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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).
Selecting tied notes
Longer notes are often displayed in the score as one note with a tie. 
When you intend to select the entire note for deleting etc., you should 
select the first note, not the tied note.
There is a preference for this in the Preferences–Scores dialog: If you 
activate “Tied notes selected as Single Units”, the whole note will be se-
lected, even if you just click on one of the tied notes.
Deselecting everything
To deselect everything, simply click with the Object Selection tool in 
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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 select the Scores–Event 
Layer page.
This page lets you adjust the layer setting for each object type.
•Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) on one of the layer buttons (1-2-3) in 
the extended toolbar to bring up a pop-up menu, showing which object types 
are associated with that layer.
A checkmark for an object type means it belongs to that layer. If no checkmark is 
shown, you can select the object type on the menu to move it to that layer.
To lock a layer, click on its number on the Lock layer button, so that it 
is not blue. You can only select or move objects whose layer number 
is activated. For more detailed information, see page 184.
•There are also “L” and “G” layer buttons, for the layout and global layer, 
respectively.
Clicking these buttons allows you to lock the layout layer and global layer in the same 
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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 maintain that relative position, to 
the grid, when moved or copied.
Activating auditioning
Auditioning activated
If you want to hear the pitch of the note while moving, activate the 
speaker icon on the toolbar. When it is on, you will hear the current 
pitch of the “dragged” note, as described below.
Moving by dragging
1.Set the quantize value.
The quantize value will restrict your movement in time. You cannot place the notes on 
positions smaller than the quantize value. If Quantize for example is set to “1/8 Note”, 
you will not be able to move the notes to a sixteenth note position. However, you will 
be able to put them on any eighth note, quarter note, half note or whole note position.
2.Select the note(s) you plan to move.
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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 you’re dragging.
If you find that screen redraws are too sluggish, you may want to deactivate this option.
4.Release the mouse button.
The notes appear at their new position.
•If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and drag, movement is restricted to 
vertical or horizontal only (depending on in which direction you drag).
•If you move notes vertically and the option “Keep moved notes within 
key” is activated in the Preferences–Scores dialog, the notes will be 
transposed within the current key only.
Moving by using key commands
Instead of dragging the note with the mouse, you can assign key com-
mands for this:
•The commands for which you should assign keys are found in the 
Nudge category in the Key Commands dialog.
The commands are listed as “Left”, “Right”, “Top” and “Bottom”.
•When moving notes to the left or right using key commands, the notes 
will be moved in steps according to the current quantize value.
The keys assigned for up/down nudging will transpose notes in semitone steps.
Moving across staves – the Lock button
If you are editing several tracks, you may want to move notes from one 
staff to another. Proceed as follows:
1.Set Quantize and select the notes as described above.
You may select notes from several staves, but only the ones on the staff from which 
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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.
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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 key only, make 
sure the option “Keep moved notes within key” is activated in the 
Preferences–Scores dialog.
•[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”).
Moving using the bar handles
You can move or copy whole bars by dragging the bar handles. This is 
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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 clipboard. The original notes remain where 
they were.
The clipboard can only hold one set of notes. If you cut or copy and then 
cut or copy again, the notes that first were on the clipboard will be lost.
Notes that you have put on the clipboard by cutting or copying can be 
inserted into the score again, in the following way:
1.Make one staff active.
2.Move the project cursor to the position where you want the first note 
to appear.
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 will be pasted into their original staves. Otherwise, the 
notes are put in on the active staff. They keep the pitch and relative positions they had 
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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 as described on page 75.
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 (Windows) or [Ctrl]-click 
(Mac) the toolbar and make sure “Transpose Palette” is activated 
(ticked) in the context menu that appears.
Using key commands
Instead of transposing the note with the mouse, you can assign key 
commands for this.
•The commands for which you should assign keys are found in the 
Nudge category in the Key Commands dialog.
The commands are listed as “Top” (transpose one semitone up) and “Bottom” (trans-
pose one semitone down).
Using the info line
You can use the info line to change the pitches (and other properties) of 
one or several notes numerically, as described in the Operation Manual.
•If you have several notes selected and change the pitch on the info 
line, the changes will be relative.
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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, as described in 
the chapter about MIDI editing in the Operation Manual.
To edit notes via MIDI (pitches only), set up the buttons like this.
2.Select the first note you want to edit.
3.Press a key on your MIDI keyboard.
The note takes on the pitch of the key you pressed. The program then selects the next 
note.
4.To change the pitch of the next selected note, simply press the de-
sired key.
In this manner you can change the pitches of as many notes as you wish, by simply 
pressing the relevant keys. You can also use key commands (by default the left and 
right arrow key) to step around among the notes. For example, if you make a mistake, 
you can step back to the previous note by pressing the left arrow key.