Table of contents
General rulesTo select something
Contextual menus

To delete an object
or click Cut either on contextual menu, on main menu, or in toolbar To enter music symbols in the score

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or click on the palette selection button.

To Add a clef
To remove a clef
or click Cut either on contextual menu, on main menu, or in toolbar Key signatures are always added to the beginning of pointed measure.
To Add a key signature
To remove a key signature
or click Cut either on contextual menu, on main menu, or in toolbar Time signatures are always added to the beginning of pointed measure.
To Add a time signature
To remove a time signature
or click Cut either on contextual menu, on main menu, or in toolbar There are two ways to add notes to an score.
Here is how to add a note or a rest using the mouse:
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The best approach to enter notes and rests is to use the keyboard. The program will take care of everything for you. Later, when you have entered all the notes, you could improve the layout and appearance of the score by doing small adjustements, adding notations, other markup and texts, and trimming things.
.Select octave:
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→ Increment octave
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→ Decrement octave
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→ Select octave 0..9Select voice:
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→ Increment voice
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→ Decrement voice
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→ Select voice 0..8 (0 for 'Auto')Select duration:
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→ Select longa, whole, half, quarter,
, 128th, 256th note/rest durationSelect dots:
as many times as dots desired.Select accidentals:
→ Double flat
→ Flat
→ Natural
→ Sharp
→ Sharp-sharp
→ Double sharp
→ Natural-flat
→ Natural-sharpSelect pitch and enter the note:
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→ Enter note Do, Re, Mi,
La, Si (in current selected octave).
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→ Enter note in next higher octave.
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→ Enter note in next lower octave.
→ Enter a rest
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→ Add note to chord.Tie to previous note
followed by
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→ Enter new note and tie it to previous one.Assume current selected octave is octave 4:
→ Select duration: eighth note/rest
→ Add a dotted C sharp eighth note in octave 4. The order of keys before
is irrelevant.
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) → Add a dotted C sharp eighth note in octave 5. Octave 5 remains selected.
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→ Down two octaves. Now in octave 3.
→ Select duration: quarter note/rest.
→ Add a quarter rest.
→ Add a quarter D note in octave 3.
→ Cursor back. Now pointing to quarter D note in octave 3
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→ Add a quarter F note in octave 3. In chord with D note.
→ Cursor back. Now pointing to chord D-F.
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→ Add a quarter A note in octave 3. In chord with D-F notes.LenMus allows you to notate up to eight polyphonic voices per instrument. The Voice selector displays the currently selected voice. The voice number you chose will be assigned to any notes or rests you enter.
Select note with mouse (double click). Use toolbox buttons to select the desired attributes. For example, to add a dot click on 'dot' button.
To add a tie
To remove a tie
To beam
Select the beam (double click on it or drag around it).
To delete a beam
Select the beam (double click on it or drag around it).
To add a tuplet
Select the notes in the tuplet. On toolbox click on tuplet tool ![]()
Attached to an object Click on the object with the mouse right button, and choose 'Attach text' from contextual menu.
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