User manual

● Select an item on the staff at the rhythmic position where you want to input a vibrato
bar dip.
2. In the Notations toolbox, click Ornaments to show the Ornaments panel.
3. In the Guitar section, click Vibrato Bar Dip .
RESULT
During note input, vibrato bar dips are input at the caret position. When adding vibrato bar dips
to existing music, they are input at the position of the earliest selected item.
By default, vibrato bar dips have half step intervals, are placed above the staff, and only appear
on notation staves, not tablature.
RELATED LINKS
Ornaments panel on page 270
Vibrato bar techniques on page 778
Changing vibrato bar dip intervals on page 782
Inputting vibrato bar indications/lines with the panel on page 288
Changing the staff-relative placement of items on page 343
Inputting vibrato bar indications/lines with the popover
You can input vibrato bar indications/lines using the ornaments popover, both during note input
and by adding them to existing music. When vibrato bar indications are input across a range of
items, they are input with duration and show a duration line, which is dashed by default.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, do one of the following:
● Start note input.
● Select an item on the staff and at the rhythmic position where you want to input a
vibrato bar indication. If you want to input a vibrato bar line, select items on the staff
that span the required duration.
2. Optional: If you want to input vibrato bar indications onto multiple staves at once, extend the
caret to those staves.
3. Press Shift-O to open the ornaments popover.
4. Enter wbar into the popover to input the vibrato bar indication.
5. Press Return to close the popover.
6. Optional: During note input, input a note or press Space to advance the caret and input the
vibrato bar indication.
RESULT
During note input, vibrato bar indications are input at the caret position.
When adding vibrato bar indications to a single selected item, they are input at that rhythmic
position only and have no duration. When adding vibrato bar indications to a range of selected
items, they are input at the rhythmic position of the earliest selected item and have duration,
which applies until the end of the selection. Vibrato bar indications with duration show a duration
line, which is dashed by default.
By default, vibrato bar indications/lines are placed below the staff and only appear on notation
staves, not tablature.
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12