Erasing

You can quickly erase all elements, including notes, from the desired region.

To erase everything from a selected region

• Click the Selection Tool   and select a region. See Selecting music for some region-selecting shortcuts.
• Press the clear key or select Clear All Items from the Edit Menu . PrintMusic erases all music, leaving empty measures behind. (If you want to remove the measures too, press the delete key instead.)

To erase a note, rest, or chord

• Click the Simple Entry Tool  .
• Click the Eraser Tool  , then click the note, rest or chord. The entire note, rest, or chord disappears, and the music that follows it slides to the left to fill the space. If you click on a single notehead within a chord, only that notehead will be erased.

To erase a note from a chord

• Click the Speedy Entry Tool  . Click the measure in question.
• Click the notehead you want to delete. You can also use the arrow keys to position the insertion bar and crossbar on the notehead.
• Press delete. Alternative method: Click the Simple Entry Tool, click the Eraser icon  , and click directly on the notehead to be erased.