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Cursor Selection  

The Cursor Selection tool is an important tool use d to interact with Impromptu. It is located in the lower right hand corner of the Tools Area . This tool allows you to select one of three cursors each with a unique function.

When a cursor type is selected, it will become highlighted, and the mouse cursor will take on the shape of that cursor. Click on a Block with the mouse cursor to perform its function.

The Hand Cursor - allows the user to highlight, move, and play Blocks in the Blocks Area and the Playroom Area . In the Blocks Area, click once to play a Block, click-and-drag to move a block from the blocks area into the Playroom Area. In the Playroom Area, click once to highlight a Block, double click to play a Block. Click-and-drag a box around multiple Blocks to highlight all of them. Click-and-drag a Block / Blocks to move them around inside the Playroom

The Ear Cursor - the ear cursor is used just to play blocks either in the blocks area or in the playroom. Just click once on the block to hear it.

Rounds Playroom: The ear cursor is used to play successive instances of a rounds tune in real time to make a "round." To play rounds in real time, listen carefully to the first Tuneblock and click on each of the next Blocks with the Ear Cursor to start each voice part when it should come in. The Ear Cursor is also used in the Harmonize Playroom to harmonize tunes in real time.

The Magnifying Glass Cursor - when the user clicks on a Block with the Magnifying Glass Cursor, the Edit Window opens up to show the contents of the block and to allow the user to modify the Block. To open a Super Block, hold down the command key and click on the Super Block with the Magnifying Glass Cursor.

   
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