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Text and hairpins

Starts at the selected note.

Text goes
Hairpin

Keyboard shortcuts

N
Switch between Pointer (look and play; clicks and keys change nothing) and Edit
A – G
Add that note after the selection (writes over rests, like note input in MuseScore)
Shift + A – G
Add that note to the selected chord
0
Add a rest
3 4 5 6 7
16th, eighth, quarter, half, whole (changes the selected note too)
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Dotted
↑ ↓
Up or down a semitone
Ctrl/⌘ + ↑ ↓
Up or down an octave
Alt + ↑ ↓
Up or down one step of the scale
← →
Select the previous or next note
Backspace
Turn a note into a rest; delete a rest or barline
+
Tie to the next note
|
Barline after the selection
Ctrl/⌘ + K
Chord symbol (e.g. G7, Am, F/A)
X
Text or hairpin from the selected note over a few bars (swell, cresc., rit., a tempo…)
Ctrl/⌘ + Z
Undo (Shift for redo)
Space
Play or pause, from the selected note
Esc
Clear the selection

You can also drag a note up or down on the staff, tap the piano, or play into a MIDI keyboard.