Moving guitar techniques graphically

You can move individual vibrato bar dips, vibrato bar scoops, and tapping, hammer-on, and pull-off indications graphically without changing the rhythmic positions/notes to which they apply. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

Note

These steps do not apply to guitar bends, pre-bends/pre-dives, post-bends, dives and returns, dives, or vibrato bar lines. In Dorico Pro, vibrato bar lines are playing techniques and dives are jazz articulations.

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 guitar techniques you want to move.
  2. Move the selected guitar techniques in any of the following ways:

    • Press Alt/Opt-Right Arrow to move them to the right.

    • Press Alt/Opt-Left Arrow to move them to the left.

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

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

      Note

      • 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.

      • You cannot move tapping, hammer-on, and pull-off indications using the keyboard.

    • Click and drag them in any direction.

      Note

      You cannot move vibrato bar scoops using the mouse.

Result

The selected guitar techniques are moved graphically without affecting the rhythmic positions/notes to which they are attached. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.

Tip

The following properties in the Properties panel are activated automatically when you move the corresponding guitar technique:

  • Offset in the Common group moves vibrato bar dips. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.

  • Offset in the Guitar Techniques group moves tapping, hammer-on, and pull-off indications. X moves them horizontally, Y moves them vertically.

You can also use these properties to move guitar techniques graphically by changing the values in the value fields.

Deactivating the properties resets the selected guitar techniques to their default positions.