Moving individual articulations vertically

You can move individual articulations graphically upwards/downwards so they are closer to/further away from notes. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Prerequisite

  • Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

  • You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

  1. In Engrave mode, select the articulations that you want to move.
  2. Move the articulations in any of the following ways:

    • Press Alt/Opt-Up Arrow to move them upwards.

    • Press Alt/Opt-Down Arrow to move them downwards.

      Tip

      If you want to move items by larger increments, you can press Ctrl/Cmd as well as the standard key command, for example, Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Left Arrow.

    • Click and drag them upwards/downwards.

Result

The selected articulations are moved vertically. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip

  • When you move articulations vertically, Offset Y in the Articulations group of the Properties panel is activated for the corresponding type of articulation. For example, Offset Y under the Articulations of force heading is activated when you move accents. You can see these properties when you select the notes to which the articulations apply.

    You can also use these properties to move articulations vertically by changing the value in the value field.

    Deactivating the properties resets the selected articulations to their default positions.

  • You can change the default gaps between all articulations and their noteheads and other articulations on the Articulations page in Engrave > Engraving Options.