Digital Concert Hall keyboard: next movement or ten seconds forward?

Choose the musical navigation unit

For close listening to a phrase, the ten-second arrow action is more specific than moving to the next musical section. To move between works or movements, the app’s forward and backward media controls address that larger structure. Record which operation was intended and which physical key was pressed.

For an illustrative rehearsal note, preserve the work, movement and approximate position before trying a shortcut. If a listener presses a media key and arrives at a new movement, the result may follow the documented navigation unit. It should not automatically be described as a corrupted recording that skipped the middle of a phrase.

Keep the app and website controls distinct

The keyboard help separately describes website navigation with Tab and Enter, including Skip to content and Skip over list. That page-level navigation differs from controlling a playing video. Establish whether focus is selecting page content or whether the intended action concerns the active player before interpreting what the key did.

For iOS/iPadOS playback, the help includes connected keyboards and applicable app use on Mac or Apple Vision Pro. Not every keyboard has media keys, so identify the actual controls present rather than assume a function-key number has the same role on every keyboard. Use the current published mapping for the route being used.

Treat live seeking as a separate condition

The published ten-second arrow seeking is unavailable for live broadcasts. Record whether the selected item is live before treating an inactive seek action as a broken keyboard. A successful arrow skip in an archived concert does not establish that the same action is offered during an ongoing transmission.

If an archived item still behaves unexpectedly, provide the item, route, key pressed and before-and-after positions. For page navigation, describe the focused control instead. This record distinguishes musical section navigation, time seeking, live limitations and page focus without attributing all large jumps to a damaged concert video.

Questions about this guide

Sources and further reading

• Digital Concert Hall official keyboard navigation