Overriding the appearance of playing technique-specific noteheads

It might be necessary to override the appearance of playing technique-specific noteheads in order to disambiguate the notes for one instrument from another if they share a staff position in five-line staff kit presentations.

1. In the Players panel in Setup mode, expand the card of the player holding the kit whose playing technique-specific noteheads you want to override.
2. Click the arrow that appears in the kit instrument label when you hover over it and choose Edit Percussion Kit.

   The Edit Percussion Kit dialog opens.

3. Select the instrument whose noteheads you want to override in the main editing area of the dialog.
4. Click Edit Noteheads.

   The Override Percussion Noteheads dialog opens. It lists the playing technique-specific noteheads defined for the selected instrument in the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog, and shows which notehead type is mapped for each technique.

   

   Figure: Override Percussion Noteheads dialog for a snare drum

5. Click in the Notehead Override column for the appropriate playing technique and select a new notehead type from the menu to override its notehead.
6. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.