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Write mode
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Notations input
You can input many types of notations, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes and music. In Dorico for iPad, notation is a broad term that includes many different items, including articulations, slurs, dynamics, and more.
Input methods for ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations
You can input ornaments, including arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations with the keyboard by using the ornaments popover, and with the mouse by using the Ornaments panel.
Inputting jazz articulations with the panel
You can input jazz articulations using the Ornaments panel, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes.

Inputting jazz articulations with the panel

You can input jazz articulations using the Ornaments panel, both during note input and by adding them to existing notes.

Note

You can input jazz ornaments, such as flips or jazz turns, in the same ways as inputting ornaments.

Procedure

In Write mode, do one of the following:
- Start note input.
  
  Tip
  During note input, you can select additional notes before/after the last input note without deactivating the caret by pressing Shift-Right Arrow/Shift-Left Arrow.
- Select the notes to which you want to add jazz articulations.
Optional: During note input, input at least one note.
In the Notations toolbox, click Panels , then Ornaments to show the Ornaments panel.
In the Jazz section, click the jazz articulation you want.

The jazz articulation you specify is input on all selected notes. During note input, this is usually the last note you input.