Changing ornament intervals

You can change the intervals of ornaments, both above and below the notated pitch, to indicate which pitches are played in the ornament. The intervals of ornaments are indicated by accidentals.

For some ornaments, you can only change the interval in one direction. For example, you can only change the interval above short trills and below mordents.

Note

These steps do not apply to trills.

Procedure

  1. Select the ornaments whose interval you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate the appropriate properties for the selected ornaments in the Ornaments group:

    • Interval above

    • Interval below

    For trills, activate Interval in the Trills group of the Properties panel.

  3. Change the value in the value field to the interval you want.

    • 0 or 4 and above shows no accidental.

    • 1 shows a flat.

    • 2 shows a natural.

    • 3 shows a sharp.

Result

The interval of the selected ornaments is changed.

Note

Some ornaments do not show accidentals either above or below, depending on their type.

  • Some ornaments do not show accidentals either above or below, depending on their type.

  • You can change the position of ornament accidentals relative to all trills project-wide on the Ornaments page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

Example

No accidentals

Flats above and below

Naturals above and below

Sharps above and below