Grace note slashes

Slashes shown diagonally across grace note stems are often used to distinguish different types of grace notes. Grace notes with slashed stems are known as acciaccaturas and are often played very fast. Grace notes without slashed stems are known as appoggiaturas and are often played slower than acciaccaturas.

In Dorico Pro, grace notes appear with slashed stems by default. You can change whether grace notes are slashed or unslashed during note input as well as by changing the type of existing grace notes.

You can set the precise measurements of each part of grace note stem slashes in the Grace Notes section of the Notes page in Engrave > Engraving Options.

In this section, you can change the following:

  • Thickness of grace note stem slashes

  • Default length of grace note stem slashes

  • Position of grace note stem slashes relative to the end of the stem