Lengthening/Shortening trills rhythmically

You can lengthen/shorten trills after they have been input. Multiple ornaments can exist at the same rhythmic position, so you can also lengthen/shorten trills to noteheads that already have ornaments.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the trills you want to lengthen/shorten.
    Note

    When using the mouse, you can only lengthen/shorten one trill at a time.

  2. Lengthen/Shorten the trills in any of the following ways:
    • Press Shift-Alt-Right Arrow to lengthen them by the current rhythmic grid value.

    • Press Shift-Alt-Left Arrow to shorten them by the current rhythmic grid value.

    • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt-Right Arrow to lengthen a single trill to the next notehead.

    • Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt-Left Arrow to shorten a single trill to the previous notehead.

      Note
      • You can only lengthen/shorten trills by the current rhythmic grid value when multiple trills are selected.

      • When using the keyboard, you can only move the end of trills. You can move the start of trills by moving the whole trill, or by clicking and dragging the start handle.

    • Click and drag the circular handle at the start/end of the trill to noteheads to the right/left.

Result

Single trills are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid value or to the next/previous notehead, whichever is closer.

Multiple trills are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid value.

Note

Key commands lengthen/shorten items by moving their end only.