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Notate 2
Designed in the classroom for music education

 
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Key NEW Software Features

'How to' Guide

Schemes of Work

Tried & Tested in the Classroom

Use Notate 2 at home for £1

Making Every Child's Music Matter - Music Manifesto Report no.2

Simple Music Glossary

Lyrics to Example Files used in Notate

About the Notation used in the Software

Music Datafiles for Junior Viewpoint and Viewpoint

Useful Links

Keyboard Shortcuts

Minimum Specification

 
Current software v.2.26
 
REVIEWS
"... a well organised program that should bring enjoyment & reward to pupils from a wide range of ability as well as offering teachers – quite a number of whom are not trained music teachers – an inspiring & structured resource."
Hugh John, Merlin John Online

"...encourages creativity & develops a clearer idea of notation..."
InteracTive

"Notate enables pupils to fit different parts together, whether melodic, rhythmic or textural which involves thinking creatively."
Alison Rolls, Colleton Primary School, Twyford

"Many children, including some less able & others normally unenthusiastic about music, have been asking when they can use Notate again..."
Fiona Greer, Grazeley Parochial Primary, Reading

"Notate works alongside the school’s curriculum areas & objectives at getting the children more involved with ICT..."
Erika Sebokova, Radstock Primary School, Reading

"Notate enables children to gain certain skills such as problem solving as it allows them to make their own choices."
Sheryl Henry, Raynham Primary School, Edmonton

"...pupils who are unable to play instruments well enough to compose have excelled themselves."
Rob Hamilton, Westfield Middle School, Bedford

Keyboard Shortcuts

Playing Keys
Keyboard Shortcuts Status Bar Text
Enter Play
Space bar or 0 Stop
* Record
Ctrl E Endless loop
Left arrow Review (move music backwards)
Right arrow Cue (move music forwards)
Ctrl left arrow Reset to start/play marker
Ctrl right arrow

Reset to end/stop marker

Shift and left mouse button Play note without dragging
Both Ctrl Keys Panic stop

 

Editing Keys
Keyboard Shortcuts Status Bar Text
Ctrl C Copy
Ctrl X Cut
Ctrl V Paste
Space Space in lyric entry
Backspace Removes note to left of cursor during step record and deletes character to left during lyric entry
Ctrl Z (or Alt Backspace) Undo last action
Ctrl Y Redo last action
Ctrl R

Paste reversed

Up arrow Move note up (if selected)
Down arrow Move note down (if selected)
Ctrl Delete Delete bars
Shift Delete Clear notes
Ctrl A Insert bars

 

Lyric Entry
Keyboard Shortcuts Status Bar Text
Space bar Press once and the end of a word to move to the next word or more than once to make the end of a word to last over two or more notes
- Press once to split a word into its syllables, or more than once to force the middle of a word to last over two or more notes
Tab key Move on a note where you want to leave a note in the tune without any text, hyphen or line
Ctrl Shift Space Insert a non-breaking space eg for the number at the start of a verse of lyrics

 

Display
Keyboard Shortcuts Status Bar Text
Ctrl + Increase music size (or Ctrl mouse wheel)
Ctrl - Decrease music size (or Ctrl mouse wheel)
Ctrl L Cycle through number of Leger lines
Ctrl B Beat marker on/off (toggle)
Ctrl G Scrolling on/off (toggle)
Shift Control T Tile Notate song windows

 

File Choices
Keyboard Shortcuts Status Bar Text
Ctrl N New file
Ctrl O Open file
Ctrl S Save file
Ctrl P Print file

 

General
Keyboard Shortcuts Status Bar Text
F1 Load Notate Quick Help PDF file
Ctrl M Show/hide Mixer
Ctrl K Show key signature dialogue box
Ctrl T Show time signature dialogue box
Ctrl I Show instruments dialogue box
Ctrl Q Show quantize dialogue box
 
   
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