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Entering and editing notes
Moving notes
In the following, you will find descriptions of the various
methods to move notes, as well as related features.
Moving by dragging
Proceed as follows:
1. Set the Quantize value.
The Quantize value will restrict your movement in time. You cannot place
notes on positions smaller than the Quantize value (see “Selecting a
Quantize value” on page 513).
2. Select the note(s) you want to move.
You can select notes across several staves if you wish.
3. Click one of the selected notes and drag it to a new
position.
The horizontal movement of the note is “magnetically attracted” to the
current Quantize value. The mouse position box on the toolbar shows
what the new position and pitch for the dragged note will be.
Ö If the option “Show Note Info by the Mouse” is acti-
vated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page),
the position and pitch of the note will also be shown in a
“tooltip” next to the pointer while you’re dragging.
If you find that screen redraws are too sluggish, you may want to deacti-
vate this option.
4. Release the mouse button.
The notes appear at their new position.
• If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag, movement is
restricted to vertical or horizontal (depending on the direc-
tion in which you drag).
• If you move notes vertically and the option “Keep moved
notes within key” is activated in the Preferences dialog
(Scores–Editing page), the notes will be transposed
within the current key only.
Moving by using key commands
Instead of dragging the note with the mouse, you can as-
sign key commands for this:
• The corresponding commands can be found in the
Nudge category in the Key Commands dialog. They are
listed as “Left”, “Right”, “Top” and “Bottom”.
• When moving notes to the left or right using key com-
mands, the notes will be moved in steps according to the
Quantize value.
The keys assigned for up/down nudging will transpose notes in semitone
steps.
Moving across staves – the Lock button
If you are editing several tracks, you may want to move
notes from one staff to another. Proceed as follows:
1. Make the desired Quantize settings and select the
notes.
Make sure to only select notes on the same staff.
2. Make sure the “L” (Lock) button on the extended tool-
bar is deactivated.
When this button is activated, you cannot move notes and other objects
from one staff to another, which is handy if you need to transpose a note
very high or low, for example.
3. Click on one of the notes and drag them to the new
system.
The active staff rectangle indicates on which staff the dragged note(s)
will appear.
The Snap mode
The notes you move (or copy), will snap to positions de-
fined by the note length and Quantize values. Using the
Snap Type pop-up menu on the Score Editor toolbar you
can set the Snap mode used when moving or copying
notes:
• When using the “Grid” mode, notes you move (or copy)
always snap to exact grid positions.
• When using the “Grid Relative” mode, a note with a cer-
tain position relative to a grid line always maintains that
relative position to the grid when moved (or copied).
The “L” (Lock) button is
deactivated.