Command Location: Insert Menu
There are several different ways to quickly remove notes, rests and groups of these items from the score.
Essentially, the typical delete and backspace commands apply to the nearest note or rest at the cursor time in Edit Mode. However in Performance Mode or when the Shift key is depressed when deleting, all notes/rests at the cursor time are removed.
| Command | Performance Mode - Simple Deletion |
Edit Mode - Advanced Deletion |
| Delete
|
Delete Chord Deletes any chord at the cursor position. |
Delete Single Item Deletes a single item in the same time/horizontal position as cursor, and if there are multiple items at that position, deletes only the item nearest to the cursor pitch/vertical position. |
| Backspace
|
Delete Single Item to Left Deletes any chord to the left of the cursor position. |
Delete Single Item to Left Deletes a single item to the left of the time/horizontal position of the cursor, and if there are multiple items at that position, deletes only the item nearest to the cursor pitch/vertical position. |
| Shift+Delete
|
No effect. | Delete Chord and Shift Remainder Left Deletes any chord (or unselected whole tuplet) at the cursor position, and shifts all remaining notes in the measure to the left |
| Shift+Backspace
|
No effect. | Delete Chord to Left and Shift Remainder Left Deletes any chord (or unselected whole tuplet) to the left of the cursor position, and shifts all remaining notes in the measure to the left |
Note that since individual tuplet notes are treated as a unit, 'Shift deleting' in Edit mode will delete the entire tuplet. Simple deletes will never shift remaining tuplet notes to the left as the tuplet structure must remain intact.
See keyboard shortcuts for quick access to these commands.
Tie notes are treated differently when deleted, depending on the current Editing status of the song.
In Edit mode (
), single tie notes can be deleted, and
the rest of the tie sequence will be left intact. Deleting the 3rd note
in a sequence of 5 tied notes, for example, will result in two remaining tie
sequences, each of 2 notes, either side of the deleted tie note range.
Conversely, outside Edit mode, tie notes are treated more as a unit. As such, deleting any tie note in a sequence will either shorten, or delete the entire sequence, but will never split it into two or more individual note sequences. This is in keeping with the idea that in this state, the underlying notes in the song should be protected as much as possible, and editing operations are for visual changes only, not for audio changes.
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