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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 playing techniques, pedal lines, string indicators, and harp pedal diagrams
You can input playing techniques with the keyboard by using the playing techniques popover, and with the mouse by using the Playing Techniques panel. Pedal lines are considered playing techniques in Dorico for iPad because both affect the sound that the instrument produces.
Inputting pedal lines and retakes with the panel
You can input pedal lines and retakes using the Playing Techniques panel.
Adding retakes to existing pedal lines with the panel
You can add retakes to existing sustain pedal lines using the Playing Techniques panel.

Adding retakes to existing pedal lines with the panel

You can add retakes to existing sustain pedal lines using the Playing Techniques panel.

Note

You cannot add retakes to sostenuto or una corda pedal lines. Retakes only appear for sustain pedal lines with the Line continuation type.

Prerequisite

You have input a sustain pedal line.

Procedure

In Write mode, select an item at the rhythmic position where you want the retake to apply.
Input the retake in one of the following ways:
- In the Keyboard section of the Playing Techniques panel, click Retake Pedal.
- In the secondary toolbar, click Context Menu and choose Pedal Lines > Add Retake.

Result

The retake is input at the selected rhythmic position.

Tip

Alternatively, if nothing is selected in the score, you can click Retake Pedal in the Keyboard section of the Playing Techniques panel, and then click at the rhythmic position where you want to input the retake.