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Adding triplets and tuplets [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] The triplet means that 3 notes are played within the normal
duration of two notes. Tuplet is a term used to indicate any
irregular group of notes such as 5 notes instead of 4, 15 instead
of 16, etc. Here are some examples: Let us see how to create these measures. Without other specifications, the tuplet tool automatically
draws a triplet with a hook and the digit "3". If you
hold down the Control key when adding the tuplet, Pizzicato opens
a dialog box that lets you select the characteristics of the
tuplet. The tuplet tool has a shortcut key. It is lowercase letter
"n". It does not act directly on the score but lets you
select the tuplet tool without opening the palette. Here is how to erase a tuplet: When you place a tuplet between two staves, Pizzicato
associates it with the staff being the nearest to the location
you clicked. Take this into account, because the tuplet will
behave correctly only if it is attached to the correct staff. If the automatic justification is active, Pizzicato calculates
the contents of the measure and arranges the notes consequently.
It is thus impossible to introduce a rhythmic voice having more
beats than the total number of beats of the measure (here 4
beats). To introduce a tuplet, it happens that you must, for
example, place 3 eighth notes in a measure where only 2 will fit.
Let us examine the following measure: To encode this measure, you may not add the last 3 eigth notes
and then the triplet, because Pizzicato will refuse the last
eigth note, the measure being already full at that moment. To
overcome this, place the first eigth note and then add the tuplet
to get: Pizzicato takes into account the fact that the triplet is not
finished and reserves the place for the next notes. You may then
add the last two eigth notes to complete the triplet: It is also possible to globally modify the style of Tuplets
for a section of the score. You must first select the concerned
measures and staves (for that, see the lesson entitled Selecting measures). Then use the Edit,
Modify Tuplets
menu. The above dialog appears, but
with an additional frame on its right: The five check boxes determine the aspects of the Tuplet style
that will be applied to the selected measures. By checking for
example Label and by setting the label to 3/2 in
the left part of the dialog, all Tuplets located in the selected
measures will adopt this style. Since version 3.5.3, a new way to enter tuplets is available.
This mode creates the tuplet automatically as you enter the
notes. To enable this mode, double-click on the Tuplet tool When the automatic mode is active and the arrow is selected
(so there is no rhythmic value active), the tuplet tool can be
used manually, by dragging the tuplet over existing notes. The
'n' shortcut activates the tuplet tool. In the automatic mode,
the use of the 'N' shortcut ('n' + SHIFT) activates the tuplet
tool and the arrow tool, so that you can place tuplets manually. The enharmonic tool [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] Two notes are enharmonic to each other if
they have a different name but correspond to the same sound and
the same key on a musical keyboard. F sharp is an enharmonic of G
flat. The enharmonic tool is located in the Notes and rests palette
: Create a new document and fill in the following measure: Select the enharmonic tool Pizzicato replaced the note by its enharmonic note. Click
again on this note, you get another enharmonic of A #, C double
flat: By clicking a third time, you get again A #. The shortcut key is figure "9". It acts directly on
the score, without selecting the tool in the palette. Position
the mouse cursor on the second note and type "9" on the
keyboard. Do the same for the 2 other notes. You get: This tool is useful to correct the notes introduced using a
musical keyboard. Insert mode [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist] Since Pizzicato 3.6.1, a special insert mode lets you insert
notes and rests in a melody that covers several measures. Until now, you could insert notes and rest in an incomplete
measures and Pizzicato would shift the content up to the next bar
line. For instance, if you insert a quarter note before two
eighth notes, these two notes will be shifted. The new insert mode is activated by the tool By default, this area covers the whole score. If you insert a
note in the first measure, for instance a quarter note, the whole
content of that measure as well as the rest of the score, will be
shifted by one quarter note. This can imply a change of rhythmic
values, as the shifting is done through the bar lines. In a 4/4
measure with two half notes, if you insert a quarter note at the
beginning, the first half note is shifted, but the second is
split into two tied quarter notes, with the second quarter note
being moved in the next measure (which content will be shifted in
the same way). At the end of the insert area, the content may be
truncated if it overflows the area duration. You can modify the limits of the insert area so that it only
contains one or a few measures. Select the insert tool on the
palette and then do a CONTROL + left-click in a measure to
specify the starting point of the insert mode area and a CONTROL
+ right-click to specify the end of the area. To insert notes or rest, simply use the standard notes and
rests tools by putting the note or rest between the existing
content of the measure. Here is an example where a quarter note is inserted a the
beginning, in an insert mode area of 3 measures. Please note that
the last note of the area (a half note) is truncated (to a
quarter note) so that it does not overflow the specified area. The same principle applies also in the following operations: If the selection tool is active with a selection displayed on
the screen, when you enter the insert mode, the insert mode area
is made equal to the previous selection of measures.
. Place the
mouse cursor arrow where the first triplet must start:
and check the Automatic
while adding the notes choice in the Entering mode
frame and validate. To add a tuplet, select a rhythm value (like
the 8th note) and select the tuplet tool
as well. Each note that
you add on the staff will be affected by the tuplet and Pizzicato
will group them nicely together. You can define the type of
Tuplet (triplet,...) as well as its style, by double-clicking the
tuplet tool.
and click on the head
of the first note (A #). The measure becomes:
that you can find in the main palette.
Its shortcut is letter "q". By selecting it, the
background of the measures becomes slightly blue, to show the
active insert area of the score.