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Notation reference
Unpitched percussion
The term unpitched percussion covers all percussion instruments that are not tuned to specific pitches. This includes instruments such as bass drum, guiro, maracas, cymbals, and shakers.
Percussion legends
Percussion legends list the percussion instruments in use when using the five-line presentation type. Percussion legends can include all instruments that are represented on the staff, or only show sounding instruments in a set range to remind players which instruments to play at certain points.
Changing the percussion legend type
You can change the type of percussion legends so they show all instruments or only sounding instruments in five-line staff presentations.

Changing the percussion legend type

You can change the type of percussion legends so they show all instruments or only sounding instruments in five-line staff presentations.

Prerequisite

If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

Select the percussion legends whose type you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Legend type in the Percussion Legends group.

Note
The property is already activated for sounding instrument percussion legends.
Choose one of the following options:
- Legend
- Sounding instruments

The legend type of the selected legends is changed.