move measures ?
A score I downloaded was written Verse, Chorus. I want to reverse it to be Chorus, Verse.
I want to move all chorus measures to beginning of score, i.e. say measures 21-30 to be in front of old measure #1, to be followed by old 1-20.
I try Select 21-30, CTRL-X, insert blank new measure in front of old #1, and paste into it
moves 21-30 to beginning alright, BUT also deletes old 1-20.
Must be doing something dumb.
Dick Penny
Comments
30 - 21 = 9
Question: Why insert one blank new measure in front of ol' #1 before pasting the contents of nine measures?
Measures 21-30 add up to ten - so insert TEN measures at the beginning and then paste the chorus in.
In reply to Measures 21-30 add up to ten… by Brer Fox
Aw, you gave away the subtractive secret of the problem above by "turning the tables"....
In reply to Aw, you gave away the… by worldwideweary
THX guys, but the real answ was to NOT move B in front of A, but to cut A, and paste after B. Then to ctrl+del the old part A measures.
I assumed cut, copy N paste would behave EXACTLY as in Word...oh well...
In reply to THX guys, but the real answ… by dpenny
It does ... almost. It won't cut out the measures themselves. It cuts most of the notation, but not all. I find when I'm doing something like this that it's best to copy, rather than cut. Then I can identify what (if anything) it did not copy and add that in before I Ctrl+Delete the now-superfluous measures.
In reply to THX guys, but the real answ… by dpenny
Word doesn't have to deal with the most essential aspect of music: "time". Words can be moved around and there is no concern about what happens to the rhythm. Music is qualitatively different for that very important reason (among others, that's just the biggest one).