Using a MIDI Keyboard

If you have a MIDI keyboard attached to your computer you can enter music very quickly.

• Switch your MIDI controller on before starting Denemo
• Usually your MIDI controller will be automatically detected. If not in the Edit→Preferences dialog under MIDI tab select your controller
• Play some notes – they should appear in the score
• Press a number key to select a duration – a yellowish-brown note of that duration appears
• If ordinary (black) notes appear check “Rhythm Entry for MIDI in” in the Preferences
• Play in some more notes.
• Note that you can enter in more than one duration, then just play the notes over the top.
• The choice of pitch spelling (e.g. E-flat or D-sharp) can be adjusted
• Use Input->MIDI->Shift Accidentals Sharpwise or Flatwise
• Or click the icons in the MIDI-controls
• Augmented and Diminished instruments are played on a separate channel – this helps catch pitch spelling errors.
• You can record a passage of music and then notate it
• First (optional) set the tempo to the tempo you can comfortably play in at
• Place the cursor at the place in the score where you want to enter the music
• Use Alt-r to start recording
• Play in a passage of music
• “Play” in the durations, including rests, ties, dotted notes and (optionally) slurs, ornaments and other markings – the recorded notes are used to give the pitches
• Use Alt-BackSpace key to delete a wrong duration – the recorded note will back up to match
• Use Alt-Delete, Alt-Delete to delete the recording so far and continue with a new one.
• Use Alt-Delete, c to delete the recording and the click track it is on to end
• Note there are further options to move about and listen back to the recording in the Playback->Recording menu
• There is a demo of this method