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Lengthening/Shortening gured bass gures
You can lengthen/shorten the duration of gured bass gures after they have been input.
Lengthening a gure that was input without a specied duration gives it duration and shows
a hold line.
Hold lines indicate that chords remain the same over changing notes in the bass.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the gured bass gures you want to lengthen/shorten.
NOTE
When using the mouse, you can only lengthen/shorten one gured bass gure at a time and
it must have duration already. When using the keyboard, you can lengthen/shorten multiple
gures, but they must all have duration already and this only affects their overall duration,
not their suspension duration.
2.
Lengthen/Shorten the gures in any of the following ways:
To lengthen their duration by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Alt/Opt-
Right Arrow .
To shorten their duration by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Alt/Opt-
Left Arrow .
NOTE
When using the keyboard, lengthening/shortening gures only moves their end. You can
move the start of
gures by moving them rhythmically, or by clicking and dragging the
start handle once they have duration.
Click and drag the circular handle at the start/end to the right/left.
You can click and drag the duration handle and/or the suspension resolution handle.
RESULT
The selected gured bass gures are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic
grid resolution. If they previously had no duration, they now have duration and show a hold line.
TIP
You can also use the Duration property in the Figured Bass group of the Properties panel
to change the duration of gured bass gures. The left value eld allows you to change the
duration, and the right value
eld allows you to specify that the hold line ends at the position of a
grace note.
For suspensions, you can use the Resolution pos. property to change the position of the
resolution
gure relative to the suspension gure.
Figured bass
Lengthening/Shortening gured bass gures
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12