Chapter 1. Using NtEd

Table of Contents

Starting NtEd
The first sound
The toolbox
Inserting notes and rests
The 3 modes
Inserting/Deleting notes
Inserting drum notes
Inserting tremolo notes
Inserting/Deleting rests
Generalization
Inserting notes and rests using the PC keyboard
Append a system
Modifications
Shifting notes and rests
Hiding rests
Positioning rests vertically
Inserting ties
Customized ties
Modifying length, accidentals dots and ties
Undo/Redo and View
Staves and Systems
Append a new staff
Change staff properties
Special letters in staff names
Changing the staff position
Deleting a staff
Changing the staff distance
Removing systems
Hide measure numbers
The drum system
The default drum system
Configuration of the drum system
Voices
Block instructions
Overview
Select a block
Block copy
Block paste
Delete a block
Empty a block
Insert a block of empty measures
Handling beams
Grouping
Changing the beam parameters
Handling stems
Horizontal spacement
Global Spacement
Changing the horizontal spacement measurewise
System Layout
Tuplets
Create tuplets
Delete tuplets
Tuplets from 10 to 13
Slurs
Inserting slurs
Modifiying slurs
Deleting a slur
Repeats and other bar types
Simple Repeats
Alternatives
End bar
Double bar
Time signature changes
Inserting or changing time signature changes
Removing a time signature change
Clef changes
Inserting clef changes
Deleting a clef change
Key signature changes
Inserting key signature changes
Deleting a key signature change
Dynamics
Insert dynamics
Change the dynamic's position
Determine the MIDI volume of a dynamic symbol
Removing dynamics
Horizontal lines
Printing, exports, Karaoke and imports

Printing, exports, Karaoke and imports

Configuration

NtEd assumes that:

lpr <file>.ps

prints a PostScript file named <file>.ps on your system. If this isn't the case then configure the printing command. Choose:

EditPreferencesConfigure Print ...

On dialog textfield you should see:

lpr %s

The %s will be replaced by the name of a PostScript file. Change this string according to your needs. For instance: If you want to use the kprinter from KDE then change the string to:

kprinter %s

and press OK!

If all is configured then choose:

FilePrint

Export PostScript

You can export the score as PostScript. Choose:

FileExport PS...

Select a file name on dialog and press OK.

Because most printers are able to print PostScript files you can print this file using your preferred printing command (lpr, kprinter, ...)

Export PDF

Note

The PDF is available only if your Cairo library supports PDF.

You can export the score as PDF. Choose:

FileExport PDF...

Select a file name on dialog and press OK.

Because many printers are able to print PDF files you can print this file using your preferred printing command (lpr, kprinter, ...)

Export MIDI

You can export the score as MIDI data. Choose:

FileExport MIDI...

Select a file name on dialog and press OK.

Karaoke

If the score contains lyrics NtEd exports them to MIDI. This causes many midi players among them kmid to show a Karaoke-like behaviour:

Karaoke with kmid

Import MusicXML

You can import a MusicXML file. Choose:

FileImport MusicXML...

Select a file name on dialog and press OK.

Note

There is a bug in NoteEdit which concerns the export of multivoice staves into MusicXML. As a result NtEd has problems importing such files. To solve the problem NoteEdit must be patched. See http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/noteedit_musml_patch.html for more information.

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