CAKEWALK PRO AUDIO - Selecting Notes; Moving, Copying, and Deleting Notes on the Staff

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Notation
Selecting Notes
Use the Selection tool to make selections. Selection methods in the
Staff view are similar to those in other views. Here is a summary:
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).
Advance the Now Time by the current note duration using the
right arrow key while holding down the shift key. This allows you
to quickly enter a series of notes.
To do this... Do this...
Select a note or other symbol Click it
Select several symbols at once Click and drag a rectangle around them
Add symbols to the selection Press Shift and either click on the symbols or
drag a rectangle around the events
Add or remove symbols from
the selection
Press Ctrl and either click on the symbols or
drag a rectangle around the events
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 Þrst note of the series.