You can move notes and items to new rhythmic positions to the right/left along staves after they have been input. For example, if you want a cresc. dynamic to start a beat later. You can also move individual dynamics and playing techniques within a group.
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These steps do not apply to the following items: barlines, notehead brackets, glissando lines, notehead-attached horizontal lines, fingerings and fingering slides, jazz articulations, guitar bends, vibrato bar dives/returns, pedal retakes, and tremolo strokes. If you want to change the rhythmic positions of these items, you must delete them from their original positions and input new ones at the new positions.
We recommend deleting and inputting new arpeggio signs and vertical lines rather than moving them. If you move arpeggio signs and vertical lines to the rhythmic position of a rest, they are deleted.
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Because markers have a fixed position in time, moving markers relative to the notated music automatically changes the tempo on either side of the marker. If you want to move a marker to a new time position, you must change the timecode of the marker; for example, if you want to move it from 25 seconds to 28 seconds.
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You have chosen the appropriate rhythmic grid resolution.
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If you want to use the mouse, you have enabled mouse editing.
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Optional: If you selected notes and do not want them to overwrite existing notes that they pass over as part of their move, activate one of the following:
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If you want the selected notes to overlap with existing notes, activate Chord mode by pressing Q or clicking Chords
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If you want the selected notes to move through existing notes, activate Insert mode in Write mode by pressing I or clicking Insert
in the Notes toolbox.NoteMoving notes rhythmically with Insert mode activated can affect the durations of existing notes that the selected notes move through.
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Move the notes, items, and/or signposts in any of the following ways:
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To move them to the right, press Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.
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To move them to the left, press Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.
NoteMost items move according to the current rhythmic grid resolution. A single selection of the following items moves to adjacent noteheads, bars, or barlines: dynamics, ornaments, slurs, horizontal lines, octave lines, pedal lines, rehearsal marks, repeat endings, and bar repeat regions.
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To move items to the right according to the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.
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To move items to the left according to the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.
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Click and drag them to the right/left.
When you drag notes, shadow noteheads indicate their destination positions, and the affected region appears highlighted with the rhythmic grid shown above it.
NoteThe following items move to adjacent noteheads, bars, or barlines: dynamics, ornaments, slurs, horizontal lines, octave lines, pedal lines, rehearsal marks, repeat endings, and bar repeat regions.
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The selected notes, items, and/or signposts are moved to new rhythmic positions. Attachment lines link items to the rhythmic positions to which they apply.
Most items move according to the current rhythmic grid resolution. However, a single selection of some items automatically moves to adjacent noteheads, bars, or barlines. When multiple items are selected, they move as a block according to the current rhythmic grid resolution.
Only a single instance of many items, such as tempo marks and clefs, can exist at each rhythmic position on each staff. If an item passes over another item of the same type as part of its move, the existing item is deleted or shortened accordingly.
You can undo this action, but any items deleted in the process are only restored if you moved items using the keyboard.
Items that can have multiple instances at the same rhythmic position on the same staff include dynamics, octave lines, playing techniques, horizontal lines, slash regions, and text items. However, if you move multiple items together, any existing items of the same type between the selected items or that they pass over as part of the move are deleted or shortened accordingly unless Insert mode is activated.