Changing Note Durations

You can change the length of an existing note in StaffPad by holding a note with the pencil (without moving at first) and then moving left to decrease the duration of the note or right to increase it.

You can always decrease a note's duration but depending on the situation, you will not be able to increase it.  For example, if you are in 4/4 time, the middle note in this example can be made into a half note, but it will not allow you to make it larger and push the next note out into another measure.

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Similarly, the last note in the first measure below in 4/4 can not be extended past a half note because the following measure contains notes.

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  Dragging Notes

If you want to drag a note within a measure instead of changing its duration, pull the note left or right in one motion.

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