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in the grid and ve-line staff presentation types independently of the single-line instruments
presentation type.
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Percussion kit presentation types
You can show percussion kits in three different presentation types, which can be different in each
layout in your project.
NOTE
Dynamics are not shared between the grid/ve-line staff presentation types and the single-
line instruments presentation type. Any dynamics added to instruments in the single-line
instruments presentation type do not appear when you switch to
grid/ve-line presentations.
You can edit the appearance/structure of each presentation type independently in the Edit
Percussion Kit dialog. For example, changing the order of instruments in the ve-line staff
presentation does not affect the order of instruments in the grid presentation of the same
percussion kit.
5-line staff
Kit instruments are shown on a ve-line staff. You can determine which instruments
are shown on each line and in each space of the staff. A single staff label containing the
name of the kit is shown.
The numbers down the left-hand side of the editing area in the Edit Percussion Kit
dialog correspond to staff positions. For example, position 0 is the middle line of the
ve-line staff, position 1 is the space immediately above the middle staff line, position
-2 is the line below the middle staff line, and so on.
Bold black lines show the ve staff lines, while gray lines above and below the staff
show nominal staff line positions. Each instrument is shown on its staff position.
5-line staff presentation
Grid
Kit instruments are shown on a grid, with each instrument on its own line. You can
customize the size of the gaps between each line. Staff labels are shown for each
instrument in a smaller font than normal staff labels.
The numbers down the right-hand side of the editing area in the Edit Percussion Kit
dialog correspond to the number of staff spaces between each instrument line. By
default, all instruments in a grid are two spaces apart.
The order in which the instruments are listed matches the order in which they appear
in the score.
Each instrument in a grid shows its own staff label by default, aligned vertically with its
own line, but you can group adjacent instruments together and show a single label for
each group.
Grid presentation
Unpitched percussion
Percussion kit presentation types
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