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Inputting guitar post-bends
You can input guitar post-bends on any existing notes belonging to fretted instruments. You can
also specify that post-bends are microtonal.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the notes after which you want to input guitar post-bends.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Post-bend interval in the Guitar Post-bends group.
3. Do one of the following:
● Change the interval as required.
● To turn the guitar post-bends into microtonal post-bends, activate Microtone bend in
the Guitar Post-bends group.
RESULT
Guitar post-bends of the specied interval are input after the selected notes. They are shown as
microtonal when Microtone bend is activated.
RELATED LINKS
Guitar post-bends on page 772
Properties panel (Write mode) on page 147
Inputting guitar bends with the popover on page 279
Inputting vibrato bar dives
You can input vibrato bar dives, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes.
Vibrato bar dives are notated using a smooth fall jazz articulation combined with a vibrato bar
indication.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
● Start note input.
TIP
During note input, you can select additional notes before/after the last input note
without deactivating the caret by pressing Shift-Right Arrow / Shift-Left Arrow .
● Select the notes to which you want to add vibrato bar dives.
2.
Optional: If you want to input vibrato bar dives onto multiple staves at once, extend the caret
to those staves.
3.
Optional: During note input, input at least one note.
4.
Press Shift-O to open the ornaments popover.
5.
Enter fallsmooth into the popover to input a smooth fall jazz articulation.
6.
Press Return to close the popover.
7.
Optional: During note input, move the caret back to the position of the note with the smooth
fall.
8.
Press Shift-O to open the ornaments popover.
9.
Enter wbar into the popover to input a vibrato bar indication.
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12