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Entering and editing notes
Notes that you have put on the clipboard by cutting or
copying can be inserted into the score again as follows:
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 are also 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 is to drag it up
or down. Remember to hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] to
avoid moving the note sideways as well.
• If the “Keep moved notes within key” option is activated
in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), notes
are 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 579).
• 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.
Using key commands
Instead of transposing the note with the mouse, you can
assign key commands for this.
• The commands for which you can assign key commands
are found in the Nudge category in the Key Commands
dialog.
The commands are listed as “Top” (transpose one semitone up) and
“Bottom” (transpose one semitone down).
Using the info line
You can use the info line to change the pitches (and other
properties) of one or several notes numerically, see
“The
info line” on page 43.
• If you have several notes selected and change the pitch
on the info line, the changes are relative.
That is, all selected notes are transposed by an equal amount.
• If you have several notes selected, hold down [Ctrl]/
[Command] and change the pitch on the info line, the
changes are absolute.
That is, all selected notes are set to the same pitch.
Via MIDI
Proceed as follows:
1. On the toolbar, activate the MIDI Input button and the
Record Pitch button to the right.
If you also want to change the note-on and/or note-off velocity of the notes
via MIDI, this can be done by also activating the corresponding velocity
buttons, as described in the chapter
“The MIDI editors” on page 374.
To edit notes via MIDI (pitches only), set up the buttons like this.
2. Select the first note that you want to edit.
3. Press a key on your MIDI keyboard.
The note takes on the pitch of the key you pressed. The program then se-
lects the next note.
4. To change the pitch of the next selected note, simply
press the desired key.
In this manner you can change the pitches of as many notes as you wish,
by simply pressing the relevant keys. You can also use key commands
(by default the left and right arrow key) to pass from one note to the
other. For example, if you make a mistake, you can step back to the pre
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vious note by pressing the left arrow key.