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Notation reference
Pedal lines
Pedal lines indicate to performers which piano pedals to use, and can also give performance instructions, such as how far down to depress the pedals and when to lift the pedal to clear the resonance.
Pedal line start signs, hooks, and continuation lines
Pedal lines normally comprise a start sign, a continuation line, and an end hook. This indicates clearly to performers where to depress each type of pedal, how long to keep it depressed, and where to lift it.
Parenthesizing pedal line continuation signs
You can show individual pedal line continuation signs with/without parentheses. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Parenthesizing pedal line continuation signs

You can show individual pedal line continuation signs with/without parentheses. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

Pedal line continuation signs are shown by default at the start of new systems when pedal lines continue across system/frame breaks.

Prerequisite

The lower zone is shown.
Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.
You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

Select the pedal lines whose continuation sign appearance you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Show continuation sign in parentheses in the Pedal Lines group.
Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.

Result

Continuation signs are shown with parentheses when the checkbox is activated, and without parentheses when the checkbox is deactivated. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.