Changing the pitch of individual notes

You can raise/lower the pitch and register of individual notes, including grace notes, after they have been input by octave divisions, staff position, and octaves.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the notes whose pitches you want to change.
  2. Raise/Lower the pitches of the selected notes in any of the following ways:

    • To move notes up one staff position, such as from C to D, press Opt-Up Arrow.

    • To move notes down one staff position, such as from D to C, press Opt-Down Arrow.

    • To transpose notes up a single octave division, such as a half-step (semitone) in 12-EDO or a quarter tone in 24-EDO, press Shift-Opt-Up Arrow.

    • To transpose notes down a single octave division, such as a half-step (semitone) in 12-EDO or a quarter tone in 24-EDO, press Shift-Opt-Down Arrow.

    • To transpose notes up an octave, press Cmd-Opt-Up Arrow.

    • To transpose notes down an octave, press Cmd-Opt-Down Arrow.

    • In the Edit Notes Overlay, choose Octave Octave button, Staff Position Staff Position button, or Octave Division Octave Division button, then click Transpose Up Transpose Up button or Transpose Down Transpose Down button.

Result

The pitch or register of the selected notes is changed. Any figured bass shown on the affected staves is updated automatically.

If the pitch is now impossible to play on a fretted instrument, such as if a note would have to be played below the nut on the lowest string, it appears on tablature as a question mark.

Note

You can press Opt-Up Arrow and Opt-Down Arrow to change the staff positions of notes in percussion kits using grid and five-line staff presentation types. However, this also changes the instrument playing the note.