Showing notes as dead notes
You can show individual notes belonging to fretted instruments as dead notes. Dead notes are notated with cross noteheads on notation staves and with an X on tablature.
Prerequisite
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The lower zone is shown.
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Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.
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If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.
Procedure
- Select the notes belonging to fretted instruments that you want to show as dead notes. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
- In the Properties panel, activate Dead note in the Guitar Techniques group.
Result
The selected notes are shown as dead notes.
Note
This does not currently affect their sound in playback; this is planned for future versions.