Steinberg Nuendo 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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Using the keyboard
By default, you can step through the notes in the staff using the left 
and right arrow keys. If you press [Shift], you will select the notes as 
you step through them.
•If you are working with polyphonic voices, you will only step through 
the notes in the current voice.
•If you want to use other keys for selecting notes, you can customize the 
settings in the Key Commands dialog on the File menu (in the Navigate 
category)....

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Deleting notes
Notes can be deleted in two ways:
Using the Erase tool
1.Select the Erase tool from the toolbar or Quick menu.
The Erase tool on the Quick menu.
2.Click on the note(s) you want to erase, one at a time or drag over them 
with the mouse button pressed.
Using the keyboard or delete menu item
1.Select the notes you want to delete.
2.Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or [Backspace] on 
the computer keyboard. 

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Moving notes
About the lock layers
When you are moving and editing notes in the score, you might acci-
dentally move other objects nearby. To avoid this, assign different types 
of objects to different “lock layers” (up to three) and instruct Nuendo to 
“lock” one or two of these layers, making them unmovable.
There are two ways to set up which type of object should belong to 
which lock layer:
•Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu and...

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The Snap mode
The notes you move, or copy, will snap to positions defined by the 
note length and quantize values. Using the Snap Type pull-down 
menu in the Score Editor toolbar you can set the Snap mode used 
when moving or copying notes:
•When using the “Grid” Snap mode, notes you move or copy will al-
ways snap to exact grid positions.
•When using the “Grid Relative” Snap mode, a note with a certain po-
sition relative to a grid line will always...

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3.Click one of the selected notes and drag it to a new position.
The horizontal movement of the note is “magnetically attracted” to the current quantize 
value. The position boxes on the toolbar show what the new position and pitch for the 
dragged note will be.
•If the option “Show Note Info by the Mouse” is activated in the Prefer-
ences–Scores dialog, the position and pitch of the note will also be 
shown in a “tool tip” next to the pointer while...

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2.Make sure the “L” (Lock) button on the extended toolbar is deacti-
vated.
When this button is activated, you cannot move notes and other objects from one staff 
to another, which is handy if you for example need to transpose a note very high or low.
3.Click on one of the notes and drag them to the new system.
The active staff rectangle indicates on which staff the dragged note(s) will appear.
The “L” (Lock) button is deactivated. 

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Duplicating notes
1.Set the quantize value and select the notes, as for moving.
You can duplicate any block of notes, even on several systems at the same time. The 
Snap mode applies, see page 74.
2.Press [Alt]/[Option] and drag the notes to their new position.
•If you want to restrict movements to one direction only, press [Ctrl]/
[Command].
This works just as for moving, as described above.
•If you want to restrict the pitch to inside the current...

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Cut, copy and paste
•To cut notes, select them and select 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. Below we de-
scribe how to insert notes from the clipboard into the score.
•To copy notes, select them and select 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...

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Editing pitches of individual notes
By dragging
The most basic way to edit the pitch of a note would probably be to 
drag it up or down. Remember to hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] to 
avoid moving the note sideways as well.
•If the option “Keep moved notes within key” is activated in the Prefer-
ences–Scores dialog, notes will be transposed within the current key 
only.
•To avoid accidentally moving the note into another staff, activate the 
Lock button...

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•If you have several notes selected, hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and 
change the pitch on the info line, the changes will be absolute.
That is, all selected notes will be set to the same pitch.
Via MIDI
1.On the toolbar, activate the MIDI Input button and the Record Pitch 
button to the right.
If you also want to change the note-on and/or note-off velocity of the notes via MIDI, 
this can be done by also activating the corresponding velocity buttons,...