

Multiple-selection cut/copy/paste is available for articulations such as sforzato, staccato etc.

can be cut, copied and pasted one at a time (but from version 2.2 multiple-selection cut/copy/paste is possible for fretboard diagrams). Score elements such as staff text, dynamics, fingering, etc. The pitch of the destination note changes to match that of the copied note but the duration remains the same. It is possible to copy the pitch of a note only (and no other properties), by clicking on the notehead and applying the standard copy and paste, or copy and swap procedure. Paste it back to the blank area of score left by step "1." Apply a Swap with clipboard option (see table above).Or, if B begins at the start of a measure, you can also simply select the measure Press Shift and click on a note at the start of section B.Clear the selection (by pressing Esc or clicking on a blank area of the document window).

Select section A, then apply the cut command.It can be used, for example, to swap two equal-length sections of a score, A and B: Apply a Paste option (see table above).Īvailable from version 2.1 onwards, the swap with clipboard operation combines two commands into one: (1) First it overwrites a selected part of the score with the contents of the clipboard, just like the paste command (2) Secondly, it transfers the overwritten part of the score back to the clipboard, just like the copy command.Click on the note or measure where you want your pasted selection to begin.A blue rectangle highlights the region you selected. Shift+ Click on the last note or measure that you want to select.Click on the first note or measure that you want to select.Apply a Copy or Cut option (see table above).Hold down Shift and click on a note in the chord.You can cut, copy, paste or swap notes as follows: Copy or cut Press the Esc key to exit into normal mode. Note: Before carrying out a copy, cut, paste or swap procedure, you should be in normal mode. Using one of the standard keyboard shortcuts.From the menu displayed by right-clicking on an element or range of elements.From the Edit menu (above the document window).Note: Lines cannot be copied but they can be duplicated (see below).Ĭopy/cut/paste/swap commands are accessed in three ways: Other score elements: such as articulations, staff text, dynamics, fingering etc.to repeat a section of music, or shift a passage by a beat or a measure. These commands can be applied to a range of: MuseScore supports standard copy, cut, paste and (from version 2.1) swap with clipboard operations.
