diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/Components/EditNotePiece.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/Components/EditNotePiece.cs
index a2a5955a9d..c626e8011e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/Components/EditNotePiece.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/Components/EditNotePiece.cs
@@ -3,22 +3,28 @@
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Skinning.Default;
-using osuTK.Graphics;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.UI;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints.Components
 {
     public partial class EditNotePiece : CompositeDrawable
     {
+        [Resolved]
+        private Column? column { get; set; }
+
         public EditNotePiece()
         {
             Masking = true;
             CornerRadius = 5;
-            BorderThickness = 9; // organoleptically chosen to look good enough for all default skins
-            BorderColour = Color4.White;
+            BorderThickness = 6;
+            BorderColour = ColourInfo.GradientVertical(Colour4.White.Opacity(0.5f), Colour4.White);
             Height = DefaultNotePiece.NOTE_HEIGHT;
 
             InternalChild = new Box
@@ -34,5 +40,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints.Components
         {
             Colour = colours.Yellow;
         }
+
+        protected override void Update()
+        {
+            base.Update();
+
+            if (column != null)
+                Scale = new Vector2(1, column.ScrollingInfo.Direction.Value == ScrollingDirection.Down ? 1 : -1);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/HoldNoteSelectionBlueprint.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/HoldNoteSelectionBlueprint.cs
index 2f2ad4bbba..66b914d320 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/HoldNoteSelectionBlueprint.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/HoldNoteSelectionBlueprint.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Edit;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints.Components;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects.Drawables;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit;
 using osuTK;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
 
         private EditHoldNoteEndPiece head = null!;
         private EditHoldNoteEndPiece tail = null!;
+        private Container body = null!;
 
         protected new DrawableHoldNote DrawableObject => (DrawableHoldNote)base.DrawableObject;
 
@@ -48,6 +51,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
                 head = new EditHoldNoteEndPiece
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     DragStarted = () => changeHandler?.BeginChange(),
                     Dragging = pos =>
                     {
@@ -67,6 +72,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
                 tail = new EditHoldNoteEndPiece
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     DragStarted = () => changeHandler?.BeginChange(),
                     Dragging = pos =>
                     {
@@ -82,10 +89,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
                     },
                     DragEnded = () => changeHandler?.EndChange(),
                 },
-                new Container
+                body = new Container
                 {
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                     Masking = true,
+                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     BorderThickness = 1,
                     BorderColour = colours.Yellow,
                     Child = new Box
@@ -109,6 +118,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
             Height = HitObjectContainer.LengthAtTime(HitObject.StartTime, HitObject.EndTime) + tail.DrawHeight;
         }
 
+        protected override void OnDirectionChanged(ValueChangedEvent<ScrollingDirection> direction)
+        {
+            Origin = direction.NewValue == ScrollingDirection.Down ? Anchor.BottomCentre : Anchor.TopCentre;
+
+            foreach (var child in InternalChildren)
+                child.Anchor = Origin;
+
+            head.Scale = tail.Scale = new Vector2(1, direction.NewValue == ScrollingDirection.Down ? 1 : -1);
+        }
+
         public override Quad SelectionQuad => ScreenSpaceDrawQuad;
 
         public override Vector2 ScreenSpaceSelectionPoint => head.ScreenSpaceDrawQuad.Centre;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaSelectionBlueprint.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaSelectionBlueprint.cs
index c645ddd98d..4bb9d5f5c1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaSelectionBlueprint.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/ManiaSelectionBlueprint.cs
@@ -37,16 +37,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
         protected override void LoadComplete()
         {
             base.LoadComplete();
-            directionBindable.BindValueChanged(onDirectionChanged, true);
+            directionBindable.BindValueChanged(OnDirectionChanged, true);
         }
 
-        private void onDirectionChanged(ValueChangedEvent<ScrollingDirection> direction)
-        {
-            var anchor = direction.NewValue == ScrollingDirection.Up ? Anchor.TopCentre : Anchor.BottomCentre;
-            Anchor = Origin = anchor;
-            foreach (var child in InternalChildren)
-                child.Anchor = child.Origin = anchor;
-        }
+        protected abstract void OnDirectionChanged(ValueChangedEvent<ScrollingDirection> direction);
 
         protected override void Update()
         {
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/NoteSelectionBlueprint.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/NoteSelectionBlueprint.cs
index c2df09e92a..3476f91568 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/NoteSelectionBlueprint.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/Edit/Blueprints/NoteSelectionBlueprint.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints.Components;
 using osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Objects;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.UI.Scrolling;
+using osuTK;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
 {
@@ -14,7 +17,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
         public NoteSelectionBlueprint(Note note)
             : base(note)
         {
-            AddInternal(notePiece = new EditNotePiece { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X });
+            Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre;
+            Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre;
+            AddInternal(notePiece = new EditNotePiece
+            {
+                RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+                Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+                Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+            });
         }
 
         protected override void Update()
@@ -23,5 +33,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania.Edit.Blueprints
 
             notePiece.Height = DrawableObject.DrawHeight;
         }
+
+        protected override void OnDirectionChanged(ValueChangedEvent<ScrollingDirection> direction)
+        {
+            notePiece.Scale = new Vector2(1, direction.NewValue == ScrollingDirection.Down ? 1 : -1);
+        }
     }
 }