Shift notes and symbols horizontally
At the moment, we can shift notes and symbols vertically, but what if we wanted to swap the order of two notes, or move a rest to a different position? In order to do this we'd need to be able to move notes and rests horizonally as well.
Also when I extend the duration of a note (changing it from a quaver to a crotchet) If the measure is already full, it simply deletes the remaining notes instead of shifting them along to the next measure.
I think the app should at least ask what I want to do with the remaining notes, don't you?
Otherwise a brilliant app.. I love using it!
AceofSpades
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You can do this in two ways: 1) by selecting a range of notes and dragging horizontally, 2) select a range of notes, do a Cut, then select the new start point of the range, and do a Paste.
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jonathanrs
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While transcribing, I left out a measure on one part only. Now that I'm done, it looks like I'll have to start all over because when I try to paste in the missing measure, it simply pastes right over the existing measure that I want to keep. I need to be able to SHIFT one measure over in one part only.
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Adminjoeberkovitz
(Admin, Noteflight) commented
The next release will contain horizontal dragging of individual notes and symbols, selected ranges and entire sections of the score. There are no questions popped up -- none of the new gestures are ambiguous. Dragging something that is already selected will generally move it (or copy it, if Ctrl/Command is held down) to the new location.
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alexmcclennan commented
Re duration, I like that when I change a duration it only affects the bar I'm in, and nothing outside. When I change a bar, I want the measure to remain the same - pushing a note out to the next bar would change the structure. Tho I'm coming from a songwriting angle; tune writers might feel differently. :) I also wouldn't want annoying questions every time I change something.
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Adminjoeberkovitz
(Admin, Noteflight) commented
It's a potentially useful feature and a number of users have asked for it. We're going to think carefully about how this should work, since it would have a global impact on the user interface.
