllustrator can automatically generate chords for the entire score see Generate Chord Names and Guitar Frets for more information.
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| Free Text |
Inserts a rich text free text item which can
be freely moved, and anchored to the score in different ways. See also
Free Text Menu commands. |
| Expression
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Inserts a rich text notation
Expression which can be freely moved, and anchored
to the score in different ways. Expressions differ from other
rich text objects as they can be associated with
MIDI events which alter the performance of a piece during playback. See
also Expression Menu commands. This
command is available only in Edit Mode. |
| Switch between Note/Rest Entry
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By default, the Enter key (and left mouse button in Mouse Entry mode) adds
notes at the cursor insertion point. Holding down the Shift key at the
same time adds rests. In order to add rests at all times, toggle between
Note / Rest Entry Mode. |
| Entry...
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You can set all the qualities for the cursor entry note/rest. The
'entry' qualities will be applied to each new item when it is created.
However, MidiIllustrator will also try to automatically apply the correct
qualities for the new item given its 'entry context'.
Read more about Context Entry here.
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| Delete... |
Read about the different ways to remove
note and rest groups from the score. Essentially, the typical delete and backspace commands apply to the nearest
note or rest at the cursor position (Edit Mode) or to all notes/rests at
the cursor position (Performance Mode) when the Shift key is depressed when
deleting. |