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RELATED LINKS
Percussion kit presentation types on page 983
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments
As well as using normal playing techniques, you can also use the design and position of
noteheads to indicate different playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments and
percussion kits.
You can indicate playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments in any of the following
ways:
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Use playing technique-specic noteheads
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Position notes in spaces directly above/below the line on which notes are normally written
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Add articulations or single-note tremolos
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Add playing techniques in the same ways as for pitched instruments
For example, you can add open and closed techniques for hi-hats using the playing techniques
popover, or by clicking the playing techniques you want in the Playing Techniques panel.
You can edit the set of playing technique-specic noteheads and staff positions dened for each
unpitched percussion instrument in the
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog.
You can then select different playing techniques for each instrument when inputting notes in
percussion kits.
RELATED LINKS
Edit Percussion Kit dialog on page 109
Changing the playing techniques of unpitched percussion notes on page 988
Dening how combinations of articulations and single-note tremolos sound in playback on page
511
Exporting percussion kits on page 980
Importing percussion kits on page 980
Playing techniques on page 813
Inputting notes for unpitched percussion on page 180
Input methods for playing techniques, pedal lines, string indicators, and harp pedal diagrams on
page 291
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog
The Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog allows you to edit the set of playing
technique-specic noteheads dened for each unpitched percussion instrument.
You can open the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog in Setup mode in the
following ways:
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For an individual percussion instrument: In the Players panel, expand the card of the
player holding the instrument, click the arrow
in the instrument label, and choose Edit
Percussion Playing Techniques from the menu.
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For percussion instruments that are part of percussion kits: In the Players panel, click the
arrow
in the kit instrument label, and choose Edit Percussion Kit to open the Edit
Percussion Kit dialog, select the instrument whose playing techniques you want to edit in
the main editing area, and click Edit Percussion Playing Techniques.
Unpitched percussion
Playing techniques for unpitched percussion instruments
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