Easy To Use Notation Input [sf#7]

[matevz]

Reported by suamor on 2011-10-31 10:57 UTC Date: 2006-Nov-03 22:45 Sender: tubasoldier Logged In: YES user_id=33209 Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.7) Gecko/20060921 Ubuntu/dapper-security Firefox/1.5.0.7

I like the path that Canorus has laid out. As a result I would much rather support this project than Rosegarden. (as it wants to be a sequencer before a notation editor.)

I liked NoteEdit but I always thought it took way to long to input notes onto the staff. RoseGarden seems to be a little better but it is still really awkward to input notes. I always thought Finale was quite awkward in this as well. A small windows program called NoteWorthy Composer seems to have come up with a great way for note input. It treats the music staff more like a text editor. Here is a few of the basics:

- A blinking cursor that moves horizontally and vertically along the staff. This cursor is moved with the arrow keys. - <Enter> will input a note - <Space> will input a rest - <ctl + Enter> will input a chord member - <backspace> will delete the note before the cursor - <Del> will delete the note after the cursor.

Basically there is a computer keyboard shortcut for all notation input. This makes it extremely easy to input music without a midi keyboard. Point and Click with the mouse to input notes is very tedious.

Please consider making keyboard shortcuts for simple note entry. However, keeping the functionality of input or editing with the mouse would also be helpful.

[matevz]

Updated by suamor on 2011-10-31 12:21 UTC

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[matevz]

Commented by suamor on 2018-06-07 09:09 UTC Some questions on it (to discuss): 1) How do we activate cursor-based editing 2) Does Insert Mode already activates cursor-based editing 3) Where is the cursor placed when we start editing