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Entering and editing notes
Ö There are also “L” and “P” layer buttons, for the layout
and project layer, respectively.
Clicking these buttons allows you to lock the layout layer and project
layer (see “Background: The different layers” on page 557).
Duplicating notes
1. Set the quantize value and select the desired notes.
You can duplicate any block of notes, even on several systems at the
same time. The Snap mode applies, see “The Snap mode” on page 519.
2. Press [Alt]/[Option] and drag the notes to their new
position.
• If you want to restrict movements to one direction only,
press [Ctrl]/[Command].
This works just as for moving, as described above.
• If you want to restrict the pitch to inside the current key
only, make sure the option “Keep moved notes within key” is
activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores-Editing page).
3. Release the mouse button to insert the notes.
• [Alt]/[Option] is the default modifier key for copying/du-
plicating. If you like, you can change this in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
The entry for this is found in the Drag & Drop category (“Copy”).
Ö You can also move or copy whole bars by dragging
the bar handles, see “Moving and duplicating with the bar
handles” on page 571.
Cut, copy and paste
• To cut notes, select them and select Cut from the Edit
menu (or use a key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Com-
mand]-[X]).
The notes are now removed from the score and put on the clipboard.
• To copy notes, select them and select Copy from the
Edit menu (or use a key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Com-
mand]-[C]).
A copy of the notes is made, and put on the clipboard. The original notes
remain where they were.
Notes that you have put on the clipboard by cutting or
copying can be inserted into the score again in the follow-
ing way:
1. Activate the desired staff.
2. Move the project cursor to the position where you
want the first note to appear.
This is done by holding down [Alt]/[Option] and [Shift] and clicking at the
desired position in the score.
3. Select Paste from the Edit menu (or use a key com-
mand, by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[V]).
The notes are pasted in, beginning at the project cursor. If the cut or cop-
ied notes come from different staves, they will also be inserted on different
staves. Otherwise, the notes are inserted on the active staff. They keep
the pitch and relative positions they had when you cut or copied them.
Editing pitches of individual notes
By dragging
The simplest way to edit the pitch of a note would be to
drag it up or down. Remember to hold down [Ctrl]/[Com-
mand] to avoid moving the note sideways as well.
• If the option “Keep moved notes within key” is activated
in the Preferences dialog (Scores-Editing page), notes
will be transposed within the current key only.
• To avoid accidentally moving the note into another staff,
activate the Lock button (see “Moving across staves – the
Lock button” on page 519).
• When you drag the mouse up and down before releas-
ing the button, accidentals are shown beside the note to
indicate the current pitch.
This helps you verify the vertical position for the note.
Using the Transpose palette
The Transpose palette on the toolbar contains buttons for
transposing the selected notes up or down in steps of one
semitone or one octave.
• To show the Transpose palette, right-click the toolbar
and activate “Transpose Palette” on the context menu that
appears.
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The clipboard can only hold one set of notes. If you
cut or copy and then cut or copy again, the notes
that first were on the clipboard will be lost.