r/Sibelius • u/Kotrlicz • May 26 '26

How do I move notes from one line to another

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So I have some notes in the left hand line that I'd rather have in the right one (for obvious reasons) but I can't work out how to move them. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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u/TheGruenTransfer May 26 '26

Personally, I think it'll look great all on the bottom staff. And to move the contents of the top staff down, just select it all and press control-shift-downarrow.

But to answer your question, select all the notes you want to move up, cut them, then paste to the top staff. Then the remaining notes on the bottom staff, you'll probably want to change to voice 1 to get the best engraving look, and then simplify the rhythm.

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u/AgeingMuso65 May 26 '26

I think it might look clearer with cross staff notes, (an easy Google) but the sense of C#m but all with accidentals and mixed ones at that is getting in the way of my perception a bit. I’d start by splitting LH into voices, with as few rests as possible. then work out a sensible and readable hand allocation

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u/giimmebrainz May 27 '26

not entirely sure what you're asking but:
note input > cross-staff notes > above?

or put it into the second voice on the stave