Changing the duration of notes
You can lengthen/shorten the duration of notes after they have been input.
Procedure
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Select the notes whose duration you want to change.
Note
If you want to extend a note to the end of the current selection, select both that note and an item at the rhythmic position to which you want to extend the note.
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Change the duration in any of the following ways:
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Press the key command of the duration you want. For example, press 4 for a 16th note (semiquaver).
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In the Notes panel, click the duration you want.
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In the Keyboard, Fretboard, or Drum Pads panel toolbar, click the duration you want.
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To lengthen notes by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Opt-Right Arrow.
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To shorten notes by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Opt-Left Arrow.
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To double the length of notes, press Cmd-Shift-Opt-Right Arrow.
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To halve the length of notes, press Cmd-Shift-Opt-Left Arrow.
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To lengthen notes by the current rhythmic grid resolution, click Lengthen Duration by Grid Value
in the Edit Notes Overlay. -
To shorten notes by the current rhythmic grid resolution, click Shorten Duration by Grid Value
in the Edit Notes Overlay.
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Result
The duration of the selected notes is changed. Dorico for iPad automatically notates and beams the notes appropriately according to their new duration, the current time signature, and their position in the bar.
When extending notes, their duration fills in any intervening rests. Extending notes to the end of the current selection does not delete any intervening notes, instead they combine with the extended note to create chords where necessary.
You can assign your own key commands to lengthen/shorten notes by specific durations and to extend them. You can find these by searching for Shorten duration by, Lengthen duration by, and Extend to on the Key Commands page in Preferences.