The NoteEdit Handbook

Jörg Anders <j.anders@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>

Christian Fasshauer <mseacf@gmx.net>

Erik Sigra <sigra@home.se>

David Faure <david@mandrakesoft.com>

Matt Gerassimoff <mgeras@telocity.com>

Leon Vinken <leon.vinken@hetnet.nl>

TSE3 sequencer library: Pete Goodliffe

Revision 2.8.0-rc1 (2005-02-01)

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NoteEdit is a score editor for KDE

Table of Contents

1. Using NoteEdit

Starting NoteEdit

Insertion

Inserting notes
Problems with double whole notes
Grace notes
Problems exporting graces notes
Drum notes
Inserting rests
Multi rests
Insert Clef
Inserting key signatures, time signatures
Volume Change
Tempo Signature
Program (instrument) Change
Insert a note to a chord
Insert a bar
Insert a double bar
Repeat
Multi repeats
Lyrics
Arbitrary text
Working with guitar chord diagrams and chords
Insert a new staff
Trills
(De-)Crescendo
Octaviation (va lines)
Segno, dal Segno ...
Ritardando, Accelerando

Modification

Selection
Goto Measure
Change pitch
Change length, dotted, tied, flat, beamed, sharp, natural
Change staff position
Deleting elements
Deleting a note from a chord
Modification of clefs, time signatures, key signatures
Block instructions
Beamed Notes
Triplets
N-tuplets
Slurs
Multistaff block instruction
Autobar
Autobeam
Cleanup rests
Merge MIDI tracks
Undo
Redo
Deleting a staff
Set staff properties
Staff name
Setting staff geometry
Set a channel
Select staff volume
Select a voice
Set stereo position
Set reverberation
Set chorus
Play transposed

Tools

Score layout
Problems exporting staff layout
Transpose
Change clef
Reduce Accidentals
Combine chords
Change Accidentals

View

Creating Windows
Zoom
Show/Hide bar numbers staff names and auxiliary insert lines
Show/Hide staff context

Working with multiple voices per staff (polyphony)

Creating multiple voices
How to work with multiple voices per staff
Block instructions with multiples voices per staff
Aspects of exportation of multiple voices per staff

Playing

Set the MIDI device
Play/Muting
Stop playing
Using the aRts MIDI scheduler

Configuration

Key configuration
Colors
MIDI PEDAL COMMANDS
Autosave
Score information
Save parameters
Configuration file

(Re-)Storing

Saving
Restoring/Autoload

Import MIDI
Record from MIDI-Keyboard
Problems with MIDI import

Working with TSE3

Quit the program

Shortcuts

2. Credits and License

A. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

B. The MIDI import discussion page

C. The LilyPond export discussion page

"old" LilyPond
Quick Start
Generating DVI file
Generating Postscript file
LilyPond installation tips
Font sizes
Beams
Stem direction
Ties
Volume signs
Problems exporting the score Layout
Omit the score generation
Measures
Drum notes
Problems with grace notes
international lyrics
Problems with guitar chord diagrams

D. MusicXML export discussion page

About MusicXML
Limitations
Export to KGuitar

E. MusicXML import discussion page

Limitations
Import from KGuitar
Import from Rosegarden

F. PMX export discussion page

PMX
Quick Guide
Limitations
Staff selection
Keep beams
Problems with grace notes
Problems with guitar chord diagrams
Using musixlyr
Problems exporting the score Layout

G. The MusiXTeX export discussion page

MusiXTeX
Quick Guide
Script based export
Problems with MusiXTeX
Solutions
Using musixlyr
Exporting guitar chord diagrams
international lyrics
Problems exporting the score Layout

H. The ABC music export discussion page

What is ABC music
How to get and compile abcm2ps
How to get a printable output
Restrictions
Problems exporting the score Layout

I. Installation

How to obtain NoteEdit

Installing NoteEdit from RPMs

Installing from source

Requirements for source compilation
Building

First test

The TiMidity server

How to obtain KDE

Compilation and Installation of KDE