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A phrase containing right-hand and left-hand tapping
By default, tapping indications only appear on notation staves and are placed above the staff.
You can change the staff-relative placement of individual tapping indications.
In Dorico Elements, tapping indications are considered properties of notes. There are the
following types of tapping indications:
Right-hand tapping
Right-hand tapping indications specify that the performer should tap the string at the
specied pitch with their right hand. In Dorico Elements, right-hand tapping indications
appear as the letter T.
Right-hand tapping on notation staff
Left-hand tapping
Left-hand tapping indications specify that the performer should tap the string at the
specied pitch with their left hand. In Dorico Elements, left-hand tapping indications
appear as a dot.
Left-hand tapping on notation staff
RELATED LINKS
Inputting tapping on page 290
Changing the staff-relative placement of guitar techniques on page 783
Fingerings for fretted instruments on page 665
Hammer-ons and pull-offs
Hammer-ons and pull-offs involve performers tapping or plucking the strings of fretted
instruments with their left hand strongly enough that the corresponding pitch sounds without
additional striking, producing a legato effect. Ligados are a combination of at least one hammer-
on and one pull-off in a single phrase.
Hammer-ons and pull-offs are notated as the letters H or P respectively combined with a slur
spanning the corresponding notes.
Dorico Elements automatically centers hammer-on/pull-off
indications on slurs. For ligados, each hammer-on/pull-off indication is centered over the range
of notes in the corresponding direction.
Guitar techniques
Hammer-ons and pull-offs
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