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● For an individual percussion instrument: Expand the card of the player holding the
instrument in the Players panel in Setup mode, click the arrow in the instrument
label, and choose Edit Percussion Playing Techniques from the menu.
● For percussion instruments that are part of percussion kits: Open the Edit
Percussion Kit dialog by clicking the arrow in the kit instrument label in the Players
panel in Setup mode, select the instrument whose playing techniques you want to
edit in the main editing area, and click Edit Percussion Playing Techniques.
2. Select the playing technique-specic notehead whose playback behaviors you want to
dene in the list at the top of the dialog.
3. Click Add Technique in the action bar at the bottom left of the dialog.
4. Click Choose Playing Techniques beside the Playing technique eld.
5. Select the playing technique you want from the list in the dialog that opens.
You can select multiple playing techniques by holding down Ctrl/Cmd and clicking the
playing techniques you want.
6. Choose one of the following options:
● Replace
Allows you to use this playing technique instead of the default playing technique
dened for this combination of notehead and staff position.
● Add
Allows you to add this playing technique on top of the default playing technique
dened for this combination of notehead and staff position.
7. Choose any articulations and a tremolo stroke that you want from the available options.
8. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.
RESULT
The behavior of the selected playing technique in playback is changed.
RELATED LINKS
Creating new playing technique-specic noteheads for unpitched percussion instruments on
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Played vs. notated note durations
You can show notes in the piano roll editor in Play mode with their played duration or notated
duration.
Played duration
When Played Durations in the Play toolbox is selected, note events in the piano roll editor are
each shown with two components:
● A lled, light-colored rectangle showing the played duration of the note.
● A thin, darker rod showing the notated duration of the note.
For example, notes with staccato articulations are played for less time than their notated
duration, whereas notes under slurs are played for longer than their notated duration.
By default in Dorico Elements, notes in the piano roll editor in Play mode are shown with their
played duration.
Play mode
Played vs. notated note durations
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