Lengthening/Shortening vibrato bar indications/lines

You can lengthen/shorten the duration of vibrato bar indications/lines after they have been input. Lengthening a vibrato bar indication gives it duration and shows a duration line, which is dashed by default.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the vibrato bar indications/lines you want to lengthen/shorten.
    Note

    When using the mouse, you can only lengthen/shorten one vibrato bar line at a time and it must have duration already. When using the keyboard, you can lengthen/shorten multiple string indicators, but they must all have duration already.

  2. Lengthen/Shorten the vibrato bar indications/lines in any of the following ways:
    • To lengthen them by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.

    • To shorten them by the current rhythmic grid resolution, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

    • To snap the end of a single vibrato bar indication/line to the next notehead, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.

    • To snap the end of a single vibrato bar indication/line to the previous notehead, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

      Note
      • When multiple vibrato bar indications/lines are selected, you can only lengthen/shorten them according to the current rhythmic grid resolution.

      • When using the keyboard, lengthening/shortening vibrato bar lines only moves their end. You can move the start of vibrato bar lines by moving them rhythmically, or by clicking and dragging the start handle once they have duration.

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

Result

Single vibrato bar indications/lines are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid resolution or to the next/previous notehead, whichever is closer. If they previously had no duration, they now have duration and show a duration line.

Multiple vibrato bar indications/lines are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid resolution.

Example

Figure 1. Vibrato bar indication (selected) with no duration
Figure 2. Vibrato bar indication (selected) with duration and duration line