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To add a rest

  1. Click the Speedy Entry tool and click the target measure. The editing frame appears.
  2. Press a number key (for non-MIDI, press CONTROL, shift and a number key). A rest appears of the duration corresponding to the number key you pressed, as shown below.

Press this key

To produce this rest

Press this key

To produce this rest

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(If a note appears instead of a rest, even though you’re using MIDI, it’s because Use MIDI device isn’t selected in the Speedy menu. Use the arrow keys to position the insertion bar on the notehead and press BACKSPACE (or press SHIFT+DELETE); this turns it into a rest.) If you want to insert a rest between existing notes, use the Insert mode. Press Insert to turn the Insert mode on or off.

 

 

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