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Tutorial 5 – Working with music notation
Moving Notes - Change timing or pitch
To move notes:
1. Click the Select tool .
2. Select the note or notes that you want to move.
3. Click on any selected note and drag the mouse left or right to change timing or up and down to
change pitch.
Copying notes
To copy notes:
1. Press and hold the CTRL key down while you click the desired note(s).
2. While still holding the CTRL key and the left mouse button, drag the note(s) to the desired
location, then release the mouse button.
The note(s) is copied.
Changing the duration of a note
You can change the duration of a note while using either the Draw tool or the Select tool .
1. Right click the note head to open the Note Properties dialog.
2. In the Duration field, enter in the number of ticks you want for the note, then click OK to close the
Note Properties dialog.
The following table shows the relationship between note durations and ticks (with the default
timebase of 960 ticks per quarter note).
Note Duration in ticks
Whole 4:000
Half 2:000