Changing Duration notes and dots

Changing duration is a little different in Smoosic than other programs. Rather than selecting a duration (quarter note, etc.), you change (increase/decrease) the duration of existing notes.

You can change the length of notes using the , and . (comma and period) keys, which halve and double the note lengths, respectively. You can add a dot to the length of the note (multiplying length by 3/2 for the first dot, and 5/4 for the second dot, if you like to think of it that way) or remove a dot, using the > (Shift+,) and ,. The mnemonic device for these is > makes note duration greater. < makes note duration less. (On most QWERTY keyboards, comma shifted is < and period shifted is >).