Project-wide engraving options for articulations

You can find options for the appearance and placement of articulations project-wide on the Articulations page in Engraving Options.

The options on this page allow you to change the positions of articulations in detail, including whether different articulations are shown above the staff or by the notehead, the positions of articulations relative to ties and slurs, and the vertical gaps between articulations and notes/other articulations.

There are musical examples for many options to demonstrate how they affect the appearance of your music.

You can open Engraving Options in any of the following ways:

  • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-E in any mode.

  • Choose Engrave > Engraving Options in Engrave mode.

You can then click Articulations in the page list on the left of the dialog.