The K Desktop Environment

3. The Score Editor

3.1 Overview & Mouse Control

The mousefunctions:
Left mousebutton: Inserts a note, which can be altered by holding the SHIFT-Key and lowered by holding the CTRL-Key while pushing the mousebutton.
Right mousebutton: Over a note: Deletes this note.
Middle mousebutton: Over a note: Selects this note (a selected note will be displayed red!)

Dragging the mouse while holding the left mousebutton, causes a range of notes to be selected. (The exact area depends on the current length selected in the grid menu)

Clicking into the area of the systems key opens a window, that lets you select the preferences.

3.2 Menus & Keyboard Control

System Selection Grid Options Dynamics
The current note length can be set by pushing ALT and a number bewteen '1' and '6', ALT and '.' or ALT and 't'.

A selected note can be changed in pitch by pushing the Up and Down keys on the keyboard. The same goes for a range of selected notes. Pushing the Left and Right keys causes the note-cursor to move through the system.

The Insert-Point can be set by pushing ALT and SPACE while the mousepointer is set to the desired position.

3.3 More...



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