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3. Click Players in the page list.
4. In the Percussion section, choose one of the following options for each percussion kit in
your project:
● 5-line Staff
● Grid
● Single-line Instruments
5. Click Apply, then Close.
RESULT
The presentation type is changed for the selected percussion kits in the selected layouts.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion kit presentation types on page 770
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments
As well as using normal playing techniques on notes in percussion kits, you can use the design
and position of noteheads to indicate different playing techniques for unpitched percussion
instruments and percussion kits.
You can indicate playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments in any of the following
ways:
● Use playing technique-specic noteheads
● Position notes in spaces directly above/below the line on which notes are normally written
● Add articulations or single-note tremolos
● Add playing techniques in the same ways as for pitched instruments
For example, you can add open and closed techniques for hi-hats using the playing techniques
popover, or by clicking the playing techniques you want in the Playing Techniques panel.
You can edit the set of playing technique-specic noteheads dened for each percussion
instrument in the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog on page 772
Edit Percussion Kit dialog on page 87
Dening how combinations of articulations and single-note tremolos sound in playback on page
346
Exporting percussion kits on page 765
Importing percussion kits on page 766
Input methods for playing techniques on page 220
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog
The Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog allows you to edit the set of playing
technique-specic noteheads dened for each percussion instrument.
You can open the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog in Setup mode in the
following ways:
● For an individual percussion instrument: Expand the card of the player holding the
instrument in the Players panel, click the arrow in the instrument label, and choose Edit
Percussion Playing Techniques.
Unpitched percussion
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments
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