User manual

The default stem direction behavior for inputting notes in kits in Dorico Elements means that you
can alternate pressing F and C , and the notes are input at the positions of the kick drum and
snare drum, even though the top line is the closer position after inputting a snare drum note.
This is because the kick drum uses the same stem direction, and therefore voice, as the snare
drum.
NOTE
Dorico Elements automatically changes the directions of stems according to the positions of
notes on the staff when only one voice on the staff contains notes, regardless of their voice.
RELATED LINKS
Stem direction on page 921
Inputting notes on tablature
You can input notes directly into tablature in the same ways as inputting normal notes. When
inputting notes on tablature, the caret is smaller than when inputting notes on standard ve-line
staves and behaves as if chord input is always active, meaning you must advance the caret
manually to input notes at other rhythmic positions.
NOTE
These steps describe inputting notes with the default preference of duration before pitch.
However, you can also specify the pitch before duration instead.
When inputting notes on tablature using pitch before duration, you must select note durations
by clicking them in the Notes panel.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select an item on the tablature and at the rhythmic position where you want
to input notes.
NOTE
If both notation staves and tablature are shown in the current layout, you must select an
item on the notation staff and then move the caret to the tablature after starting note input.
2.
Press Shift-N to start note input.
3.
Select a note value in any of the following ways:
● To select the next longer note value, press = .
● To select the next shorter note value, press - .
● In the Notes panel, click the note value you want.
4.
Input the pitch you want for the current string in any of the following ways:
● Press the number on your computer keyboard or numeric keypad that corresponds to
the fret number you want. For example, press 6 for fret 6.
Write mode
Note input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12