to clear the notes (or choose Edit > Cut).Ī selected region of music can be copied and pasted anywhere else in the document. With the Selection Tool, select measures 8-10 in the bottom piano staff.To prepare for copying, clear the music out of measures 8-10 in the left hand piano staff. You can also expand selection horizontally using SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW and SHIFT+LEFT ARROW. Press the DOWN ARROW again until the entire stack is highlighted.Hold down SHIFT and press the DOWN ARROW once to highlight the staff below.Keyboard shortcuts are particularly helpful for this. Many edits in Finale, including deleting measures and some copy and paste functions, require you to highlight the entire measure stack.Īny time you highlight something in NotePad, you can expand that selection to include more music. This is called a measure stack and is indicated by highlighting that extends from the top to the bottom staff, including the area between staves.
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Selecting a measure stack – Double click a full measure to highlight it in every staff.Expanding partial measure selection to full measure selection – Double-click a partial measure selection to expand to full measure selection.Selecting a partial measure or measure region – Click outside and above the staff and drag diagonally across any measure region (partial or whole measures) to select a measure region.Selecting a full measure – Click on the staff lines (without clicking on a note) to select a full measure.Choose the Selection tool and then do the following (selecting alone won't change your music).
The selection tool can highlight partial, full or multiple measures. To begin at this point, open "Tutorial 4.MUS." Selecting measures In this section, you will learn to take advantage of several Selection tool editing capabilities. It can be used to select, move, delete, copy, paste or otherwise edit any region of measures and virtually any individual item in the score. The Selection tool is Finale’s universal editing tool. You are here: Tutorials > Tutorial 4: Editing your music > Selecting and copying Selecting and copying