Lengthening/Shortening notes in the piano roll editor

You can change the duration of notes from within the piano roll editor in Play mode. This automatically changes the notated duration of the notes in the score.

Prerequisite

Object Selection is selected in the Play toolbox.

Procedure

  1. In the piano roll editor, select the note events you want to lengthen/shorten.
  2. Lengthen/Shorten the notes in any of the following ways:
    • Press Shift-Alt-Right Arrow to lengthen notes by the current rhythmic grid value.

    • Press Shift-Alt-Left Arrow to shorten notes by the current rhythmic grid value.

    • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt-Right Arrow to double the length of notes.

    • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt-Left Arrow to halve the length of notes.

    • Click and drag the right end of one of the selected notes to the length you want.

      Note

      You can only change the notated duration of notes with the mouse when Notated Durations is selected in the Play toolbox. When Played Durations is selected, you can click and drag notes to change their played duration.

Result

The notes are lengthened/shortened.