Jacki B. wrote:
Hi, Everyone!
Is there some simple way to shift all the notes from a certain point to the
end of the song forward or backward in time by a specified amount?
Maybe. But since the exact details of how to do it depend upon knowing
more about your score, more information would be useful. Does the part
of the music you need to shift lie in only one layer? Only one staff?
All staves?
One general process here is to turn on "check for extra notes", and
insert a note (pitch is not significant, but duration is: in your case
you want a half note) in the line(s) you want to shift. In the dialog
box, when you get the warning that there are too many notes in the
measure, choose the item that moves extra notes to the next measure as
far as needed.
I sometimes find another way to be more expedient: add a measure (in
your case, containing two beats) just ahead of where you want to insert
the half note. On all lines except those you want to shift, and select
the parts of the score that get shifted using the mass-mover tool, and
drag these toward the start of the piece, into new measure. Delete the
extra measure at the end. In your case (though this is not always
necessary), using the time signature tool, change the time signature of
the new measure to the standard signature of the work, make sure "rebar
music" is checked, and click OK in the dialog box.
It sometimes happens in using this technique that longer notes (e.g.,
whole notes) get partially shifted across a bar line, and converted into
two tied halves, which need to be manually cleaned up.
ns
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