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

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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). 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 284.
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 first note of the series.