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jintoku
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Date Joined Sep 2005
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Posted 11/4/2009 11:02 AM (GMT -6)

I'm working with a file imported from midi and have sections of a composition with voices split. Is there a quick way to select individual notes and move them to a different layer? I see how to create new notes in a number of ways, and how to move a whole measure-worth of music to a different layer, but not how to send individual notes within a measure to Layer 2, for instance, while leaving the others in place.
Thanks

Finale 2010 a faithful user since Coda (!)
Win Vista Home Pro 64; 6G; GPO4

PeterQD
Win Fin v2 - 2009

Date Joined Jan 2007
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Posted 11/4/2009 11:36 AM (GMT -6)

No, I don't think this is possible. When you Move notes across layers you have to select a whole measure (or Finale does it for you if you select a partial measure). You might think about using the Explode music operation to separate a chord into different staves, then you can copy individual notes back into other layers on the original staff using View Active Layer. If there isn't much to do it's probably quicker to copy the whole measure to Layer 2 and then delete the notes you don't want.

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jintoku
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Date Joined Sep 2005
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Posted 11/4/2009 12:05 PM (GMT -6)

Thanks Peter... I had thought of doing as you suggest in terms of copying and deleting. There isn't a great deal of it to attend to. But wouldn't a "Send to Layer 2 (or 3 or 4)" key in simple entry mode be a great tool?

Finale 2010 a faithful user since Coda (!)
Win Vista Home Pro 64; 6G; GPO4

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