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Inputting arpeggio signs with the panel
You can input arpeggio signs on existing notes using the Ornaments panel. You can also input
cross-staff arpeggio signs between notes in different staves that belong to the same instrument,
such as piano or harp.
NOTE
● You can only add one arpeggio sign to one note or chord at a time, and you cannot input
arpeggio signs with the mouse during step input.
● These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference of Create item at
selection.
You cannot create cross-staff and cross-voice arpeggio signs if your preference is set to
Load pointer with item.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the existing notes to which you want add an arpeggio sign.
For instruments with multiples staves, such as piano and harp, you can select existing
notes in multiple staves to create cross-staff arpeggio signs.
NOTE
You cannot create cross-staff arpeggio signs between different instruments.
2. In the Notations toolbox, click Ornaments.
The Ornaments panel opens on the right of the window.
3. In the Ornaments panel, click the arpeggio sign you want in the Arpeggiation section.
RESULT
The arpeggio sign specied is input to the left of the selected note or chord. Its length is adjusted
automatically so that it spans the range of all notes on the staff at that rhythmic position.
RELATED LINKS
Arpeggio signs on page 523
Input methods for ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations on page 207
Mouse input settings on page 123
Inputting glissando lines with the popover
You can input glissando lines between existing notes using the ornaments popover. You can
input glissando lines between both adjacent/non-adjacent notes.
NOTE
You cannot input glissando lines during step input.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select one of the following:
●
The note from which you want a glissando line to start.
●
Any two notes that you want to join with a glissando line.
Write mode
Notations input
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