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Notation reference
Pedal lines
Pedal lines indicate to performers which piano pedals to use, and can also give performance instructions, such as how far down to depress the pedals and when to lift the pedal to clear the resonance.
Pedal line start signs, hooks, and continuation lines
Pedal lines normally comprise a start sign, a continuation line, and an end hook. This indicates clearly to performers where to depress each type of pedal, how long to keep it depressed, and where to lift it.
Parenthesizing pedal line continuation signs
You can show individual pedal line continuation signs with/without parentheses, independently of your project-wide setting. Pedal line continuation signs are shown by default at the start of new systems when pedal lines continue across system/frame breaks.

Parenthesizing pedal line continuation signs

You can show individual pedal line continuation signs with/without parentheses, independently of your project-wide setting. Pedal line continuation signs are shown by default at the start of new systems when pedal lines continue across system/frame breaks.

Procedure

Select the pedal lines whose continuation sign appearance you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, activate Show continuation sign in parentheses in the Pedal Lines group.
Activate/Deactivate the corresponding checkbox.

Result

Continuation signs are shown with parentheses when the checkbox is activated, and without parentheses when the checkbox is deactivated.

When the property is deactivated, pedal lines follow your project-wide setting.

Tip

You can change the default appearance of all pedal line continuation signs project-wide in the Design section of the Pedal Lines page in Engrave > Engraving Options.