Inputting octave lines with the panel
You can input octave lines using the Clefs panel, both during note input and by adding them to existing music. You can also input octave lines only into specific voices in multiple-voice contexts.
These steps describe inputting with the default mouse input preference Create item at selection.
Procedure
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In Write mode, do one of the following:
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Start note input.
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Select the notes to which you want to add an octave line. If you want to add an octave line for a single voice, only select notes in that voice.
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In the Notations toolbox, click Panels
, then Clefs
to show the Clefs panel.
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Input the octave line you want in one of the following ways:
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To input an octave line for all voices on the staff, click it in the Octave Lines section.
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To input an octave line only for the currently selected voice, Alt/Opt-click it in the Octave Lines section.
Alternatively, when adding octave lines to existing music, you can click the octave line you want in the Clefs panel first, and then click and drag it to the length you want.
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Result
During note input, octave lines are input at the caret position. They are input with a default duration of a quarter note.
When adding octave lines to existing music, they are input either above or below your selection, depending on whether the octave line indicates that notes are played higher or lower than notated.
The pitches of notes within octave lines are adjusted automatically. For example, notes within octave above lines appear an octave lower than they do without the octave above line.
You can also lengthen/shorten octave lines after they have been input.