User manual

Groups of playing techniques on page 821
Playing technique continuation lines on page 818
Hiding/Showing playing technique duration lines on page 820
Extending the caret to multiple staves on page 161
Enabling independent voice playback on page 460
Playback techniques on page 512
Inputting playing techniques with the panel
You can input playing techniques using the Playing Techniques panel, both during note input and
by adding them to existing notes.
NOTE
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You cannot input playing techniques with duration in sequence, which automatically groups
them, when using the panel. If you want to input playing techniques with duration in
sequence, you can use the popover.
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These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at
selection.
If you want to input the same playing technique in multiple places, change your mouse
input preference to Load pointer with item so that you do not have to reselect the playing
technique for each note.
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
playing technique. If you want to input playing techniques with duration, select items on
the staff that span that duration.
2. In the Notations toolbox, click Playing Techniques to show the Playing Techniques panel.
3. In the Playing Techniques panel, click the playing technique you want.
RESULT
The specied playing technique is input. It is considered voice-specic by default, meaning it only
applies to the voice indicated by the caret indicator during step input or the selected voice when
adding playing techniques to existing notes. It is automatically placed above the staff for up-stem
voices and below the staff for down-stem voices.
During note input, playing techniques are input at the caret position, even if your preference is
set to
Load pointer with item.
When adding playing techniques to a single selected item, they are input at that rhythmic
position only and have no duration. When adding playing techniques to a range of selected
items, they are input at the rhythmic position of the earliest select item and have duration, which
applies until the end of the selection. For playing techniques whose continuation type is set to
show lines, the appropriate continuation line is shown.
AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK
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If you want to show transition lines between playing techniques, you can group them
together.
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You can enable independent voice playback for individual instruments to hear different
playing techniques in different voices simultaneously.
Write mode
Notations input
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12