# How to enter piano music

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**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-enter-piano-music/831128 "2023-01-30T18:44:16Z")\
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Hello Simon,  
you would need to use Voices, the top line of notes, one voice, the others (a chord) in another voice.

> **[Inputting notes into multiple voices](https://www.steinberg.help/r/dorico-pro/4.3/en/dorico/topics/write_mode/write_mode_note_input/write_mode_voices_inputting_multiple_t.html?hl=voices)**
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> By default, notes are input into the first up-stem voice, as indicated by the symbol of an up-stem quarter note beside the caret. You can input notes directly into other voices during note input, and switch between voices as required.

> **[Inputting chords](https://www.steinberg.help/r/dorico-pro/4.3/en/dorico/topics/write_mode/write_mode_note_input/write_mode_note_input_inputting_chords_t.html?hl=chord%2Cstack)**
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> You can input chords during note input when both note input and Chords are activated. You can input notes with a computer keyboard, with the mouse, using panels in the lower zone, or by playing notes with a MIDI keyboard.

You should find the links here useful to get you started:

> [@Frequently Asked Questions: new users start here](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/frequently-asked-questions-new-users-start-here/115929):
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> Thanks for downloading and trying Dorico Pro or Dorico Elements. About this forum This forum is very active and has a thriving and very helpful community. You can ask any question you like about Dorico on the forum, and you can be sure of receiving assistance either from a fellow user or a member of the Dorico development team. All we ask is that you use the resources in this thread and the tools to search the forum in order to try and find the answer to your question before you post. You may…

like the First steps and the link to the blog:

> **[Resources – Dorico](https://blog.dorico.com/resources/)**
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> Est. reading time: 6 minutes

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