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Inputting guitar bends with the popover
You can input guitar bends between existing notes, including between grace notes and normal
notes, using the ornaments popover.
You can input guitar bends between both adjacent and
non-adjacent notes.
NOTE
You cannot input guitar bends during note input or on the last note on a staff.
PREREQUISITE
You have input at least two notes that you want to join with a guitar bend.
PROCEDURE
1.
In Write mode, select the two notes you want to join with a guitar bend.
For example, select a grace note and a normal note or two notes in different voices.
2.
Press Shift-O to open the ornaments popover.
3.
Enter bend into the popover.
4.
Press Return to close the popover.
RESULT
The guitar bend is input between the selected notes.
Guitar bends automatically appear as guitar bends or returns on tablature according to the pitch
direction of the notes they join.
TIP
● If you select a single note and input a guitar bend, the guitar bend starts from the selected
note and ends at the next note in the same voice on the staff, even if this crosses rests.
● You can assign a key command for inputting guitar bends. The command is called Create
Guitar Bend and is in the Note Input category on the Key Commands page in Preferences.
RELATED LINKS
Ornaments popover on page 266
Guitar bends on page 768
Inputting guitar pre-bends/pre-dives on page 280
Inputting guitar post-bends on page 281
Key Commands page in the Preferences dialog on page 47
Inputting guitar bends with the panel
You can input guitar bends between existing notes, including between grace notes and normal
notes, using the Ornaments panel. You can input guitar bends between both adjacent and
non-adjacent notes.
NOTE
●
These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at
selection.
If your preference is set to Load pointer with item, you can only input guitar bends
between the note you click on and the note immediately following it.
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12