Eighty-Eight

Song code

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Shortcuts

Draw tool B

Click empty grid to place a note of the chosen length — keep dragging right to make it longer

Select tool V

Drag across empty grid to draw a box — every note it touches is highlighted

Drag a highlighted note

Moves the whole highlighted group, in time and pitch. Drag past the edge and the roll scrolls with you.

⌥ drag

Copy instead of move — the originals stay put

Drag right edge

Change how long the note (or every highlighted note) lasts

⇧ or ⌘ click · ⇧ drag

Add or remove one note · box-select in either tool

Double-click · right-click

Delete a note

N

Show or hide the notation. Click a note in the score to highlight it in the roll. Name your piece there, and Export PDF saves the sheet music.

Click ruler

Set the cursor — where playback, step entry and pasting start

Drag along ruler

Pick a segment (snaps to beats) — every note starting inside it is highlighted. Double-click a bar number for the whole bar.

A…L, WETYUOP

Play white and black keys · Z X octave down / up

1–5 · .

Whole … sixteenth · dotted (also re-lengths selected notes)

Space · Home

Play / pause · back to start

Arrows

Move selection by a semitone or a step (⇧ for octave / beat); with nothing selected, move the cursor

⌘C ⌘X ⌘V

Copy, cut, paste at the cursor. After pasting, the cursor jumps to the end of the segment, so ⌘V again repeats it.

⇧⌘V · ⌘D

Insert (pushes later notes right to make room) · duplicate straight after

⇧ Delete

With a ruler segment: remove it and close the gap

⌘A · ⌘Z · ⇧⌘Z

Select all · undo · redo

Step entry

Each key you play is written at the cursor, which then moves on. Hold keys together (or ⇧-click) for a chord.