Index

A

ABC music files, importing
absolute vs. relative tempo change
accent
active staff
accidentals (sharps, flats, etc.)
accidentals, precautionary
accidentals, key commands for
Adapt melody to existing chords
Add staff below active staff
arrow tool
active staff
alternate pitch
Ars Nova online library
articulation tools
Audio CD, burning
Autobar active staff
Autobar score
Autobeam active staff
Autobeam score
Auto-enter barlines during note entry
Autointerpret accidentals and for active staff
Autointerpret accidentals for entire score
Autonotation Options
Autostem active staff
Autostem score
Autonotation, entering music with

B

barlines, connecting to other staves or disconnecting barlines, entering, also barline tools
beaming in multiple tracks
Beam or unbeam
Begin recording
big notes (display music in double size), also in edit window tools
bowed tremolo notation

C

CD, burning
changing barlines
changing chord symbols
changing clef
changing key signature
changing meter signature
changing pitch of an entered note
changing tempo withing a piece
changing time value of an entered note or rest
Check for updates
Choose font
chord channel
chord choice boxes
Chord Information window
chord instrument choice
chord line handle
Chord options
chord playpattern
chord root
chord type
chord symbols, entering
Clear (delete)
clef
Close file
coda sign
Connect this barline to matching ones below
Convert chord symbols to piano notation
Copy
crescendo
cues, setting note/rests to display as cues
Cut

D

Da Capo
Da Capo al Fine
Da Capo al Segno
dashed slurs and ties
Define voices
Delete active staff
Deleting items
Dotted notes and rests
diminuendo
double/halve tool
dotted notes and rests, entering
dotted slurs and ties
Double-dotted notes and rests, entering
double sharp
double flat
dragging barlines
dragging chord symbols
dragging notes to change pitch
Duplicate active staff

E

Edit menu
edit window
Enhanced MetaFile ('emf' file)
enharmonics
'enharmonic' keyboard
editing chord symbols
entering notes and rests,in detail
entering text
Export MIDI
Export sound file
Extract an orchestra part for active staff staff

F

fermata
File menu
first ending
flat
flipped note heads
Flip stem direction
Font choice

G

Generate a chord progression
Generate a melody ideas
Generate a new melody idea using existing rhythm
Grace notes, options
Grace notes, setting individual notes as graces
green notes

H

Hear all or what is between the < and >
Hear with Active Listening

I

Ideas
Import ABC file, and in File menu
Import MIDI file, and in File menu
Import MusicXML file, and in File menu
Info for selected item(s)
input methods and also entering by clicking
instrument choice (for individual staves)
invert
invisible notes, rests, barlines
Item labels

J

justification

K

key
Keyboard and letter keys 'piano'
Keyboard equivalents
keyboard split point
Keyframe appearance

L

Labels
letter keys as 'piano' and more here
Line breaks
Listening options
lyric line handle
lyric lines
lyrics

M

martellato
measure lines
measure numbering
Merge staves
meter
microphone input
MIDI channel
MIDI files, importing
MIDI instrument, connecting
MIDI input
MIDI output
modifier offset
moving chord symbols
multiple rests (rests of greater than a measure value)
multiple voices on a staff
Music ABC files, importing
MusicXML files, importing

N

natural
New music window
note spacing and In Score menu
note heads in 'flipped' orientation
notes and rests, entering
Note entry shortcuts
Number of repeats for a repeat bar
Number pages

O

Offsets of notehead, modifier, dot
Open music stored locally
Open music stored at Ars Nova online library

P

Page breaks
Page numbering
Page Preview
Page Setup
Password for music file
Paste
percussion notation
percussion heads for individual notes
PlayFrom and PlayTo tools, also in edit window tools
playpattern (for chord symbols)
playpattern popup choices
polyphony on a single staff
precautionary accidentals
primary track
Print
printing larger or smaller
print scaling and in File menu

P

Quit

Q-R

'real' transposition
recording
recording chord symbols
Record new rhythm and in Staff menu
relative vs. absolute tempo changeq.
repeat bars
repeat bars, setting the repeat count
rests lasting more than one measure
Reset stem group
reverse
root

Sacred Harp
Save
Save as
Save as default score layout
score height control
second ending
segno
Select all
selecting items
Set connections between staves
Set page margins
Set password
Set staff appearance
Set tempo
Set volume
Shape Notes
sharp
shortcuts for changing note values
Show text control
Slur and unslur
Small notes, Big notes
Sound and MIDI settings
sound on/off (for chord symbols)
sound on/off (for individual staves)
sound on/off (for the screen keyboard)
Split the current file into two parts
Shrinker tool
Spreader tool
staccato
staff channel
staff handle
Start recording
stem direction
step entry
stemless notes
stick notation
stick notation for individual notes
Suggest chords
symbols, entering

T

Take a high-resolution picture
Tempo, setting
Template Score
Tenuto
Temperament
Tempo changes within music
Tempo change symbol, option of relative vs. absolute tempo.
Tempo, setting
Text, editing
Text, entering
Text Information window
Text options
Title height control (extra space for title)
text labels attached to staff symbols
Tie and untie
Tonal transposition
Tonic Solfa
tracks
Transforms
transposing chords
Transpose score
Transposing staff (as for Bb Clarinet, etc.)
Transpose staff (or selected portions)
tremolo notation
triplet/tuplet tools
Tuning
Tuning adjustment in note information window
type (chord type)

U

Undo
updates

V-Z

Volume changes for individual notes

Volume, setting
Volume slider for chord symbols
Volume slider for individual staves
wedge accent
whole rests, value of
Window menu
XML files, importing