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very fast. Grace notes without slashed stems are known as appoggiaturas and are often played
slower than acciaccaturas.
In Dorico Elements, grace notes appear with slashed stems by default. You can change whether
grace notes are slashed or unslashed during note input as well as by changing the type of
existing grace notes.
Changing the type of grace notes
You can change the type of individual grace notes after they have been input. Grace notes have
slashed stems by default, but you can change them to have unslashed stems.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the grace notes whose type you want to change.
2.
In the Properties panel, choose one of the following options for Grace note type in the
Grace Notes group:
Slashed stem
Unslashed stem
RESULT
The selected grace notes are shown with slashed/unslashed stems.
TIP
You can also change the grace note type during note input.
RELATED LINKS
Inputting grace notes on page 190
Grace note stems
Grace notes are scaled-down notes, so the length of grace note stems is determined by the
default settings for the stem length of all notes.
Following accepted conventions, grace notes in Dorico Elements are stem up by default in any
clef, regardless of the stem direction of the note to which they apply. The stem directions of
grace notes are changed automatically when there are multiple voices on a staff, but you can
change the stem direction of individual grace notes manually. You can also lengthen/shorten
grace note stems in the same ways as for normal stems.
RELATED LINKS
Stems on page 921
Grace note slashes on page 684
Changing the stem direction of notes on page 923
Grace notes
Grace note stems
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