Note Mover menu

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The Note Mover tool moves and copies individual notes within a measure from one place to another. You can use it to create cross-staff notes, to correct split-point errors (after using the HyperScribe tool icon ), or to search for a certain motif or note and replace it with a different motif or note (see Search and replace).

Click a measure and select a handleA small square which appears on currently "selectable" elements in the score. Handles allow you to select, edit and adjust musical elements in the score. (or group of handles). Select an option from this submenu and drag the selected notes to the target measure.

Copy And Replace. Choose this command to drag a copy of the selected notes to a target measure, occupying the same beats. If your selection omitted notes on certain beats (for example, if you selected only the first and third of four quarter notes), rests will appear in the appropriate positions in the target measure. Note that this command replaces all notes in the target measure (if there are any), no matter how few you selected in the source measure. Therefore, it works best if the target measure is empty.
Copy And Merge. Choose this command to drag a copy of the selected notes to a target measure, occupying the same beats. Existing music in the target measure remains instead of being replaced by the copied notes. If necessary, Finale uses the options in the Quantization Settings dialog box to combine conflicting rhythms into once voice.
Delete After Replace. Choose this command to move notes from the source measure (leaving rests in their places) and replaces all notes in the target measure. If your selection omitted notes on certain beats (for example, if you selected only the first and third of four quarter notes), rests will appear in the appropriate positions in the target measure. Note that this command replaces all notes in the target measure (if there are any), no matter how few you selected in the source measure. Therefore, it works best if the target measure is empty.
Delete After Merge. Choose this command to move selected notes from the source measure to the target measure, occupying the same beats. The existing music in the target measure remains instead of being replaced by the copied notes, and the selected notes are deleted from the source measure, replaced by rests. (Compare with the Copy And Merge command.) This command can be useful for moving notes from the treble-clef staff to bass-clef staff of a piano part - for example, to correct split-point errors following a real-time transcription.
Cross Staff. Choose this command to draw selected notes to a target staff above or below the source staff as cross-staff notes. If the selected notes are beamed to non-selected notes, Finale preserves the beaming and extends the stems as necessary. (Nothing happens if you drag notes to a target measure that's not above or below the source measure - for example, the next measure on the same staff.) See To create cross-staff notation manually.
Insert Before. Choose this command to add a copy of the selected notes from a source measure to the beginning of a target measure, regardless of their positions in the source measure. If the target measure was already full, any extra notes will be deleted from the end of the target measure.
Append After. Choose this command to add a copy of the selected notes from a source measure to the end of a target measure, regardless of their positions in the source measure. If the target measure was already full, the notes you just copied will be deleted from the end of the target measure - in other words, nothing will happen as a result of your copy. Therefore, it's best to use this command when the target measure is empty or only partially full.
Search and Replace. Choose this command to find every occurrence of the selected notes or motif and modify them based on selections made in the Search and Replace dialog box, Alteration for Slot dialog box, and Search menu. For example, you could use the Search and Replace command to change every occurrence of a note to its enharmonic equivalent. You could also use it to re-notate all occurrences of a particular recurring motif. See Search and replace.