Lengthening/Shortening trills rhythmically

You can lengthen/shorten trills after they have been input. Trills can overlap with other trills and ornaments, so you can also lengthen/shorten trills to noteheads that already have ornaments.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, select the trills you want to lengthen/shorten.
    Note

    When using the mouse, you can only lengthen/shorten one trill at a time.

  2. Lengthen/Shorten the trills 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 lengthen a single trill to the next notehead, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow.

    • To shorten a single trill to the previous notehead, press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

      Note

      • You can only lengthen/shorten trills by the current rhythmic grid resolution when multiple trills are selected.

      • Key commands lengthen/shorten items by moving their end only.

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

Result

Single trills are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid resolution or to the next/previous notehead, whichever is closer.

Multiple trills are lengthened/shortened according to the current rhythmic grid resolution.