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If you input guitar post-bends on multiple notes in chords, their arrowheads are automatically
aligned. On notation staves, the appropriate number of curved lines is shown according to the
staff positions of notes in chords.
Guitar post-bends on chord on notation staff
Guitar post-bends on chord on tablature
NOTE
Guitar post-bends are not currently reected in playback. This is planned for future versions.
RELATED LINKS
Inputting guitar post-bends on page 281
Bend intervals on page 774
Tablature on page 917
Vibrato bar dives and returns
The vibrato bar dive and return is a technique performed on electric guitars with a vibrato bar,
where the performer uses the vibrato bar to loosen then tighten strings after notes start to
sound. This produces the characteristic downwards-then-upwards pitch uctuation.
In Dorico Elements, each vibrato bar dive and return comprises two vibrato bar bend items,
where the rst vibrato bar bend ends on the same note that the second vibrato bar bend starts
on. Vibrato bar bends each join two notes.
Vibrato bar dives and returns with bend intervals of up to a whole step (tone) are reected in
playback.
On notation staves, vibrato bar dives and returns are notated using an angled line between the
noteheads at the start and end, meaning they appear the same as guitar bends. On tablature,
vibrato bar dives and returns are notated using two straight lines that form a V and a bend
interval shown at the point. The fret number of the middle note is hidden and the fret number of
the end note is parenthesized automatically.
Vibrato bar dive and return on notation staff
Vibrato bar dive and return on tablature
Sequences of consecutive vibrato bar bends on notes with the same pitch direction, such as
E-D-C, are notated on tablature with an additional line protrusion beyond the staff and bend
interval for each vibrato bar bend.
Guitar bends
Vibrato bar dives and returns
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Dorico Elements 3.5.12