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When adding octave lines to existing music, they are input either above or below your selection,
depending on whether the octave line indicates that notes are played higher or lower than
notated.
The pitches of notes within octave lines are adjusted automatically. For example, notes within
octave above lines appear an octave lower than they do without the octave above line.
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You can also lengthen/shorten octave lines after they have been input.
RELATED LINKS
Clefs and octave lines popover on page 257
Octave lines on page 622
Lengthening/Shortening octave lines on page 623
Extending the caret to multiple staves on page 161
Inputting octave lines with the panel
You can input octave lines using the Clefs panel, both during note input and by adding them to
existing music.
You can also input octave lines only into specic voices in multiple-voice contexts.
NOTE
These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at
selection.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
● Start note input.
● Select the notes to which you want to add an octave line. If you want to add an octave
line for a single voice, only select notes in that voice.
2. In the Notations toolbox, click Clefs to show the Clefs panel.
3. Input the octave line you want in one of the following ways:
● To input an octave line for all voices on the staff, click it in the Octave Lines section.
● To input an octave line only for the currently selected voice, Alt -click it in the Octave
Lines section.
Alternatively, when adding octave lines to existing notes, you can click the octave line you
want in the Clefs panel
rst, and then click and drag it to the length you want.
RESULT
During note input, octave lines are input at the caret position. However, if you input notes using
the mouse, octave lines do not automatically extend as you continue inputting notes.
When adding octave lines to existing music, they are input either above or below your selection,
depending on whether the octave line indicates that notes are played higher or lower than
notated.
The pitches of notes within octave lines are adjusted automatically. For example, notes within
octave above lines appear an octave lower than they do without the octave above line.
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12