OpenMusic DocumentationOM 6.6 User Manual > Score Objects > Score Editors > Harmonic Objects > Pitches

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Editing Pitches

The tools of the editors palette define several hierarchic edition levels.

Note tool - to edit selected notes.
Chord tool - to edit whole chords.
Voice tool - more specifically dedicated to the voice object, can apply to a whole chord-seq .

A whole object can be selected with a click and drag in any case .

Adding Notes and Chords

Adding Notes in Note and Chord Objects

In note objects :
1. select the note tool
2. Cmd click in the score.
The default or current value of the object is modified.

In chord objects :
1. select the chord tool or the note tool
2. Cmd click in the staff to add a note.

Adding Notes to a Chord in a Chord-Seq

Chords can be edited in the chord-seq editor, or in an internal chord window.

To edit a chord from a chord-seq window :
1. Select the chord tool and Cmd click on the chord : a grey note appears at the root of the green-framed chord.
2. Change its pitch with the ↑ or ↓ keys.
3. Click in the editor window to validate.

To edit a chord in a internal chord window :
1. Select the note or the chord tool.
  Double click on the chord : the internal chord window pops up.
2. Cmd click on the staff to insert notes in the chord.

Adding Chords in a Chord-seq

Select the note, chord or poly tool.
Cmd click in the staff.

Deleting Items

Select the note, chord or poly tool, depending on the type of items you want to delete.
Select one or more items and press Backspace.

Extracting Chords

Chord factory boxes can be dragged out of any type of score editor – but the note editor.

To create a factory box :

select the chord tool in the editor palette
click on an item and dragg it to the patch editor.

It is materialized as a factory box.

Score Editors

Overview

Group / Union Chords

The group and union chords commands allow to gather several chords into one chord.

Select the items you want to group or union.
Press * to group chords.
Press + to union chords.

On chord mode, chords are displayed the same way with both commands.

Group Chords

The group chords command allows to preserve the individual offsets of the chords.

Pitches are played successively.
The offset mode of the Editor Control shows the actual offsets of each chord.

Union Chords

The union chords command gathers several chords graphically and temporally in a same chord.

Pitches are played simultaneously.
The offset mode of the Editor Control shows that all chords have the same offset.

Displaying Modes

Features

The order and offsets of the pitches in the list can be expressed via the "order" and "offset" modes of the Editor Control.

The Editor Control lower menu allows to modify the displaying of chords. Notes can be ordered according to their :

pitch : arp up and arp down modes
order in the pitches list : order mode
offset : offset mode.

A small vertical line marks the starting point of the chord.

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