Inputting string indicators outside the staff with the popover

You can input string indicators outside the staff using the playing techniques popover, both during note input and by adding them to existing music.

Procedure

  1. In Write mode, do one of the following:

    • Start note input.

    • Select an item on each staff at the rhythmic position where you want to input a string indicator outside the staff. If you want to input a string indicator with a duration line, select items that span the required duration.

  2. Optional: During note input, if you want to input notes and notations onto multiple staves, extend the caret to those staves.
  3. Open the playing techniques popover in any of the following ways:

    • Press Shift-P.

    • In the Notations toolbox, click Popovers Popovers button, then Playing Techniques Playing Techniques button.

  4. Enter the appropriate entry for the string indicator you want into the popover.

    For example, enter string1 for just a string 1 indicator or string3-> for a string 3 indicator with duration.

  5. Press Return to close the popover.

    Open-ended string indicators, such as string3->, automatically extend during note input as you continue inputting notes, or if you advance the caret by pressing Space or clicking Advance Caret in the Keyboard, Fretboard, or Drum Pads panel toolbar.

  6. Optional: During note input, stop open-ended string indicators by opening the playing techniques popover again and entering ? into the popover.

    This leaves the current string indicator with a duration line. You can also enter another string indicator into the popover, but this joins the current string indicator to the following one with a continuation line rather than a duration line, which is a less common notation.

Result

The specified string indicators are input. They are considered voice-specific by default, meaning they only apply to the voice indicated by the caret indicator during step input or the selected voice when adding string indicators to existing notes. They are automatically placed above the staff for up-stem voices and below the staff for down-stem voices.

During note input, string indicators are input at the caret position on all staves across which the caret extends. If you included an open-ended string indicator with duration, it extends automatically when you advance the caret or input notes.

String indicators added to existing music are input at the rhythmic position of, or span the duration of, either only notes or any items on each selected staff, according to your item input position setting. String indicators with duration show a duration line, which is dashed with a hook cap end by default.

After Completing This Task

  • If you input string indicators without duration but want to show dashed duration lines, you can lengthen them.

  • You can change the staff-relative placement of string indicators.