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The NtEd Handbook

Jörg Anders

TU-Chemnitz

Maximiliano

Spanish translation 

Mariano Marini

Italien translation 

Jörg Anders

German translation 

1.10.16

Copyright © 2008 Jörg Anders

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Abstract

NtEd is a score editor for Linux

Table of Contents

1. Using NtEd
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
Inserting horizontal lines
Modifiying lines
Deleting a line
(de-)crescendo (hairpins)
Ottava brackets: va8, bv8, ma15, mb15
Tempo markers
Inserting tempo markers
Change the tempo markers's position
Changing the tempo values
Removing tempo markers
Arbitrary text
Inserting arbitrary text
Special letters
Change the position of the text
Changing the arbitrary text
Removing arbitrary text
Accelerato, Ritardando
Inserting Accelerato/Ritardando
Modifiying accelerando or ritardando
Deleting an accelerando or ritardando
Chordnames
Guitar chord diagrams and chord annotation
Upbeats
Grace notes
Lyrics
Inserting lyrics
Direct writing
Modifying lyrics
Lyrics editor
D.S./Capo al Coda/D.S./Capo al Fine
Breath Signs
Transpose
Change Accidentals
Title, composer, and arranger
Pages
Page layout
Navigation on pages
Delete the last page
Remove empty pages at end
Multiple windows and Excerpt
Multiple windows
Extract a subset of staves
Scaling the whole score
Documentation
Save and restore
Save
Restore
New file
Terminate program
Printing, exports, Karaoke and imports
Configuration
Export PostScript
Export PDF
Export MIDI
Karaoke
Import MusicXML
Export PNG and SVG
Export LilyPond
Import MIDI
Inserting notes with pitch determined by midi keyboard
Creating score form playing midi keyboard
Replay
Prepare replay
Start replay
Muting
Shortcuts
Configuration File
Attention: Pulseaudio
The TiMidity server
Hammersound install page
2. Credits and License
A. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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