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Length of arpeggio signs

The length of arpeggio signs is determined by the pitch range of notes in the voices/staves to

which the arpeggio sign applies.

Dorico Elements automatically adjusts the length of arpeggio signs if the pitches of the notes in

the voices/staves to which the sign applies change, or you add notes to, or delete notes from, the

chords.

General placement conventions for arpeggio signs

Arpeggio signs are positioned to the left of the notes, including any applicable accidentals, to

which they apply, but are positioned between grace notes and normal notes. They should appear

within the same bar as the notes to which they apply, and not on the other side of the barline.

Dorico Elements makes automatic adjustments to note spacing and staff spacing to

accommodate arpeggio signs and ensure they are positioned correctly.

Arpeggio signs should cover the whole vertical range of all notes in the chord to which they

apply, and protrude slightly at each end. However, they do not need to cover the stems of notes.

Dorico Elements automatically creates the lengths of arpeggio signs to cover the notes in chords,

and adjusts their lengths if the notes in chords change or are deleted.

If an arpeggiated chord spans two staves, such as in a piano part, its arpeggio sign can extend

across both staves.

You can move arpeggio signs to different rhythmic positions in Write mode.