Region Deletion

[Sherry C]

Hi,

Originally Posted by SpiritRising

I want to delete a rest or shorten a note, and have all subsequent notes shift to the left.

This gets into an area where Composer opts for the "safe" road. Rather than having the rest of your notation move around every time you delete or shorten a note, Composer inserts (or replaces) such deleted or shortened notes with a rest.

To remove a segment or region of a score, you'll need to use the Measure -> Remove measures command. If you don't want to remove all of an existing measure, but say only the first two beats, then you'll need to "mark it off" by inserting a barline (Staff Symbols -> Barlines -> click in the score where you want a barline) before using the command.

You can watch this "rough and ready" video to see the steps to do the "delete and shift" that you want to do.


ttfn,
Sherry