# Single shortkey for 3er tuplets ?

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [October 24, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137 "2016-10-24T07:39:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![hgpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@hgpa](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/hgpa)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137/1 "2016-10-24T07:39:08Z")

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Are there plans for installing a single shortkey for tuplets, especially 3er,  
because they are the most used tuplets in classical music (Bach etc).

I have to edit a lot of Bach-Kantatas, and there are 3er tuplets very common…

The way only with mouse and ratio or key-command and ratio  
is quite annoying…

I mean: you type a key (may be: 3 or Alt-3), then you play the note on keyboard,  
and the next notes will be the tuplets, until I type the key a second time…  
  
  
HG

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**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137/2 "2016-10-24T08:49:07Z")

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Please see [this other thread](https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=246&t=103511#p572323).

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**Author:** ![hgpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@hgpa](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/hgpa)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137/3 "2016-10-24T12:08:06Z")

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Daniel, I read this thread, but it is all ever with some keystrokes,  
I would prefer only one (1) keystroke for the most used 3:2 triplet  
like it is possible in Sibelius.  
In Sib with a “Cmd 3” (Mac) I have the next 3 notes automatic as triplets,  
a very quick way…

HG

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**Author:** ![Derrek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/derrek/32/92034_2.png) [@Derrek](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Derrek)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137/4 "2016-10-24T15:07:54Z")

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In another thread, Daniel said that just typing a “3” in the pop-up will produce a 3:2 triplet.  
That is the only tuplet with such a shortcut.

(Which is what Daniel said in the linked thread he referenced above. Not sure how typing “semicolon, 3” is more keys than Alt-3 would be.)

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**Author:** ![hgpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/35a633/32.png) [@hgpa](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/hgpa)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/single-shortkey-for-3er-tuplets/667137/5 "2016-10-24T16:40:27Z")

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…the pop-up Menu is already the first stroke,  
then,because I work with a german keyboard, comes  
the second and third stroke (semicolon), then at least the “3”,  
and I use in Sib one (1!) only stroke, because I use a midi-controller  
for the shortcuts…  
Therefore a only keyboard-shortcut would be very nice 🙂)

HG