Adding a keyboard symbol
The Other section contains a piano keyboard symbol, useful in educational scores, for example. The symbol has the following properties:
To insert the keyboard symbol, select it from the Inspector, click with the Draw tool at the desired position and drag a box to specify the approximate size of the keyboard.
After you have inserted the keyboard symbol, you can drag its edges to resize it vertically or horizontally.
If you right-click on an inserted keyboard symbol and select “Properties” from the context menu, a dialog opens allowing you to specify further properties for the symbol.
You can also double-click on an inserted keyboard symbol to open this dialog.
- Size
Governs the width of the keys.
- Start Note
This is the leftmost note in the keyboard symbol.
- Show Note Names
If this option is activated, each C key is displayed with note name and octave (C1, C2, etc.).
- White/Black Keys transparent
Activate these if you want the white and/or black keys to be transparent.