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# Selection

Notes can be selected in various ways.

## Selecting notes with mouse

### By clicking

To select a single note just click on it.

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If you want to add another note to the selection press `ctrl` or `shift` (depending on the behaviour you want) and while keeping it pressed click on the note you want to select.

If you press `ctrl` you will add only the clicked note to the selection:

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If you press `shift` you will select all notes in between as well:

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### By dragging

You can also select the notes by clicking somewhere and dragging the mouse.

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When mouse click is released all notes inside the area will get selected:

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## Selecting notes with shortcuts

### Changing selected note

To change the selected note press `←` or `→` arrow keys.

### Changing selection size

To increase selection by 1 note use `shift + ↓` shortcut.

To decrease selection by 1 note use `shift + ↑` shortcut.

To select all visible notes use `ctrl + a` shortcut.

To select all notes from the current track use `ctrl + shift + a` shortcut.

## Selecting notes from the menu

All options are visible in Select menu. They are pretty self-explanatory:

![](/files/KgPyWI1gbpH8rBPhedaK)

## Selecting notes from outside of the main editor

You can select notes from [*lyrics editor*](/karedi/user-interface/upper-components/lyrics-editor.md) as well either by using `shift + <arrow keys>` or by dragging the mouse.

## Clearing the selection

To clear the selection just click in the editor on an area without any notes.
