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● Select the notes to which you want to add an octave line.
2. In the Notations toolbox, click Clefs.
The Clefs panel opens on the right of the window.
3. In the Clefs panel, click the octave line you want.
Alternatively, when adding octave lines to existing notes, you can click the octave lines you
want in the Clefs panel rst, and then click and drag to the length you want.
RESULT
During step input, octave lines are input at the caret position. However, if input using the mouse,
octave lines do not automatically extend as you continue inputting notes.
When you add octave lines to existing notes, they are added either above or below your
selection, depending on whether the octave line indicates that notes are played higher or lower
than notated.
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You can also lengthen/shorten octave lines after they have been input.
RELATED LINKS
Octave lines on page 427
Lengthening/Shortening octave lines on page 428
Mouse input settings on page 123
Input methods for holds and pauses
You can input holds and pauses with the keyboard by using the holds and pauses popover in
Write mode, and with the mouse by using the Holds and Pauses panel.
Inputting holds and pauses with the popover
You can input holds and pauses with the keyboard by entering the type of hold or pause you
want into the holds and pauses popover.
You can open the holds and pauses popover in Write mode in any of the following ways:
● Press Shift-H.
● Choose Write > Create Hold or Pause.
The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations
toolbox on the right of the window.
Holds and pauses popover with an example entry
Holds and Pauses button in the Notations toolbox
Inputting holds and pauses with the panel
You can input holds and pauses with the mouse by clicking different holds and pauses in the
Holds and Pauses panel.
You can open the Holds and Pauses panel by clicking Holds and Pauses in the Notations toolbox
on the right of the window in Write mode.
Write mode
Notations input
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