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Entering and editing notes
Cut, copy, and paste
3. Release the mouse button to insert the notes.
• [Alt]/[Option] is the default modifier key for copying/duplicating. If you like, you can
change this in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
The entry for this is found in the Drag & Drop category (“Copy”).
Ö You can also move or copy whole bars by dragging the bar handles, see “Moving and
duplicating with the bar handles” on page 828.
Cut, copy, and paste
• To cut notes, select them and choose Cut from the Edit menu (or use a key
command, by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[X]).
The notes are now removed from the score and put on the clipboard.
• To copy notes, select them and choose Copy from the Edit menu (or use a key
command, by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[C]).
A copy of the notes is made, and put on the clipboard. The original notes remain
where they were.
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 command, by default
[Ctrl]/[Command]-[V]).
The notes are pasted in, beginning at the project cursor. If the cut or copied 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 761).
• When you drag the mouse up and down before releasing 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.
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The clipboard can only hold one set of notes. If you cut or copy and then cut or copy
again, the notes copied to the clipboard first are lost.