Note Selection¶

Navigating/Selecting notes with the keyboard¶

[tab]{.kbd} selects the next note in a MIDI region, while [tab]{.kbd .mod1} selects the previous note. Holding down the []{.kbd .mod3} key as well prevents previously visited notes from being deselected.

Selecting notes with the mouse¶

While in Internal Edit Mode, any note can be clicked on to select it. Once a note has been selected, [left]{.kbd .mouse .mod3}-clicking on another note selects all notes between the first note selected and the second one. Adding or removing a note to or from the selection is done by [left]{.kbd .mouse .mod1}-clicking it. Clicking and dragging outside of a note will [rubberband select]{.dfn} any notes enclosed by the selection rectangle; holding down the []{.kbd .mod3n} key will prevent any previously selected notes from being deselected.

In any mode, [left]{.kbd .mod3 .mouse}-clicking on a note on the Scroomer (the piano header of the track, see MIDI Track Controls) will add all occurrences of that note to the selection, while [middle]{.kbd .mouse}-clicking will only select/deselect all occurrences of that note, clearing the previous selection. Scroomer selections work on all MIDI regions of a track at once.

Listening to Selected Notes¶

If [Edit > Preferences > MIDI > Sound MIDI notes as they are selected]{.kbd .menu} is enabled, Ardour will send a pair of NoteOn/NoteOff messages through the track as notes are selected. Assuming there is an appropriate device or synthesizer attached to the track, these should be audible.