Moving playing techniques graphically

You can move playing techniques graphically without changing the rhythmic positions to which they apply. You can also move the start/end of playing technique continuation lines independently, meaning you can lengthen/shorten them graphically. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

In Engrave mode, each playing technique continuation line has two square handles, one at the start and one at the end.

If playing technique continuation lines cross system and frame breaks, you can move the line segments on each side of the break independently.

Groups of playing techniques have an additional handle at the start of the group, which controls the vertical position of the whole group.

Note

These steps do not apply to pedal lines.

Prerequisite

  • Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, select one of the following that you want to move:

    • Whole playing techniques

    • Playing technique group start handles

      Note

      You can only move playing technique group start handles upwards/downwards.

    • Individual handles on playing technique continuation lines

  2. Move the playing techniques or handles in any of the following ways:

    • Press Alt/Opt-Right Arrow to move them to the right.

    • Press Alt/Opt-Left Arrow to move them to the left.

    • Press Alt/Opt-Up Arrow to move them upwards.

    • Press Alt/Opt-Down Arrow to move them downwards.

      Tip

      If you want to move items by larger increments, you can press Ctrl/Cmd as well as the standard key command, for example, Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

    • Click and drag them in any direction.

Result

The selected playing techniques or handles are moved to new graphical positions. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Playing techniques in groups are attached to continuation lines, meaning that if you move a playing technique in a group, any adjacent continuation lines automatically move with it.

Moving the start handle for playing technique groups moves the whole group upwards/downwards.

Tip

The following properties in the Playing Techniques group of the Properties panel are activated automatically when you move the corresponding item:

  • Offset moves playing techniques. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.

  • Start offset moves the start handle of playing technique continuation lines. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.

  • End offset moves the end handle of playing technique continuation lines. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.

You can also use these properties to move playing techniques and continuation lines by changing the values in the value fields.

Deactivating the properties resets the selected playing techniques and continuation lines to their default positions.