Note Mover Tool

This tool lets you move one note at a time (or several within a measure) to another measure, even on a different staff. For example, you can create cross-staff notation. Or, after transcribing a two-handed performance with HyperScribe (or the Transcription Mode), you can correct split-point errors by moving notes from the upper staff to the lower staff. You can move several notes in a measure horizontally as well; for example, you can copy a particular motif into the next measure. For full instructions, see Cross-staff notes, Recording with HyperScribe, and Transcribing a sequence. The target (destination) measure must be within 128 measures of the source (original) measure.

The Note Mover Tool also gives you access to Finale’s Search and Replace feature, which lets you search for every occurrence of a particular note or group of notes and modify them in some consistent way. For full instructions, see Search and replace.

When you click this tool, the Note Mover Menu appears, containing all the commands you need to move selected notes in a measure to other measures. See Note Mover Menu for a complete description.

Click a measure to display a handle on every notehead in the measure.
Click, shift-click, drag-enclose, or shift-drag-enclose notehead handles to select one note handle, an additional note handle, groups of note handles, or additional groups of handles, respectively. (You can select nonadjacent handles, or only certain notes in a chord.) You can also choose Select All from the Edit Menu to select every handle in the measure.
Drag any selected note handle to another measure (above, below, or to the right or left of the original measure) to move or copy the notes to the target measure, depending on the copying mode you've selected from the Note Mover Menu. (Press delete to remove selected notes that are still in their original measure.)
Drag a note (or selected group of notes) to the end of its own measure to place a copy there (following all existing notes). This feature works regardless of the currently selected command in the Note Mover Menu, and works only if the measure isn't rhythmically full.
Drag a note (or selected group of notes) to the beginning or middle of its own measure to place a copy at the beginning of the measure (preceding all existing notes). This feature works regardless of the currently selected command in the Note Mover Menu, and works only if the measure isn't rhythmically full.

Contextual menus are reached by control-clicking on the handle of an object. A contextual menu will be displayed where you can select various items.

NoteMover Handles

Menu item	What it does
Delete	Deletes selected notes