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Tutorial 2: Editing
Copying notes
Let’s copy all of the notes from the second bar into the
first bar.
1. Lasso all the notes in bar 2.
2. Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag the notes from
bar 2 to bar 1 to copy them.
Resizing notes
We can shorten or lengthen notes using the Key Editor.
Let’s make all the eighth notes in the first two bars into
quarter notes.
1. Lasso all the notes in the first two bars.
2. Put the mouse pointer at the end of any of the lassoed
notes. It changes to look like two arrows pointing away
from each other.
3. Click and drag right to resize the notes.
Creating or drawing in notes
We can use the Key Editor to draw in notes. This is great
for creating instrument arrangements that you are having
trouble playing in yourself.
Let’s add some notes to the first two bars of the song:
1. Make the Key Editor larger by clicking on the bar along
the top of the Multi Zone and dragging upwards.
2. Make the notes in the Key Editor larger by adjusting
the zoom slider along the right hand side of the Key Editor.
3. Let’s draw in a G above the first C in bar 1 so that two
notes will be played instead of one.
4. Hold down [Alt]/[Option] so that the cursor becomes a
pencil.
5. Click and drag to draw in an eighth note G.
6. Next, draw in notes above the rest of the notes in bar 1
and 2.
Have fun and experiment with different note placements.
!
Pressing [Alt]/[Option] is the magic way to get the
Pencil tool, for drawing in instrument parts in the Ar-
range Zone or events in the Key Editor!