Viewing Piano Roll Notation While Annotating a Score

Sometimes you might want to view the Piano Roll Notation as you are annotating the score.  For example, as you are adding staccato marks for notes, you can view the piano roll rectangles to see which notes are performed with a short duration relative to their as-notated duration.  Those are the notes for which you might want to add staccato marks:

To view the Piano Roll Notation while you are annotating a score:

Click the Piano Roll button in Composer's toolbar.

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Type CTRL + SHIFT + Y.  (Note: SHIFT +Y is the shortcut for the Piano Roll Palette).

If you need to see the rectangles more closely, then choose the Zoom In command in the View menu.

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   Click the Zoom In button.

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   While holding down the "Z" key, hit the key.