Showing guitar bends as a dive and return

You can show existing guitar bends as a dive and return, which is a technique that uses the vibrato bar on guitars. Dives and returns appear differently on tablature than guitar bends.

Prerequisite

You have input guitar bends between the notes of each dive and return.

Procedure

  1. Select the guitar bends you want to show as a dive and return. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.

    For example, to show the notes F-E-F as a dive and return, select both guitar bends between F-E and E-F.

  2. In the Properties panel, activate Use vibrato bar in the Guitar Bends group.

Result

The selected guitar bends appear as V-shaped dives and returns on tablature. A number/fraction appears outside the staff at the point of the V to indicate the interval.

If the middle pitch is lower than the outer pitches, the V points downwards. If the middle pitch is higher than the outer pitches, the V points upwards.

Example

Figure 1. A pair of guitar bends as they appear by default
Figure 2. A pair of guitar bends shown as a dive and return