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Notation reference
Notes
Notes are shapes that are positioned on staves to indicate musical pitches. Notes are most commonly shown with oval-shaped, round noteheads that are either filled or void depending on their duration, but there are many different designs of noteheads that you can use.
Notehead sets
A notehead set is a collection of related noteheads that together allow you to represent all the different noteheads required for the different durations used in music notation.
Notehead set designs
There are a number of different notehead set designs that you can use for individual noteheads in Dorico Pro.

Notehead set designs

There are a number of different notehead set designs that you can use for individual noteheads in Dorico Pro.

You can find the available notehead designs by choosing Edit > Notehead > [Notehead type] > [Notehead design].

Note

Dorico Pro does not offer stemless noteheads. Instead, you can hide the stems of notes with any notehead design.


Notehead set design	Notehead set name
	Larger Noteheads
	Default Noteheads
	Large Circled Noteheads
	Circled Noteheads
	Slashed Noteheads (Bottom Left to Top Right)
	Slashed Noteheads (Top Left to Bottom Right)

Table 1. Cross noteheads
Notehead set design	Notehead set name
	Circle X Noteheads
	Large X and Diamond Noteheads
	Ornate X Noteheads
	Plus Noteheads
	With X Noteheads
	X Noteheads
	X and Circle X Noteheads
	X and Diamond Noteheads

Table 2. Triangular noteheads
Notehead set design	Notehead set name
	Large Arrow Down Noteheads
	Large Arrow Up Noteheads
	Triangle Down Noteheads
	Triangle Left Noteheads
	Triangle Right Noteheads
	Triangle Up Noteheads

Table 3. Diamond noteheads
Notehead set design	Notehead set name
	Diamond Noteheads
	Old-Style Diamond Noteheads
	White Diamond Noteheads
	Wide Diamond Noteheads

Table 4. Slash noteheads
Notehead set design	Notehead set name
	Muted Slash Noteheads
	Oversized Slash Noteheads
	Slash Noteheads
	Small Slash Noteheads

Table 5. Round and square noteheads
Notehead set design	Notehead set name
	Moon Noteheads
	Rectangular Noteheads
	Round White with Dot Noteheads