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.
  2. In the Properties panel, activate the following properties, individually or together, in the Ornaments group, as appropriate for the selected ornaments:
    • Interval above

    • Interval below

  3. Change the values in the value fields to the intervals you want.
    • 0 or 4 and above shows no accidental.

    • 1 shows a flat.

    • 2 shows a natural.

    • 3 shows a sharp.

Result

The intervals of the selected ornaments are changed.

Note

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

Example

Figure 1. No accidentals
Figure 2. Flats above and below
Figure 3. Naturals above and below
Figure 4. Sharps above and below