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The MIDI editors
• If you want to use other keys for selecting notes, you
can customize the settings in the Key Commands dialog
(in the Navigate category).
Deselecting everything
To deselect everything, simply click with the Arrow tool in
some “free” (white) space in the score.
Deleting notes
Notes can be deleted in two ways:
Using the Erase tool
1. Select the Erase tool from the toolbar or context menu.
2. One at a time, click on the note(s) you want to erase,
or drag over them with the mouse button pressed.
Using the keyboard or delete menu item
1. Select the note(s) you want to delete.
2. Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or
[Backspace] on the computer keyboard.
Moving notes
To move or transpose notes, proceed as follows:
1. Set the Quantize value.
The Quantize value will restrict your movement in time. You cannot place
the notes on positions smaller than the Quantize value. If Quantize for ex-
ample is set to 1/8, you will not be able to move the notes to a sixteenth
note position. However, you will be able to put them on any eighth note,
quarter note, half note or whole note position.
2. If you want to hear the pitch of the note while moving,
activate the speaker icon on the toolbar.
When it is on, you will hear the current pitch of the “dragged” note.
3. Select the note(s) you plan to move.
4. Click one of the selected notes and drag it to a new
position and/or pitch.
The horizontal movement of the note is “magnetically attracted” to the
current Quantize value. The position boxes on the toolbar show what the
new position and pitch for the dragged note will be.
5. Release the mouse.
The notes appear at their new position.
• If you hold [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag, movement is re-
stricted to vertical or horizontal (depending on the direc-
tion in which you drag).
• You can also move selected notes by using key com-
mands, as assigned in the Nudge category in the Key
Commands dialog.
When moving notes to the left or right using key commands, the notes
will be moved in steps according to the current Quantize value. The keys
assigned for up/down nudging will transpose notes in semitone steps.
Duplicating notes
1. Set the Quantize value and select the notes, as for
moving.
2. Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the notes to their
new position.
• If you want to restrict movements to one direction, press
[Ctrl]/[Command].
This works just as for moving, as described above.
• [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”).
Changing the length of notes
As described earlier (see “Getting the score displayed
correctly” on page 214), the displayed length of a note is
not necessarily the actual note length, but also depends
on the Notes and Rests values for Display Quantize in the
Staff Settings dialog. This is important to remember when
you change the length of a note, since it can lead to con-
fusing results.
There are several ways to change the length of a note in
the Score Editor:
By using the Note tool
1. Select the notes you want to change.
2. Select a Note value that you wish to apply to the
note(s).
This can be done by clicking a note value icon in the extended toolbar or
by selecting a new Length value.
3. Select the Note tool if it is not already selected.
4. Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on the notes you
wish to set to this length.