Ornaments popover

The following tables contain the entries for the ornaments popover that you can use to input the different ornaments, arpeggio signs, glissando lines, and jazz articulations available.

You can open the ornaments popover in Write mode in any of the following ways when either an item is selected or the caret is active:

Press Shift-O.
Select an existing ornament and press Return.
Choose Write > Create Ornament.

The icon on the left-hand side of the popover matches the corresponding button in the Notations toolbox on the right of the window.


Figure 1. Ornaments popover with an example entry	Figure 2. Ornaments button in the Notations toolbox

Ornaments


Type of ornament	Popover entry
Trill: 	`tr` or `trill`
Short trill: 	`shorttr`
Mordent: 	`mor` or `mordent`
Turn: 	`turn`
Inverted turn: 	`invturn` or `invertedturn`

Trill intervals


Trill interval	Popover entry
Major second/Whole step	`tr 2` or `tr M2`
Minor third	`tr m3`
Perfect fifth	`tr p5`
Augmented fourth	`tr aug4`
Diminished fifth	`tr dim5`

This list is not comprehensive, as there are many possible trill intervals. It is intended to illustrate how you can structure your entry to input different trill intervals.

Jazz ornaments


Type of jazz ornament	Popover entry
Bend	`brassbend`
Flip	`flip`
Jazz turn	`jazz` or `shake`
Smear	`smear`

Jazz articulations


Type of jazz articulation	Popover entry
Plop (bend)	`plop`
Plop (smooth)	`plopsmooth`
Scoop	`scoop`
Doit (bend)	`doit`
Doit (smooth)	`doitsmooth`
Fall (bend)	`fall`
Fall (smooth)	`fallsmooth`

Tip

Other ornaments are available in the Ornaments panel on the right of the window in Write mode.

You can specify the type/length of jazz articulations when using the Ornaments panel but not when using the ornaments popover.

Arpeggio signs


Type of arpeggio sign	Popover entry
Up arpeggio sign	`arp`, `arpup`, or `arpeggioup`
Down arpeggio sign	`arpdown` or `arpeggiodown`
Non arpeggio sign	`nonarp` or `nonarpeggio`
Curved arpeggio sign	`slurarp`

Glissando lines


Type of glissando line	Popover entry
Straight glissando line	`gliss`
Wavy glissando line	`glisswavy`

Guitar techniques


Type of guitar technique	Popover entry
Guitar bend	`bend`
Vibrato bar dive and return	`vibbend`
Vibrato bar scoop	`vibscoop`
Vibrato bar dip	`vibdip`
Vibrato bar line Note Must have duration to show its line.	`wbar` or `w/bar`
Hammer-on Note You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with ascending pitch directions, such as C-D.	`ho` or `hammer`
Pull-off Note You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with descending pitch directions, such as D-C.	`po` or `pull`
Hammer-on then pull-off or pull-off then hammer-on (ligado) Note You must select at least three notes assigned to the same string with alternating pitch directions, such as C-D-C or D-C-D.	`hp`, `hopo`, `hammerpull`, `lig`, or `ligado`
Right-hand tapping	`tap`
Right-hand tapping with pull-off Note You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with descending pitch directions, such as D-C.	`tappull`
Left-hand tapping	`lhtap`
Left-hand tapping with pull-off Note You must select at least two notes assigned to the same string with descending pitch directions, such as D-C.	`lhtappull`