Pitch-dependent notehead designs

Pitch-dependent noteheads use different notehead designs or different notehead colors depending on the pitch of notes. There are a number of different pitch-dependent notehead designs available in Dorico.

• You can find the available notehead designs by choosing Edit > Notehead > [Notehead type] > [Notehead design].

Tip

You can choose to use a pitch-dependent notehead design for all noteheads project-wide on the Notes page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

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Table 1. Scale degree noteheads

Notehead design appearance	Notehead design name
	Aikin 7-shape Noteheads
	Funk 7-shape Noteheads
	Walker 4-shape Noteheads
	Walker 7-shape Noteheads

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Table 2. Pitched noteheads

Notehead design appearance	Notehead design name
	Figurenotes© noteheads
	Pitch name noteheads

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