Playing techniques popover

The following tables contain the entries for the playing techniques popover that you can use to input playing techniques, pedal lines, retakes, and pedal level changes.

When you start entering a playing technique into the playing techniques popover, a menu appears that shows valid playing techniques containing the letters/words you enter. You can then select one of these playing techniques to input.

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

  • Press Shift-P.

  • Select an existing playing technique and press Return.

  • Choose Write > Create Playing Technique.

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. Playing techniques popover with an example entry for inputting a playing technique
Figure 2. Playing techniques popover with an example entry for inputting a pedal line
Figure 3. Playing Techniques button in the Notations toolbox

Playing techniques

Playing technique

Popover entry

Vibrato

vibrato

Senza vibrato

senza vibrato

Naturale (nat.)

nat

Con sord.

con sord

Strong air pressure

strong air pressure

Double-tongue

double-tongue

Down bow

downbow

Up bow

upbow

Sul ponticello

sul pont

Sul tasto

sul tasto

Poco sul tasto

pst

Pizzicato

pizz

Spiccato

spicc

Arco

arco

Tongue click (Stockhausen)

tongue click

Finger click (Stockhausen)

finger click

Vibraphone motor on

motor on

Vibraphone motor off

motor off

Open

open

Damp

damp

Damp (large)

damp large

Full barré

full barre

Half barré

half barre

Strum up

strum up

Strum down

strum down

Left hand

lh

Right hand

rh

This list is not comprehensive as there are many valid playing techniques. It is intended to illustrate how you can structure your entry to input different types of common playing techniques.

If you do not know the correct entry for a playing technique, start entering part of the playing technique and see if it becomes available in the popover menu.

Note
  • To give playing techniques duration, add -> at the end of your entry, such as vibrato->. During note input, the duration of the playing technique extends as you continue inputting notes or advance the caret. When adding playing techniques to existing notes, they are added as a group.

  • As playing techniques correspond to specific samples, they must be input as described or selected from the popover menu.

Pedal lines

Type of pedal line, retake, or pedal level change

Popover entry

Sustain pedal line

ped

Set sustain pedal level to 1/4

1/4

Set sustain pedal level to 1/2

r

Set sustain pedal level to 3/4

3/4

Fully depress sustain pedal

1

Retake in sustain pedal line

^, notch, or retake

Remove retake in sustain pedal line

nonotch

Stop sustain pedal line

*

Sostenuto pedal line

sost

Stop sostenuto pedal line

s*

Una corda pedal line

unacorda

Stop una corda pedal line

u*

Harp pedaling

Example harp pedaling

Popover entry

D, C, Bb, Eb, F, G, A

DCBbEbFGA, BbEb, or --^|^---

D, C, B, E, F, G, A

DC#BEF#G#A, C#F#G#, or -v-|-vv-

Tip

The pipe character is optional.

String indicators outside the staff

Example string indicator

Popover entry

1

string1

3

string3