Reference Guide

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Notation and Lyrics
Basic Musical Editing
Moving, Copying, and Deleting Notes on the Staff
Selections can be cut, copied, pasted, and deleted with Edit menu commands. The techniques are
similar to those used in other views. Selections can also be dragged and dropped to copy or move
them. To keep track of your current position while dragging, you can keep an eye on the time and
pitch locator in the upper-right corner of the Staff view.
Notes can be dragged horizontally, to a new time, or vertically, to a new pitch or staff. When you drag
a note up or down to a new pitch, the note normally snaps to the notes in the current key signature
(diatonic scale). This makes it easy to drag notes quickly among pitches that are in the current key.
If you need to transpose more than a few notes, use the Process > Transpose command. For more
information, see “Transposing” on page 482.
To Move a Single Note in the Staff View
1. Click the Select tool or the Draw tool .
2. Click the note to be moved.
3. Drag the note to a new time, pitch, or staff.
SONAR moves the note to the new location.
To Move Several Notes in the Staff View
1. Click the Select tool .
2. Select the notes to be moved.
3. Click one of the selected notes.
4. Drag the notes to a new time, pitch, or staff.
SONAR moves the notes to the new location.
Select symbols in a time range Click and drag in the Time Ruler
Select symbols between two markers Click between the markers
Remove all selections Click in an empty area
Note: Tied notes must be selected together, since the series is really just a single MIDI note.
To select tied notes, you must click or drag a rectangle around the first note of the series.
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