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Entering and editing notes
Moving notes
In the following, you can 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 restricts your movement in time. You cannot place
notes on positions smaller than the Quantize value (see
“Selecting a
Quantize value” on page 575).
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 cur-
rent Quantize value. The Mouse Time Position and Mouse Note Position
displays in the status line show the new position and pitch for the dragged
note.
Ö If the “Show Note Info by the Mouse” option is activated
in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), the posi-
tion and pitch of the note is also shown in a “tooltip” next to
the pointer while you are dragging. If you find that screen
redraws are too sluggish, you may want to deactivate 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 “Keep moved notes
within key” option is activated in the Preferences dialog
(Scores–Editing page), the notes are 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 are moved in steps according to the
Quantize value.
The keys assigned for up/down nudging 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 that the “L” (Lock) button on the extended
toolbar 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)
appears.
The Snap mode
The notes you move (or copy) snap to positions defined
by the note length and Quantize values. Using the Snap
Type pop-up menu on the Score Editor toolbar you can
select 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.